The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

On arrival, you find a 35-year-old male, pulseless and apneic with cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in progress by a bystander. You and your partner initiate high-quality CPR, place a supraglottic airway, establish intra-osseous (IO) access and administer epinephrine. There is drug paraphernalia scattered around the room.

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Naloxone NARCAN Overdose CPR 242

NCOAE

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

How to stop bleeding, perform CPR, and assist breathing. Depending on the state, EMTs are authorized to administer 10 to 20 different medications, including epinephrine for an anaphylactic reaction, narcan for an overdose, or albuterol for an asthma attack. First Aid and to how to respond to a cardiac arrest.

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EMT EMT Emergency Medical Technician Ambulance Driver 52

Paramedic Training Spot

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Besides going over the basic lifesaving skill of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, or CPR, you will learn the legal side of medicine, such as HIPAA, and emergencies that bring not only the end, but a new start, to life. My first call was a CPR in progress. They had overdosed, and this was before the widespread use of Narcan.

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EMT EMT EMR Emergency Medical Technician 52