Critical Care Scenarios

MARCH 27, 2024

We discuss the phenomenon of CPR-induced consciousness (i.e. patients demonstrating awakeness during resuscitation) with Jack Howard, Intensive Care Paramedic at Ambulance Victoria in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, and first author on a recent literature review and Delphi-derived expert guideline on CPRIC management.

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Paramedic Training Spot

DECEMBER 8, 2021

If you’ve been struggling to decide between serving as a Soldier in the United States Army or becoming a paramedic , venture no further; you’ve come to the right place. Specifically, we’ll be diving deep as we discuss how to become a combat paramedic in the United States Army. What is a Paramedic?

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Peter Canning

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Many years ago I was asked if I wanted to be an expert witness/consultant in court cases involving paramedics. One of the reasons I declined was because I wrote a blog about being a paramedic that included descriptions of calls where things didn’t go as they do on TV (or as the public might expect). I declined. I have made many myself.

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NAEMSP

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

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% One study found that 60.8% Palliat Med.

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AmboFOAM

MAY 7, 2017

We have a large number of graduate paramedics starting with Ambulance Victoria this year, so it’s probably a good time to revisit a topic that seems to receive surprisingly little attention in an industry that relies so heavily upon it. Sometimes I just have to scratch the itch and have a rant.

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My Paramedic Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

I can feel the hunger for paramedicine again, the drive to learn, to push myself towards the goals I set back in 2009. I pounded on his chest, performing CPR. I found I lost the raving passion I once felt for paramedicine, I found myself pushing it away. Then the spark disappeared, his eyes dilated and turned dull.

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My Paramedic Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Doctor: “Start CPR. I could feel the atmosphere in the room get heavier and heavier as we waited… And waited… And waited… Is this really supposed to take THIS long for the heart to restart?? The nurse looked at me, and we all looked at the doctor, the doctor looked right back. Don’t die on me!

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