American Ambulance Association

JUNE 30, 2024

While the majority of EMS and fire-rescue agencies provide emergency care to children, pediatric calls are rare. In fact, because most agencies see fewer than eight pediatric patients per month, […] The post PPRP | Make Sure You’re Ready for Children – Complete the Assessment! appeared first on American Ambulance Association.

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Ambulance EMS 130

Life in the Fastlane

JUNE 30, 2024

Andy Steval and Chris Moseley Thoracostomy Tube Insertion In this episode of our emergency and critical care procedures series we take a look at how to insert a tube thoracostomy.

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Critical Care 52

NHCPS Save a Life

JUNE 30, 2024

Most of the time, breathing is automatic. You give it little thought. But when you do, have you ever noticed your chest and abdomen contracting and expanding in the opposite way it seems they should? This unusual breathing pattern can happen to anyone from time to time. But for some, it becomes the “automatic breathing” […] The post Breathing Backwards: Paradoxical Breathing Guide for Nurses appeared first on SaveaLife.com.

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Life Support 52

FOAMfrat

JUNE 30, 2024

Sometimes, the conversations in our FOAMfrat Slack channel are too good to be left behind closed doors. Follow along in a FOAMfrat slack channel conversation as myself (Tyler), and Josh Kimbrell (author of "False Electrical Capture in Prehospital Transcutaneous Pacing by Paramedics: A Case Series") collaborate to create a graphic illustrating true vs. false capture with transcutaneous pacing.

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Paramedic OR 52