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Traumatizing Patients with Trauma Activations

ACEP Now

The concept of rapid assessment for heart attacks and strokes is not foreign to the general public, but these emergencies do not include rapid destruction of clothing, private examinations performed in front of audiences, or a quick succession of invasive procedures. Advanced Trauma Life Support: Student Course Manual.

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From the President’s Desk: HEMS in Cork

Irish College of Paramedics

Crewing Models: There are varying models of pre-hospital care ranging from paramedic provision of care through the mix of First Aid (Tanigawa and Tanaka 2006) Basic Life Support (BLS), immediate care, Advanced Life Support (ALS) and the many associated specialist paramedicine grades. 2000, Stiell et al.

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The Reality of Ramping for Student Paramedics

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Paramedic

National industry insight reporting from the Australian Industry and Skills Committee suggests that, in 2019 alone, Australia wide, there were over 4,500 enrolments in ambulance and paramedic qualifications1. We equip them with a growing collection of skills to include everything from basic life support, right through to advanced care.

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REBEL Cast Ep113: Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation

REBEL EM

The fragility index of these findings found to be 1 for VC and 9 for DED Obtaining a second defibrillator in the emergency department or intensive care unit can be very easy to do. The above resource limitation applies in the opposite setting and requires a clinical judgement call to be made.

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NREMT Practice Test

BoostPrep

Cyanosis and an increase in respiratory rate were noticed approximately five minutes before the nurse requested an ambulance. Transporting a critically injured intoxicated driver from an MVA in which a child sustained injuries incompatible with life. Transporting a homeless person to the emergency department for evaluation of a cough.

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage: ED presentation, evaluation, and management

EMDocs

Louis); Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Marina Boushra, MD (EM-CCM Attending, Cleveland Clinic Foundation) Case A 62-year-old male with past medical history of hypertension (HTN), hyperlipidemia (HLD), and prior cerebrovascular accident (CVA) presents to the emergency department (ED) via ambulance. Neurocrit Care.

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