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EMS vs. EMT: Clarifying Roles in Emergency Healthcare

EMT Training Station

This equipment ranges from basic first aid supplies to sophisticated devices like defibrillators, oxygen therapy units, and advanced airway management tools. EMTs are often the first responders to an emergency, providing essential life-saving measures and stabilizing patients before they are transported to hospitals.

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Cardiac Rhythms/ECG Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Stredder et al, Archives of Disease in Childhood 2016 we see that 58% were not asked about triggers, 30% were not asked about duration and, importantly for risk stratification, 59% were not asked for a family history of cardiac disease. Where there are a number of unexplained deaths, start to be more critical about what this could mean.

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