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Recerts and New Protocols

Peter Canning

AEMTs may administer epinephrine IV in cardiac arrest.* Sodium bicarbonate should only be administered in cardiac arrest for suspected sodium channel blocker overdoses. .* Paramedics may administer droperidol as an antiemetic, droperidol has shown utility when used for cannabinoid emesis syndrome.* 6j/kg and 8j/kg.

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How to Become an EMT

NCOAE

On the other hand, you could be called in to attend to the victim of a car accident or a shooting or a heart attack, drowning, mountaineering accident, or drug overdose. You may even have to deliver a baby! You can never predict what will happen over the course of any given shift. Do You Have What It Takes to Become an EMT?

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