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April 24, 2008 Volume 66 |
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| It's Operational | |
| Name the One Operation That Takes Place on Every Response? | |
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By Louis Molino, EMS1.com Columnist |
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There's an operation that takes place on every response when any call for emergency services comes in: getting into a multi-ton vehicle and riding it to the scene of the incident. But despite the frequency of transports, the emergency services community in the United States is woefully under trained and frankly inexperienced in the operation of the vehicles ... Full Column |
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Related Tip: Staying safe behind the wheel Read more EMS1 original columns |
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| Study: ALS may not be best care in trauma cases | |
 A new study, conducted in Canada, claims that paramedics administering ALS to major trauma patients failed to substantially improve survival rates. High-trauma patients who received basic paramedic care had roughly the same chances of survival, the study reports
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Related Resource: TALK BACK: Does being a paramedic make a difference?
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Press Release: HAIX® Announces the New Fire Hunter® Xtreme [HAIX® North America] Study: Midwest has the worst drunken driving rates [Washington] Mo. EMTs return man's body to family's doorstep [Springfield, Mo.] Neb. governor vetoes bill on mental trauma compensation [Omaha, Neb.] Related Article: Help proposed for violence's toll on first respondersAir evac policies questioned in Md. [Anne Arundel County, Md.] Related Article: Half of Md. medevac patients are not seriously injured
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What some medics fail to realize is that opiates themselves are analgesics, NOT anesthetics, and are not the direct cause of altered mental status. What IS the cause, is cerebral hypoxia. During my career I've encountered quite a few known or highly suspicious opiate ODs, and instead of getting crazy with the Narcan right off the bat, I stuck to my basics, opened and managed the airway. 
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Press Release: Laerdal Features MicroSim Curriculum for Self-Directed Learning [Laerdal Medical] Diver recounts lake rescue of 2-year-old Mich. boy [Chicago] Medics afoot to help at Boston marathon [Boston] Used ambulance sold with used syringes in Fla. [Pompano Beach, Fla.] Calif. responders deliver infant who couldn't wait [Ventura County, Calif.] Related Article: Midwives without EMS degrees risk prosecution
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| "In my previous life I was an Air Traffic Controller for the USAF, worked at some very busy assignments, dealing with more civilian aircraft than military. If we made a mistake, it would be investigated and required either retraining or removal from the field. The human error factor based on ATC was and still is very minimal. When the big accident happens involving controller error, you don't see them going to prison because of a mistake. Neither should the EMS provider go to jail for making a mistake." — paramedic268 |
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| Posted in response to: Should mistakes in the field be excused if paramedics did all they could?
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