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Critical Care EMT

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A comprehensive guide to the necessary skills and training needed to become a critical care EMT In this article, we explore the essential role of Critical Care Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) in pre-hospital emergency care.

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AHA and Red Cross Life Support Certifications Should Both Be Accepted

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For decades, only one major organization—the American Heart Association (AHA)—provided standardized training and certifications in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). In 2015, it introduced Basic Life Support (BLS) training and certification for EMS personnel.

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EMS vs. EMT: Clarifying Roles in Emergency Healthcare

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Once activated, EMS ensures that the appropriate level of care is dispatched to the patient. This could range from basic life support, typically managed by EMTs, to more advanced life support provided by paramedics and other medical specialists. EMTs, on the other hand, primarily focus on basic life support.

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Tech, Toys and a Python

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Join us in watching David Stanton in discussing the future of Emergency Care in South Africa. David is an Advanced Life Support paramedic, the Netcare911 Head of Clinical Leadership and the Faculty Manager of Netcare Education’s Faculty of Emergency and Critical Care.

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The Science on Targeted Temperature Management

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Temperature management after cardiac arrest an advisory statement by the advanced life support task force of the international liaison committee on resuscitation and the American Heart Association emergency cardiovascular care committee and the council on cardiopulmonary, critical care, perioperative and resuscitation.

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Calcium in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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2020), but IV Calcium is still used routinely in some cases in the critical care setting, such as congenital heart disease. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 23 (11), 860-871. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 23 (11), 939-940. Kay, J., & Blalock, A. Surg Gynecol Obstet, 93 , 97-102. Panchal, A.,

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The Pediatric Airway: Considerations and Challenges

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8 The 2023 Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) guidelines recommend the following formulas for ET tubes. Emergency department children are not as sick as adults: implications for critical care skills retention in an exclusively pediatric emergency medicine practice. Acad Emerg Med. 2015;22(4):431-440.

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