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Most EMS Terminology Comes Down to Initials, Abbreviations and Acronyms

NCOAE

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Episode 107: Cardiac and Non-Cardiac Chest Pain with Dr. Mike Berkenbush

The Overrun Podcast

BLS providers are expected to know more and do more in the evolving healthcare landscape. They explore the tendency to over-triage chest pain cases and the need for a more nuanced approach. Knowing the receiving facility and building relationships with the staff can improve patient outcomes.

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No DNR Required: Why it should be our call to stop or start CPR

The Overrun

Since she was confused, she didn’t know where his paperwork was so the BLS agency that arrived began efforts for resuscitation. Each of the people on that BLS crew are career providers. When I first started out as an EMT, I came across this similar situation. Does that mean a little more training or continuing ed?

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The Harms of Stigma

Peter Canning

Both EMS and the ED were not welcoming places for them. I was in the paramedic fly car and a BLS crew was in the ambulance. I didn’t see anyone on two passes, but then I heard the BLS unit radio that they’d found the patient. Thought I’d check behind the dumpster,” the EMT said to me. You found him.”