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An Intro to Advanced Life Support

NHCPS Save a Life

Immense value resides within advanced life support training courses. While these courses are traditionally reserved for health professionals, more people are turning to advanced life support training to improve their career outlook and save lives.

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Best Case Ever 52 – Pediatric Hypothermia Cardiac Arrest

Emergency Medicine Cases

In anticipation of EM Cases Episode 90 on the Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) guidelines with the lead author Dr. Allan DeCaen and Dr. Anthony Crocco, Dr. DeCaen tells his Best Case Ever showing us the value of orchestrated team work and a great example of the saying, "they're not dead until they're warm and dead".

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Defining Appropriate Responses in a Tiered System

High Performance EMS

The very low risk calls can typically be satisfied with basic life support (BLS) capabilities. In fact, sending advanced life support (ALS) providers that are in short supply to one of these calls can leave citizens exposed when a critical request is received after that resource is committed.

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SGEM #417: Everybody’s Changing…the Reference Ranges for Pediatric Vital Signs

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Vital sign ranges from common guidelines such as Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) [1] or Advanced Pediatric Life Support (APLS) [2] can differ. However, there remains variation regarding what the “normal” ranges of vital signs can be for pediatric patients.

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"I Need a Medic!"

Chicago EMT Training

A quick breakdown on the differences between an EMT-B(asic) and an EMT-P(aramedic) Basic Life Support (BLS) vs Advanced Life Support (ALS) So there it is. In a more rural setting, you might see EMT-I or A for intermediate or advanced.

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SGEM#306: Fire Brigade and the Staying Alive App for OHCAs in Paris

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Unfortunately, most patients don’t receive these crucial interventions.

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SGEM#189: Bring Me To Life in OHCA

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

The classic paper on ACLS drugs is called OPALS (Ontario Pre-hospital Advanced Life Support) study and was done by Dr. Ian Stiell and team. This basically means rapid access to ACLS type resuscitation skills (intubation and intravenous drug therapy). Ian is a #LegendofEM and we covered his classic paper on SGEM#64.