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Traumatizing Patients with Trauma Activations

ACEP Now

The concept of rapid assessment for heart attacks and strokes is not foreign to the general public, but these emergencies do not include rapid destruction of clothing, private examinations performed in front of audiences, or a quick succession of invasive procedures. Advanced Trauma Life Support: Student Course Manual.

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How to Become an EMT

NCOAE

On the other hand, you could be called in to attend to the victim of a car accident or a shooting or a heart attack, drowning, mountaineering accident, or drug overdose. For additional details about these courses and our current course schedule, visit our Emergency Medicine training page. You may even have to deliver a baby!

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NREMT Practice Test

BoostPrep

Question A patient having a panic attack can manifest signs and symptoms of a heart attack. Which of the following is not a sign or symptom associated with a panic attack? Transporting a critically injured intoxicated driver from an MVA in which a child sustained injuries incompatible with life.

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