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EMS WEEK 2020: Aftermath

The Overrun

This week is EMS Week. Usually, if you’re in EMS; this means some type of free meal, water bottle, bag, or other gift that symbolizes their respective agencies, hospitals, and healthcare systems thanking them for their service. Since the entry of COVID-19, EMS has noticed a difference. People wave. And that’s wrong.

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Palliative and Hospice Care in the Prehospital Setting

NAEMSP

The EMS crew reports that the hospital was unclear if he was on hospice or if he simply had a DNR. Literature Review: Education in EMS often focuses on how to treat acutely ill and injured patients with the goal of saving lives and preventing serious, long-lasting negative outcomes. His mental status is described as nodding off.