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A Message from AAA President Jamie Pafford-Gresham

American Ambulance Association

Happy New Year from Our New Association President Dear Fellow Members, I am saddened to begin the New Year with such grim and shocking news from Louisiana and New […] The post A Message from AAA President Jamie Pafford-Gresham appeared first on American Ambulance Association.

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Pre Hospital Extracorporeal CPR (ECPR) in the UK: The Sub30 study

St. Emlyn's

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed This feasibility study described the delivery of ECMO CPR (ECPR) for the first time in the UK The post Pre Hospital Extracorporeal CPR (ECPR) in the UK: The Sub30 study appeared first on St.Emlyn's.

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CMS Posts Revised 2025 Public Use File

American Ambulance Association

This content is for AAA members only. Please either Log In or Join! The post CMS Posts Revised 2025 Public Use File appeared first on American Ambulance Association.

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Torsade in a patient with left bundle branch block: is there a long QT? (And: Left Bundle Pacing).

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

By Smith with comments from our electrophysiologist, Rehan Karim. (And of course Ken's comments at the bottom) An elderly obese woman with cardiomyopathy, Left bundle branch block, and chronic hypercapnea presented hypoxic with altered mental status. She was intubated. Bedside cardiac ultrasound showed moderately decreased LV function. CT of the chest showed no pulmonary embolism but bibasilar infiltrates.

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Paramedic Chiefs of Canada – The Preburn Project: Preventing Burnout by Predicting Compromised Wellness in EMS Workers

FirstWatch

Instructions to join are below description and speakers. February 6th, 2025 | 9:00 am PST (12:00 pm EST) Join us for an in-depth exploration of the innovative Preburn Project: Preventing Burnout by Predicting Compromised Wellness in EMS Workers. This session is designed for EMS directors, EMS administrators, paramedics, dispatchers, mental health professionals and researchers who are committed to improving the well-being of frontline EMS workers.

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The Ultimate List of Emergency Medical Nursing Equipment

SSCOR

Preparedness is your best weapon against preventable morbidity and mortality. Here are the items you need to have in your emergency nursing equipment kit.

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Reader Responds: The Intersections of Physical and Mental Health Disorders

ACEP Now

Thanks to Drs. Harrell and Bower for their excellent case discussion in the October issue of ACEP Now. They made a final diagnosis of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and discussed how that diagnosis was made despite the initial anchoring on the wrong diagnosis. They continued to work the patient when they noted that the main presenting signtachycardiapersisted after the treatment for the initially anchored diagnosis, anxiety and panic disorder, and, possibly, hypovolemia.

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ACEP’s Emergency Medicine Data Institute Improves Patient Care

ACEP Now

To tell a story, all you need is information. To tell an accurate story, when it comes to patient care in the emergency department (ED), you need much more, according to ED data experts and emergency physicians James Augustine, MD, FACEP, and Stephen Epstein, MD, MPP, FACEP. An accurate story requires information from millions of ED visits, a way to analyze the data, and a way to use that analysis across different settings and patient populations for better outcomes.

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Bubble Wrap PLUS – January 2025

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Cant get enough of Bubble Wrap? The Bubble Wrap Plus is a monthly paediatric Journal Club reading list from Professor Jaan Toelen (University Hospitals Leuven) and Dr Anke Raaijmakers (Sydney Childrens Hospital). This comprehensive list is developed from 34 journals, including major and subspecialty paediatric journals. We suggest this list can help you discover relevant or interesting articles for your local journal club or allow you to keep a finger on the pulse of paediatric research.

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