Irish College of Paramedics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

The recent discussions regarding the crew composition of the proposed Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) in Cork require comment from paramedicine. In 2015-2016, paramedics in Victoria responded to 589,847 emergency calls: that’s one every 55 seconds, and there were an additional 245,944 non-emergency calls.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 17, 2024

When emergency medical services (EMS) arrived, she was in asystole with an empty, recently full, bottle of benzonatate 100 mg capsules. She had return of spontaneous resuscitation (ROSC) and was subsequently intubated and transported to the emergency department (ED). American College of Medical Toxicology.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 29, 2023

OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing [Internet] 2016 :21:3. Bad manners in the Emergency Department: Incivility among doctors. Burnout and Workplace Incivility Among Emergency Medical Services Practitioners: A Preliminary Report , Prehospital Emergency Care [Internet] 2023 Okuyama A, Wagner C, Bijnen B.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 26, 2020

Mortality among patients with frequent emergency department use for alcohol-related reasons in Ontario: a population-based cohort study. CMAJ 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Hasan Sheikh is an emergency and addictions physician in Toronto and a lecturer at the University of Toronto. Date: December 18th, 2020 Reference: Hulme et al.

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FOAMfrat

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Ok, here we go… Lots of controversy over the recent article titled, “Comparing Intubation Success Between Flight Nurses and Flight Paramedics in Helicopter Emergency Medical Services”, published by the Air Medical Journal in their November/December 2023 issue. Air Medical Journal , vol. 6, 2023, pp.

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EMDocs

JUNE 16, 2023

And now we’re here at our destination, the place we know and love, the emergency room to talk about what we should be doing for the growing volume of children with mental health problems boarding in the emergency department.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 17, 2023

2023 Jun 1;76(6):731-736 The Association Between Media-Based Exposure to Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Emergency Department Visits for Self-Harm. coli urine tract infections in children treated in primary care and emergency department. Baaleman DF, et al. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. Lee T, et al. 2023 Jun;62(6):656-664.

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EMDocs

JUNE 3, 2023

Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e. McGraw Hill; 2016. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. Published 2016 May 18. Western Trauma Association Critical Decisions in Trauma: Management of pelvic fracture with hemodynamic instability-2016 updates. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med.

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EMDocs

DECEMBER 18, 2023

1 The rationale for the shift away from normal saline in 2021 derived from multiple trials, including the Isotonic Solutions and Major Adverse Renal Events Trial (SMART) and Saline Against Lactated Ringer’s or Plasma-Lyte in the Emergency Department (SALT ED). Procalcitonin and sepsis in the Emergency Department: an update.

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