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SGEM#426: All the Small Things – Small Bag Ventilation Masks in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

On your arrival, first responders from the fire department are performing high-quality basic cardiac life support. Your EMS agency has equipped you with small-volume adult bag-valve masks (BVMs), the first responders have been utilizing a standard adult BVM thus far during the resuscitation.

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Year in Review: ESO Research and Data That Shaped 2024

ESO

Our mission to improve health and safety through the power of data has guided everything we do to support first responders and healthcare providers. The 2024 ESO Trends Reports explored topics such as the growing demands on first responders and healthcare workers, improving first responder safety, and addressing gaps in care delivery.

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Three Pillars for Pediatric Resuscitation Success

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Telephone CPR Often called the ‘firstfirst-responders, call-takers are critically important to the survival of those found in cardiac arrest. The solution to this dilemma has remained elusive, proving to be a difficult problem to solve; yet correcting it may yield the biggest impact on survival.

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Transcutaneous Pacing: Part 2

EMS 12-Lead

In this call, paramedics arrived on scene to find a patient apneic and pulseless with CPR in progress by first responders (AED had an unknown unshockable rhythm). Epinephrine administered intravenously. They administered 10 mcg of push-dose epinephrine. Atropine and further doses of epinephrine were not administered.

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"Call HazMat Before Opening"

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Of these, eight first responders and four employees of the coroners office were involved. Anderson, 2016)Often, these calls come out as one down or check the welfare, and responding crews have no idea what theyre walking into. Chemical Suicide Response Training for First Responders: Chemical Suicide Response.