Medical Treatment
Like a ripple effect, one mistake or incorrect assumption can lead to increased negative outcomes for the patient
Eliminate EKG rhythms until there is only one probable interpretation
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Master seizure thresholds, classification and treatment approaches
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Ocala Fire Captain Jesse Blaire was skeptical about the benefits of buprenorphine
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Medics with Grady Memorial Hospital now have the training and equipment to treat patients with transfusions
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“Before you trade in your morphine for ketamine, the adverse events need to be discussed”
Focus on what you can identify within an ECG tracing, rather than the criteria
Chicago Medical School organization hosts live tissue high-risk, low-frequency airway procedures clinic for paramedics
Reframe your thinking to get patients with atypical neurologic emergency symptoms immediate care
Hennepin EMS is placing patient weight technology in all of its ambulances
Madison Fire Department paramedics will now be able to administer buprenorphine
The Elijah McClain trial highlighted gaps in medical procedures that experts said must be addressed
Put your trauma care knowledge to the test on trauma terminology and assessment
Engaging payers, the medical director, administrators and field providers was key to MedStar’s successful telehealth implementation
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Heart block recognition and treatment present a challenge in EMS education
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