Peter Canning
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Alzheimer’s Mortality Lowest for Taxi, Ambulance Drivers Some researchers out of Harvard Medical School did a study of over 443 occupations and found that taxi drivers and ambulance drivers had the lowest rates of dying from Alzheimer’s. Ambulance drivers. The headline Irked me.
Gold Cross Ambulance Service
JUNE 29, 2022
No two calls for an ambulance are ever exactly the same. In today’s blog, we take a closer look at 10 of the most common reasons that people call for an ambulance. So while this isn’t a specific look into the reasons why people end up needing a Gold Cross ambulance, a lot of the data mirrors our own.
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ACEP Now
OCTOBER 9, 2023
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.
Broken Paramedic
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
Dear frontline ambulance colleagues, After 12 years of responding to 999 calls and subsequently watching from the sidelines as family and friends continue to do so, I am only too aware of the ever increasing pressures and the ongoing erosion of the ambulance clinicians’ lot. ” Ouch.
EMT City
NOVEMBER 28, 2021
Craft, age 59, was brought by ambulance to the emergency room because she thought she was dying. Craft assumed that she was having a heart attack, and so did the admitting emergency room personnel. Cardiac markers did not show that she was having a heart attack, nor did an EKG. But the case was more complicated.
NCOAE
NOVEMBER 13, 2021
EMTs are not just “ambulance drivers,” although that’s certainly a critical part of their occupation. For EMTs and patients, an ambulance is more than transportation to the hospital. Also, how to recognize a heart attack or stroke and what to do to give the patient the best chance of survival. Where Else do EMTs Work?
EMDocs
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
The distant wailing of ambulance sirens grew louder and then abruptly cut off as they arrived at the ED entrance. Her grandfather died of a heart attack last year at the age of 92. Any history of heart disease? Patient: Yes, my dad had a heart attack when he was in his 40s. Has never had an STI. Patient: No.
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