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REBEL Reflections Episode 5: Thinking in Bets – Making Better Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts

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This was not a Code 3 respiratory distress, fentanyl overdose with minimal response to Narcan or even an unconscious stroke patient with the blood pressure of a giraffe. Annie Duke, a former World Series of Poker champion, details s ome of the psychology of decision making in the high-risk gambling in her book, Thinking in Bets.

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How to Become an EMT in New Jersey

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Each state has their own challenges, as well as guidelines and laws, to practicing as an EMT, although with the National Registry becoming the norm, EMS will soon have similar protocols throughout the nation. It wasn’t until the 1970’s that EMT’s became certified, and by 1973, the modern day EMS system was established across the country.

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POCUS findings of hemodynamically unstable PE with cardiac arrest

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EMS verbalized concern to EPs that an “intracranial bleed” may have precipitated the event. The Accu-Chek was 214, and there was no response to empiric Narcan administration. Marino’s the ICU book, Wolters Kluwer Health, pgs 105-109, 4th ed., 2014 May;145(5):950-957. doi: 10.1378/chest.13-1087. PMID: 24092475. Marino, P.

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