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November 6, 2007 Volume 20 |
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Fla. EMS focus on faster heart care |
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In an ideal world, every heart attack would end like Willard "Ziggy" Hill's. Within 90 minutes of arriving at a small community hospital in North Carolina, he was having a blocked artery reopened at Duke University Medical Center 25 miles away. "It was like being a car in a pit stop at NASCAR," he said. "I thought 'I am in really good hands.' " Two years ago, he might not have been. North Carolina was a bad place to have a heart attack ... Full Story Related Resources: For heart attack victims, quick call is big help
TALK BACK: With a greater focus on cardiac arrest patients, what changes do you envision happening in the industry to provide better treatment?
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| The Ambulance Driver's Perspective | |
| The Airway Continuum | |
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By Kelly Grayson, EMS1.com Columnist |
| EMS1 is pleased to announce that Kelly Grayson has joined our growing columnist team. Grayson will present a monthly column focusing on the various day-to-day issues that paramedics face both on and off the field. All too many paramedics consider endotracheal intubation to be the gold standard of airway management; it isn't. Effective ventilation is the gold standard. Our profession needs to remove the stigma attached to not getting the tube ... Full Column |
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| EKG Club Patient Follow-up | |
| Trick-or-Treat | |
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By EKG Club, EMS1.com Columnist |
| You already have an IV line to work with and quickly determine the patient's weight to be 60kg. You then administer 0.2-0.3mg/kg (15mg) of etomidate. Your partner attaches the defibrillation pads and you prepare an oral airway and bag-valve-mask in case they are needed. After confirming that the patient is adequately sedated and reconfirming the rhythm, you charge and deliver a single synchronized defibrillation ... Full Case Discussion | |
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Discuss the Patient Follow-up Read Case 8: Trick-or-Treat Read more EMS1 original columns |
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| Press Release: CISM Perspectives Offers the CISM Refresher Training Program - the First of Its Kind! [CISM Perspectives] FDA releases guidelines for cleaning med equipment [Rockville, Md.] Pa. D.A. says ambulance driver drunk, killed 2 [Marshall Township, Pa.] Chicago Fire/EMS to receive sensitivity training after racist remarks [Chicago] Calif. paramedic hit while aiding roadside victim [Temecula, Calif.] |
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| Press Release: PDSI Announces Recently Live TeleStaff™ Clients [PDSI] Calif. looks into crash involving more than 100 vehicles [Fresno, Calif.] Study challenges EMS triage policies for disaster response [New York] Audit finds inadequate drivers at Texas AMR [Austin, Texas] WTC first responder's family wants N.Y.C. mayor's apology [New York] Related Article: N.Y.C. mayor's remark sparks 'hero' debate
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