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Handtevy Mobile Closes the Gap in Pediatric Emergency Care: A Vital Response to Recent Findings

Handtevy

Every year, countless young lives are impacted by the split-second decisions made in emergency departments across the United States. Only 14% of emergency departments are adequately ready to manage pediatric emergencies, a statistic that speaks volumes about the silent risks our children face. Florida Senate.

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Most EMS Terminology Comes Down to Initials, Abbreviations and Acronyms

NCOAE

Today we’re taking a more serious look at language, this time highlighting the terminology used by members of the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) community. That’s because one of our areas of focus here at The National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education (NCOAE) is emergency medicine training and education.

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Emergency Medicine and EMS Have Grown in Parallel Tracks for 50 Years

ACEP Now

But since the mid 80s, we have realized that EMS is the clinical practice of emergency medicine outside of the emergency department. There are also hundreds of other emergency physicians involved in EMS as part of their practice but aren’t board certified as EMS subspecialists. So physicians need to be involved.

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Palliative and Hospice Care in the Prehospital Setting

NAEMSP

These can include feeling compelled to attempt resuscitation despite the team feeling it is futile or not consistent with the patient’s wishes, families demanding CPR despite the presence of a DNR, incompletely filled out DNR forms, and more. had performed CPR on a hospice patient, and 17.9% Prehosp Emerg Care. 2022.04.175.

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Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest: Pearls and Pitfalls

EMDocs

Louis) // Reviewed by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case You are working in the trauma/critical care pod of your emergency department (ED). You receive a page for a cardiac arrest and take report from emergency medical services (EMS). Am J Emerg Med. 1996;40(3):483-485.

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How to Become an EMT

NCOAE

Recognizing the Difference Between EMTs, AEMTs, and Paramedics The National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) — that’s the leading certification agency in the U.S. Some EMT courses require CPR as a prerequisite, while others, including ours, include CPR training and certification.

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ToxCard: Benzonatate

EMDocs

When emergency medical services (EMS) arrived, she was in asystole with an empty, recently full, bottle of benzonatate 100 mg capsules. She received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and standard advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS). Her QRS interval was 90 and QTc was 491.

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