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Wave 2024 Recap: Top 6 Key Topics in EMS & Fire Industries

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Aligning Community Data for the Common Good by Michael Baker , MA, EFO, Fire Chief at Tulsa Fire Department and Justin Lemery , Director of EMS, Tulsa Fire Department discussed the far-reaching positive effects that reviewing data and creating community partnerships can have in overcoming homelessness, overdoses, and chronic illness.

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Brain Trauma Guidelines for Emergency Medicine

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Confounders to the GCS such as seizure and post-ictal phase, ingestions and drug overdose, as well as medications administered in the prehospital setting that impact GCS score should be documented. McGovern distinguished chair in emergency medicine. The GCS must be obtained through interaction with the patient (i.e.,