Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This case was provided by Spencer Schwartz, an outstanding paramedic at Hennepin EMS who is on Hennepin EMS's specialized "P3" team, a team that receives extra training in advanced procedures such as RSI, thoracostomy, vasopressors, and prehospital ultrasound. On medic arrival, she walked out of the house in no distress, but was diaphoretic.

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BoostPrep

APRIL 26, 2022

Our EMT test questions will give you a better idea of what will be on your exam. EMT Airway, Respiration, & Ventilation Practice Test Time limit: 0 Quiz Summary 0 of 10 Questions completed Questions: Information You have already completed the quiz before. For more help and full-length practice tests, check out our EMT prep course.

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Paramedic

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Working as a paramedic, medic, EMT, prehospital care provider or any other type of first responder differs vastly from any other role in those first seconds or minutes of arrival. Each advises him to go to the emergency department because he's feeling worse as time passes and has begun to vomit.

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The Overrun

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Whether it be at a college party or in the nursing home at 3 AM, managing an acute psychosis patient is something EMTs and Paramedics encounter with frequency during their tenure. Emerg Med Clin North Am, vol. Rapid agitation control with ketamine in the emergency department (RACKED): a randomized controlled trial protocol.

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Peter Canning

MAY 12, 2024

I don’t believe he was a candidate for ketamine,” said Connecticut paramedic Peter Canning, who said he supports sedating truly violent patients because they stop fighting and are sleeping by the time they get to the hospital. There are two main categories of EMS providers – EMTs and paramedics.

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FOAMfrat

AUGUST 15, 2024

Here is the case: You are dispatched to a private residence (Paramedic/EMT crew configuration) for a female patient who gave birth at home and is now hemorrhaging. When I reflect on my EMT education (14 years ago) and my paramedic education (10 years ago), I genuinely don’t remember learning about postpartum hemorrhage (PPH).

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NCOAE

DECEMBER 11, 2023

According to the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP), more than 13 million people in the United States seek care in emergency departments for cervical spine injuries, but only 0.3 Whether this is true is unclear at this time and will be difficult to ascertain because of the infrequency of spinal injuries.

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Paramedic Training Spot

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In this article, we’ll be discussing the differences between a civilian paramedic and a United States Army combat medic. So what’s the difference between a paramedic vs combat medic? Well, to figure that out, we first must define the basic differences between EMT’s, Paramedics, and eventually U.S Is this field for me?”

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NAEMSP

MARCH 13, 2023

The attending paramedics begin bag-valve-mask (BVM) ventilation, correct her hypoxia and hypotension, and subsequently intubate her on scene with ketamine and rocuronium. Upon arrival to the ambulance, the EMT notices that the patient’s heart rate is 22 bpm. Prehospital Emergency Medicine Secrets. Crowe RP, Jarvis JL.

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ACEP Now

DECEMBER 7, 2024

As emergency departments (EDs) have become the focus of bottlenecks in the entire health care systemfrom insufficient inpatient beds leading to hospital boarding to dwindling access to primary carea siege atmosphere has developed. Some EMS systems have employed EMTs and paramedics to mind EMS patients in the ED.

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