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"Call HazMat Before Opening"

FOAMfrat

WE, AS EMS PROFESSIONALS, SHALL PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE, APPROPRIATE CARE TO ALL PATIENTS. CAD notes indicate that the caller was walking in the park and came across a vehicle in the far corner of the parking lot. EMS must rely on the hazmat team to monitor the air and not rely on their sense of smell.

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Pinnacle Webinar Series – Tackling Overdoses with Real-Time Data

FirstWatch

Register for Webinar Tuesday, July 16 th | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PT Overdoses continue to plague communities throughout the US and Canada. One North American EMS system recently had 245 overdoses in a single day. Identifying, tracking, and mapping overdoses is key to effective intervention.

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Wide-complex tachycardia: VT, aberrant, or "other?"

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This case is contributed by Brooks Walsh , an EM physician and ECG expert from Connecticut. She had a normal EF, and no significant CAD, and was taking flecainide to suppress the AF. It is easy to accidentally overdose. The case An older woman presented to the ED with dyspnea, diaphoresis, and chest pressure.

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