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How to Become an EMT in New Jersey

Paramedic Training Spot

Sure, the classwork comes from a book, and if you take notes, and learn terminology, you should be good, right? The EMT class book in New Jersey may seem daunting, but the information in it can, and will, save somebody’s life. They had overdosed, and this was before the widespread use of Narcan. Not exactly.

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POCUS findings of hemodynamically unstable PE with cardiac arrest

EMDocs

Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) had been initiated and on arrival at the ED, the patient was found to have Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA). 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., doi: 10.1378/chest.13-1087.

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