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A Cross-Sectional Analysis of ALS/ BLS Care in Low Acuity 9-1-1 Response by Geography and Insurance Status Utilizing the 2019 NEMSIS Dataset

International Journal of Paramedicine

EMS responses (n = 4,375,568) were analyzed comparing patient acuity and CMS Service level, Advanced Life Support (ALS) vs Basic Life Support (BLS), to assess for associations in acuity and CMS Service level using logistic regression. Data were obtained from the National Emergency Services Information System (NEMSIS) database for 2019.

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Episode 72: CPR-induced consciousness with Jack Howard

Critical Care Scenarios

References * The guideline: Howard J, Grusd E, Rice D, et al. Paramedicine. . * Many CPRIC patients will have ROSC, but if they don’t, they are probably excellent candidates for ECPR/ECMO or other rescue interventions. A minimum of 45 minutes of resuscitation should be offered.

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From the President’s Desk: HEMS in Cork

Irish College of Paramedics

Helicopter EMS in Cork: a paramedicine perspective. Irish Journal of Paramedicine. The recent discussions regarding the crew composition of the proposed Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) in Cork require comment from paramedicine. 2000, Stiell et al. 2004, Jayaraman et al. 2014), BLS (Sanghavi et al.

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Episode 31: Paramedic Degrees

The Overrun Podcast

[link] Percentage of EMS responses by FDNY in 2017 [link] Caffrey, et al. We look at the IAFC position statement and discuss why there's fire science, but not paramedicine degrees. on the value of a degree h [link] IAFC position statement on paramedic degrees The gang discusses the controversies and challenges over paramedic degrees.

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Incivility in Critical Care:  adding insult to the injuries

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Incidence and impact of incivility in paramedicine: a qualitative study. Available from: [link] Dixon-Woods M, Baker R, Charles K, et al. Fnais N, Soobiah C, Chen MH, et al. Keller S, Yule S, Zagarese V, et al. Academy of Management Learning & Education [Internet] 2009: 8:2:301–303.

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Influence of Rurality When Accessing Emergency Healthcare During Exacerbation of Asthma

International Journal of Paramedicine

Methods: A scoping review of literature was conducted utilising the steps articulated in Peters et al. Lower asthma-related mortality rates in metropolitan cities than other areas of Australia indicate a need to explore the extent of the impact that residing rurally has on access to emergency healthcare for asthma-related emergencies.

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