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TOXIC HEROISM AND EMS: THE PERFECT STORM

The Overrun

The non-emergent transports to the ED, the “frequent flyers” who may need social services much more than a ride to the hospital or an on-the-scene rescue, the calls originally coded as emergent that turn out to be only urgent at best start eat at the newbie. And then, graduation and licensure. And then, reality sets in.

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