Paramedics World

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Distressing, disturbing, and sometimes downright depressing, the emergency situations you’ll be exposed to as an ER healthcare professional… The post Which Skills & Qualities are Needed to Succeed to Work in an Emergency Department? appeared first on Paramedics World.

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GEDC

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In fact, 60 percent of older adults admitted to hospital enter through the emergency department. Forging Aligned Partnerships Between Value Based Care Organizations & Geriatric Emergency Departments: A Toolkit for Geriatric Emergency Departments provides a comprehensive roadmap for understanding and implementing this work.

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EMergucate

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

A 58 year old man is brought to your Emergency Department by ambulance after a spontaneous epistaxis over the last three hours. The Paramedics confirm that the patient vomitted 500mls fresh blood a…

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 15, 2022

Intensive Care Med 2021 Guest Skeptic: Missy Carter, former City of Bremerton Firefighter/Paramedic, currently a professor of Emergency Medical Services at Tacoma Community College’s paramedic program.

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International Journal of Paramedicine

APRIL 3, 2024

Introduction As the global demand for emergency health services continues to expand, the role of paramedics persists and grows alongside the expansion of ambulance services. This scoping review aims to explore what is known about the incidence of NTDC cases attended by paramedics internationally.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Weighing the pediatric patient during trauma resuscitation and its concordance with estimated weight using Broselow Luten Emergency Tape. Pediatr Emerg Care. Accuracy of paramedic Broselow tape use in the prehospital setting. Prehosp Emerg Care. Int J Emerg Med. J Emerg Med. 2012;28(6):544-547. Resusc Plus.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 2, 2019

JAMA 2018 Guest Skeptic: Missy Carter, former City of Bremerton Firefighter/Paramedic, currently a physician assistant practicing in emergency medicine in the Seattle area and an adjunct faculty […] The post SGEM#247: Supraglottic Airways Gonna Save You for an OHCA? The AIRWAYS-2 Randomized Clinical Trial.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 9, 2021

JAMA 2020 Guest Skeptic: Mike Carter is a former paramedic and current PA practicing in pulmonary and critical care as well as an adjunct professor of emergency medical services […] The post SGEM#314: OHCA – Should you Take ‘em on the Run Baby if you Don’t get ROSC?

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International Journal of Paramedicine

OCTOBER 8, 2024

One barrier to including children in such programs is a lack of evidence regarding whether paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) can accurately identify children with low-acuity complaints. Our primary objective was to compare the accuracy of EMTs to that of paramedics in identifying low-acuity pediatric encounters.

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Paramedic

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Priorities are changing in prehospital care, with many paramedics now questioning career commitment for the future. In years gone by, joining the world of emergency medical services meant a high turnover of patients, among a daily mix of unpredictable emergencies. National Industry Insights: Ambulance and Paramedic.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 14, 2021

Circulation 2020 Guest Skeptic: Missy Carter is a PA practicing in emergency medicine in the Seattle area and an adjunct faculty member with the Tacoma Community College paramedic program. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Date: August 12th, 2021 Reference: Daya et al.

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NAEMSP

OCTOBER 9, 2024

In the emergency department, a lack of awareness about Addison’s disease led to delayed steroid administration. The secondary paramedic stated “My mom has this, she needs to take that medicine”, preventing a full-blown crisis. In the emergency department, the patient was evaluated and safely discharged.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Guest Skeptics: Jay Loosley is the Superintendent of Education at Middlesex-London Paramedic Service. Jenn Doyle is a paramedic educator at Middlesex-London Paramedic Service. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Jenn Doyle is a paramedic educator at Middlesex-London Paramedic Service.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

The paramedics achieve return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after CPR, advanced cardiac life support (ALCS), and Intubation. She arrives in the emergency department (ED) with decreased level of consciousness and shock. EMS arrives and finds the patient in monomorphic ventricular tachycardic (VT) cardiac arrest.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JULY 9, 2022

Great emergency care takes a team from the prehospital setting, emergency department, inpatient and outpatient all working together. That is why we have had paramedics, nurses, physiotherapists, pharmacists and a wide spectrum of physician specialists on the SGEM.

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EMS 12-Lead

APRIL 14, 2022

Madden, Paramedic. An interesting comment provided by Paramedic Madden is that a few team members initially interpreted the T wave presentation as hyperkalemia, as opposed to occlusive hyperacuity. Let's revisit the deWinter occlusion provided by Paramedic Madden. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 18 (4), 752-760. [2]

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 25, 2021

The paramedics performed high-quality CPR and follow their ACLS protocol. The patient is transported to the emergency department with vital signs absent (VSA). Bystander CPR is being performed. The monitor is hooked up. Intraosseous access is quickly obtained, and a dose of epinephrine is provided.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 8, 2022

Prior to earning his MD, he worked as a paramedic in the New York City 911 system. Case: A 43-year-old male presents to your emergency department (ED) the day after being involved in an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident. He is also a resident flight physician with UNM’s aeromedical service, UNM Lifeguard.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 25, 2020

NEJM February 2019 Guest Skeptic: Andrew Merelman is a critical care paramedic and second year medical student at Rocky Vista University in Colorado. NEJM February 2019 Guest Skeptic: Andrew Merelman is a critical care paramedic and second year medical student at Rocky Vista University in Colorado.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 18, 2022

Case: You are working in the emergency department (ED) and receive a call from the Advanced Care Paramedics who are at the scene of a stabbing. The paramedic asks you, “we have saline, and we also have red-cells and this fancy new lyophilised plasma. Apparently, two rival gangs (Jets and Sharks) had a rumble.

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ACEP Now

JUNE 6, 2023

When considering an optimized environment for compassionate patient communication, the chaotic emergency department (ED) probably gives some clinicians pause. 9) Tell Me More, or What Else, Statements Admittedly, this proficiency can be difficult in the busy emergency department. Example: “My spouse said I should come in.”

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EMS 12-Lead

AUGUST 14, 2022

David Didlake Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Firefighter / Paramedic @DidlakeDW A 50 y/o Male was taking his dog for a leisurely stroll through the park when he suddenly experienced new onset chest discomfort. He waited for it to subside, but after 30 minutes of persistence he called 911.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 16, 2017

He is also a Faculty member of the Emergency Medicine and Acute Care Series 1986 to present. Case: Johnny is a 22-year-old male patient who presents to the emergency department via EMS with a seizure. The paramedics report another seizure on route to the hospital. He is known to have poorly controlled epilepsy.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

It is a German emergency medicine and intensive care podcast. Their mission is to share knowledge with paramedics, nurses, medical student and also young doctors as they take their first steps in the field of emergency medicine. Thorben and Johannes have a knowledge translation project called Pin-Up-Docs. Annals of EM 2020.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The doors slid open and above the rain I heard a woman yelling repeatedly in mixed English and Dari, “No, I do not consent,” while paramedics relayed their concern for a spinal injury after she fell down concrete steps. Dr. Lebold is an emergency medicine resident and physician scientist at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif.,

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Broome Docs

DECEMBER 22, 2024

PARAMEDIC 3 randomized 6,000 (but they were supposed to get to 15,000) patients with out of hospital arrest from multiple EMS agencies in the UK to either an IO or IV to start. Piroxicam and paracetamol in the prevention of early recurrent pain and emergency department readmission after renal colic: Randomized placebo-controlled trial.

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International Journal of Paramedicine

JANUARY 5, 2024

With the advent of affordable portable devices, this tool has expanded to the prehospital world, offering an opportunity to improve patient care prior to arrival in the emergency department.

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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. Learning Points: 1. Learn to Recognize Hyperacute T-waves 2.

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EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Medications: FI has a long history of use in the prehospital world, as many agencies were/are reluctant to provide paralytics to paramedics. actors Associated with the Occurrence of Cardiac Arrest after Emergency Tracheal Intubation in the Emergency Department. Int J Emerg Med. Prehosp Emerg Care.

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NAEMSP

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The goal of the study was to determine predictors of repeat access to prehospital or emergency department care within 72 hours of initial paramedic contact. 43 patients (5.4%) had repeat access to prehospital or emergency department care. Results: The authors included 791 patients for analysis. were admitted.

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ACEP Now

JANUARY 5, 2025

The PREOXI trial compared oxygen mask pre-oxygenation versus noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV) in patients requiring intubation in emergency departments (EDs) and intensive care units. Two trials were published together on this topic, PARAMEDIC-3 and IVIO. The obvious winner was NIPPV, whose 9.1 Pediatrics.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 30, 2023

You ask your anaesthetist to get ready to sedate or intubate depending on their status – Significant risk to the department – you make sure security is aware And your patient arrives. Interim results presented earlier this year show that REBOA performed within the Emergency Department increased mortality. c) Or, do both?

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EMS 12-Lead

MAY 20, 2022

David Didlake Firefighter / Paramedic Acute Care Nurse Practitioner @DidlakeDW Peer review and commentary by Dr. Steve Smith [link] @SmithECGblog It is early-summer, approximately 1330 hours, no cloud cover overhead, and 86 degrees with high humidity. A 59 y/o Female calls 911 for crushing chest discomfort and difficulty breathing.

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ECG Medical Training

JUNE 11, 2016

Paramedics attempt a postural modification to the Valsalva maneuver as described in the REVERT Trial. The patient briefly considered refusing transport to the Emergency Department. However, this was a beyond the comfort level of the treating paramedics, especially since the patient continued to feel breathless.

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FOAMfrat

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Ok, here we go… Lots of controversy over the recent article titled, “Comparing Intubation Success Between Flight Nurses and Flight Paramedics in Helicopter Emergency Medical Services”, published by the Air Medical Journal in their November/December 2023 issue. Recently, I became a Paramedic Instructor for my local college in January.

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OntarioMedic

DECEMBER 23, 2017

London Free Press reporter Jane Sims spoke with Middlesex-London Paramedics, OPP, London Fire Fighters, Emergency Department and ICU nurses and physicians to recount the amazing story behind Ashlyn Krell’s journey back to life. The post Emergency Services Working Together to Save a Life appeared first on OntarioMedic.

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Irish College of Paramedics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Whilst we respect the opinion of other professions we feel it is important to provide an Irish perspective on behalf of members of the Irish College of Paramedics - Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) Paramedics, and Advanced Paramedics (APs). 2000, Stiell et al. 2004, Jayaraman et al. 2014), BLS (Sanghavi et al.

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