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Telemedicine for Ambulance Crews Has a Future, Despite Fiasco of ET3

Pulsara

Every EMT or paramedic who works out in the field knows that a fair percentage, some might say the majority, of our patients, don’t actually need to go to the emergency room.” Is it safe for this patient to go to urgent care? Can they get a prescription written for a new medicine or refill an existing prescription?

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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. In Sweden and the Netherlands, ambulances are staffed by nurses and paramedics.

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Paramedic Workforce Disparities Marked by Geographical Positioning

International Journal of Paramedicine

Key words including paramedic*, EMT, urban OR metro*, rural OR remote and disparit* were inserted into the search engines MEDLINE, CINAHL Plus and Scopus. Methods: The JBI approach was used to perform a scoping review to assess the availability of literature.

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How to Become a Paramedic in the Army

Paramedic Training Spot

A paramedic is an emergency medical technician, or EMT, who holds a treasure of complex medical knowledge and possesses advanced training on complex medical equipment and procedures. Paramedics are the most highly-trained medical professionals of all EMTs. Let’s start with defining the subject of our discussion today—the paramedic.

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Paramedic vs Combat Medic: What’s the Difference?

Paramedic Training Spot

Undoubtably, an emergency medical technician, or EMT, was working to provide the best standard of medical care on what may have been the worst day in the patient’s life. EMTs typically operate in the pre-hospital setting with the standard ambulance equipment. All EMTs are not made equal; there are levels to their certifications.