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The Role of Ridesharing in Emergency Medicine

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Schreyer, MD CMQ FAAE Originally published: Common Sense January/February 2021 The advent and broad availability of ridesharing services, such as Lyft and Uber, are changing the way patients access medical services, and emergency departments (EDs) are taking notice. Academic Emergency Medicine. 1996;3(11):1046-1050.

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SGEM#250: Scribes – I Want to Break Free (from the EMR)

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Case: The emergency department is backing up. You have ambulances ramping and patients queuing at triage. Your medical team is great, but you […] The post SGEM#250: Scribes – I Want to Break Free (from the EMR) first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Case: The emergency department is backing up.

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On Burnout

Don't Forget the Bubbles

You have no control over the number of ambulances ramped outside your emergency department, You have no control over the glitches in the EMR. First, let’s talk about autonomy and recognising what is not in your circle of control. Wishing, hoping, and raging about these things do nothing.

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NREMT Practice Test

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Cyanosis and an increase in respiratory rate were noticed approximately five minutes before the nurse requested an ambulance. Transporting a 16-year-old patient that was an unrestrained driver in an MVA to the emergency department when he does not want to be evaluated. Any incident that requires two or more ambulances.

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Paramedic vs Combat Medic: What’s the Difference?

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An emergency medical technician , or EMT, is a highly-trained individual capable of providing the necessary medical interventions and transport for the patients accessing their emergency medical service. EMTs typically operate in the pre-hospital setting with the standard ambulance equipment. paramedic was $36,650, or $17.62