The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Sean Moore is an emergency physician working in Kenora Ontario, where he is Chief of Staff at Lake of the Woods District Hospital, Northern Medical Director for the Ornge air medical transport program and associate medical director with CritiCall Ontario. An anesthetist is working with him for the procedures.

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NAEMSP

MARCH 5, 2024

Air medical transport has been utilized in multiple hospital based programs including trauma, STEMI, and stroke. Cardiac arrest has been proven difficult in flight, but research is still needed with mechanical CPR machines. They have also been utilized with high risk OB, specialized patients with IABP, ECMO, Impella’s etc.

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NCOAE

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

How to stop bleeding, perform CPR, and assist breathing. Non-emergent medical transport is also common. Two EMTs work together on an ambulance to transport people to/from nursing homes, doctor’s appointments or hospitals. First Aid and to how to respond to a cardiac arrest. Shifts most commonly are 12 or 24 hours.

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