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  Improving STEMI outcomes starts with building trust - Ada County Paramedics, a three-time Mission: Lifeline recipient, describes their collaborations with hospitals and doctors to improve STEMI care

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  How a dispatcher's visual perception improves patient outcomes - Technology to photograph, video and broadcast from an emergency incident to a dispatcher shortens EMS response, improves bystander care and ensures better patient treatment at hospitals

• When it comes to measuring the patient experience, EMS falls short - Asking our patients and their families to provide feedback through a formal assessment of patient satisfaction should be a priority of every EMS agency

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  Did Hillary Clinton have an episode of 'Sunday syncope'? - How do you assess and treat general weakness in a geriatric patient that faints at church or a public event?

• 12-Lead ECG case: A tale of too many Q waves - Review the findings for a critical shock patient and understand the ominous implications of pathological Q waves

• Capnography: A vital sign for every EMS patient - Monitoring ETCO2 with waveform capnography gives EMS providers real-time feedback to make treatment decisions and improve care for a multitude of medical problems and traumatic injuries

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  Zika virus and EMS patient assessment - Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) must be prepared to appropriately and cautiously handle these calls

• Reality Training: Do backboards benefit blunt or penetrating trauma patients? - Your patient has neurological deficits after a traumatic injury. Should you use a backboard?

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  How to perform the Glasgow Coma Scale assessment - Watch this in-depth instructional video on using the Glasgow Coma Scale for assessment of impairment of conscious level in response to defined stimuli. After watching download an instructional aid.

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  Remember 2 Things: Nausea relief without medications - In this episode of Remember 2 Things Steve Whitehead discusses the relief of nausea without medications by applying a cold compress to the back of patient's neck and smelling an alcohol prep pad. Have you tried either of these techniques? Did they help your patient feel better?

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  Remember 2 Things: How to auscultate an accurate blood pressure - In this episode of Remember 2 Things learn how to auscultate an accurate blood pressure during a patient assessment. Whitehead discusses the importance of having the patient uncross their legs and why the patient's arm should be at the same level as their heart. After watching Remember 2 Things, read these top EMS1 articles on blood pressure assessment. Blood pressure reading tips and tricks for EMS 5 errors that are giving you incorrect blood pressure readings How to auscultate a patient's blood pressure

• Test your EMS knowledge: Odd patient presentations and complaints - How much do you know about some of the relevant and irrelevant medical conditions patients are prone to disclose?

• Tips for assessing and managing a patient with "general illness" - You were asked to assess and treat a 44-year-old woman who has been feeling weak and lethargic; did you make the right call?

• Clinical scenario: Office worker complaining of weakness - You are dispatched to a bank for a woman who is weak and lethargic.

• 6 useful sepsis assessment and treatment tips - Here's how EMS recognition and initiation of interventions can lower sepsis mortality

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