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<title>Maternal Mortality and Immortality</title>
<author><![CDATA[Jim Upchurch]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/jim-upchurch/articles/440120-Maternal-Mortality-and-Immortality/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The term pregnancy simply means ‘pre-birth.’ Of course the actual process is far from simple or safe. We indeed owe a great debt to the female of our species.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:27:44 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Lightning Strike Injuries</title>
<author><![CDATA[Joseph Mistovich]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/joseph-mistovich/articles/439502-Lightning-Strike-Injuries/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Lightning is a very dramatic natural phenomenon that tends to capture attention. Lightning strikes the earth approximately 8,000,000 times per day. Most of these strikes are benign and cause little damage to property or physical structures &mdash; and even less injury to humans. Because humans are rarely struck by lightning, this fascinating phenomenon is often disregarded as a potential immediate danger ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:02:12 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Albuterol: Drug Whys</title>
<author><![CDATA[Mike McEvoy]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/DrugWhys/articles/439071-Albuterol-Drug-Whys/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Albuterol is the 14th most commonly prescribed drug in the United States. It is used primarily for prevention and treatment of reversible bronchospasm and treatment of asthma and prevention of exercise-induced asthma. Learn the drug's profile, its dosing, and potential side effects on patients.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:01:45 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>The Functionality of Active Stretching</title>
<author><![CDATA[Bryan Fass]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/bryan-fass/articles/438454-The-Functionality-of-Active-Stretching/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Active, or functional, stretching achieves the same goal as static stretching except with one major difference -- they are performed through a “functional” range of motion, one that is specific to a joint or natural movement in the body. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:12:59 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>EMS Research and the Scientific Method</title>
<author><![CDATA[Bryan E. Bledsoe]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/bryan-bledsoe/articles/438159-EMS-Research-and-the-Scientific-Method/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Recently, I've run into several people who were disparaging EMS research and the scientists who conduct it. I can't count the number of times that I've heard an EMS person try to discount a research study using that old Benjamin Disraeli quote, “There are … lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Perhaps it is time to provide a brief primer on EMS research.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:19:20 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>The &#8220;Grey&#8221; Area of Trauma Care</title>
<author><![CDATA[Paul Mazurek]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/paul-mazurek/articles/437772-The-Grey-Area-of-Trauma-Care/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[An air medical team is called to the scene of a rollover motor vehicle crash along a rural highway 32 nautical miles away. Ground personnel on scene report that the patient is an unrestrained passenger who was ejected from the vehicle.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Nov 2008 20:56:29 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Marriage Counseling Part III: D&#233;tente in the Dysfunctional Fire-EMS Relationship</title>
<author><![CDATA[Kelly Grayson]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/kelly-grayson/articles/437472-Marriage-Counseling-Part-III-D-233-tente-in-the-Dysfunctional-Fire-EMS-Relationship/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[I’ve spent a couple of columns bashing dysfunctional fire-EMS departments, but it is only fair to point out that not all fire departments do EMS poorly. The general trend I see is that the most dysfunctional relationships are within large municipal fire departments where EMS and fire were forced to merge unwillingly. So, how do we answer the original question: What will it take for medics to achieve equality in the firehouse?]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 4 Nov 2008 20:13:20 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>When Breathing Goes Bad</title>
<author><![CDATA[Robert K. Waddell]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/robert-waddell/articles/436913-When-Breathing-Goes-Bad/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[If you’ve been an EMS provider for more than a month, you have probably cared for a child with asthma. If you haven’t, just wait; currently, more than 9 million children suffer from asthma, making it the nation’s third most common cause of hospitalization.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:12:45 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Top Product Picks from EMS EXPO</title>
<author><![CDATA[Dan White]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/dan-white/articles/434909-Top-Product-Picks-from-EMS-EXPO/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[This year’s EMS EXPO was an exciting showcase of many new products. The exhibit hall featured more innovations than in any of the previous years I’ve attended. Here are my top new product picks from EMS EXPO 2008.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:03:21 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>EMS Volunteerism</title>
<author><![CDATA[Jules Scadden]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/jules-scadden/articles/431819-EMS-Volunteerism/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Living and working in a rural, county-based system, the majority of the EMS providers here are volunteers. EMS in the United States was founded on a predominately volunteer basis, but I think that today's volunteer foundation seems to have lost that sense of pride it once had.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:16:12 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Transfer of Care, Beware</title>
<author><![CDATA[David Givot]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/david-givot/articles/431279-Transfer-of-Care-Beware/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Procedurally, the transfer of care from ALS to BLS (called the “BLS pass-off” or “shipping”) is among the most common practices that create a threat of liability in nearly every system I have seen.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Oct 2008 21:07:37 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Developing Successful Public Access Defibrillator Programs</title>
<author><![CDATA[Jim Sideras]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/jim-sideras/articles/429175-Developing-Successful-Public-Access-Defibrillator-Programs/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The time to defibrillation is one of the most important factors during a cardiac arrest. To help decrease that period, public access defibrillator (PAD) programs are being developed across the country.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:23:52 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Ready to Go?</title>
<author><![CDATA[Louis N. Molino, Sr.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/louis-molino/articles/427512-Ready-to-Go/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[In emergency response, it is all about being ready to go — just look at the USAR teams deployed to the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav. And for the rest of us? Well, we go to the call, we go to the patient or the fire, we go to the hospital and then we go back to the station and so on. But are you really ready to go at all?]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 3 Sep 2008 23:58:54 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>The Thomas Theorem: Frontline Response to Excited Delirium</title>
<author><![CDATA[Chris Lawrence]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/chris-lawrence/articles/427263-The-Thomas-Theorem-Frontline-Response-to-Excited-Delirium/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The Thomas Theorem is a fundamental law of sociology that can assist law enforcement personnel in their interactions with subjects experiencing excited delirium as well as mental illness. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 Sep 2008 18:46:18 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Standing Out with Personal Stories</title>
<author><![CDATA['Captain Bob' Smith]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/bob-smith/articles/425776-Standing-Out-with-Personal-Stories/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[We encourage candidates to pepper their interview answers with personal life experiences. Since no one else can duplicate a person&rsquo;s life experiences, candidates become unique, fresh and convincing. For example, in a recent fire academy group, half the recruits were candidates who went through our program. However, they were to stand out from the others during the oral board because they were ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:22:00 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Case 15: Patient Follow-up</title>
<author><![CDATA[EKG Club]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/EKG/articles/421332-Case-15-Patient-Follow-up/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Although this case unfolds in a hospital's emergency room, EMS providers often encounter the same scenario out in the field of having to help patients understand transport and treatment decisions.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:15:03 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Applications of the Taxonomies of Learning Objectives (Part 3)</title>
<author><![CDATA[Mike Touchstone]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/mike-touchstone/articles/420738-Applications-of-the-Taxonomies-of-Learning-Objectives-Part-3/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Think back to the class where you first learned spinal immobilization. How did you learn this skill? Did you have a clue what you were doing at first? The actions you learned to complete full spinal immobilization are practical, “hands-on” skills that fall into the psychomotor domain of learning. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:57:09 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Mutual Gain Strategies</title>
<author><![CDATA[Mark Bruning]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/mark-bruning/articles/407126-Mutual-Gain-Strategies/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[“Public-private partnerships” — how many times have you heard that term applied to virtually any sort of arrangement between the private sector and their public counterparts?]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 Jul 2008 21:36:32 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Getting Safely to the Scene</title>
<author><![CDATA[Jason Zigmont]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/jason-zigmont/articles/406037-Getting-Safely-to-the-Scene/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Fifteen firefighters were killed in 2006 alone responding to and returning from the scene and countless others were injured. Volunteers have gained a bad rep for responding, both in our personal and emergency vehicles. It's time we changed that to save not only the lives we are responsible for but our own, too. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:01:13 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>How NFPA 1500 Applies to First Responder PPE</title>
<author><![CDATA[Jeffrey O. Stull <br><i> Sponsored by Globe LifeLine</i>]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/jeffrey-stull/articles/406031-How-NFPA-1500-Applies-to-First-Responder-PPE/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Fully implementing NFPA 1500, especially sections addressing PPE, is a major focus of Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:29:39 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Smooth Suggestions</title>
<author><![CDATA[Jennifer Milus]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/jennifer-milus/articles/400184-Smooth-Suggestions/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[With summer quickly approaching, people are beginning to focus once again on exercising and healthy eating in preparation for the high-energy activities associated with warmer weather. Even EMS professionals, regardless of the shift they cover, can benefit from a cool drink on a hot day. That&rsquo;s what makes summertime the perfect season to prepare cool, healthy blended drinks. Fruit smoothies have ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 May 2008 23:46:50 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Customer Service, One Event at a Time: Part 1</title>
<author><![CDATA[Steve Athey]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/steve-athey/articles/399913-Customer-Service-One-Event-at-a-Time-Part-1/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Customer service occurs one event at a time, by one person at a time. Health care organizations and ambulance companies will spend millions of dollars trying to assure their customers that “customer service” is provided to an exacting standard, but one dissatisfied or un-motivated employee can waste that effort in a flash.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 6 May 2008 20:37:04 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Response to CO Alarms: Time For Another Detector?</title>
<author><![CDATA[Mike McEvoy]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/mike-mcevoy/articles/396476-Response-to-CO-Alarms-Time-For-Another-Detector/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Carbon monoxide incidents account for an increasing number of fire department responses. Based on the most contemporary medical and scientific knowledge of CO and how it how it affects people, it seems high time for some modernization of fire service response to CO alarms and incidents.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:12:08 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Cyber-Education. Can It Happen? </title>
<author><![CDATA[Kris Kaull]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/kris-kaull/articles/290566-Cyber-Education-Can-It-Happen/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Using technology to change the way we learn. Want to go to paramedic school? Thinking about finishing that fire science degree? Want to learn the latest response guidelines regarding bio-terrorism but can’t find a local class? Can distance education be the answer? This article explores the strengths and limitations of distance learning.
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<pubDate>Sat, 1 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>First Responder Philosophy for EMS </title>
<author><![CDATA[Peter Jaskulski]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/peter-jaskulski/articles/386416-First-Responder-Philosophy-for-EMS/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[The First Responder Philosophy supplies a systematic approach for responding to all calls that balances the need to help others while keeping you safe.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:11:20 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Case Presentation 1: Fever and Not Acting Right</title>
<author><![CDATA[Jones and Bartlett Publishers]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/jonesandbartlett/articles/386404-Case-Presentation-1-Fever-and-Not-Acting-Right/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[A mother brings in her 12-month old boy because he has had fever, vomiting, and is not acting right. On examination, he appears listless and does not react to your exam. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:48:54 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>LODD Pre-plans</title>
<author><![CDATA[Daniel J. McGuire]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/daniel-mcguire/articles/334484-LODD-Pre-plans/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Recently, I finished a year-long project with a large and very active fire department in western New York. The project was to design, build and initiate a complete line-of-duty-death (LODD) pre-plan strategy, procedure manual, and Emergency Contact Form (ECF). For me, this was the culmination of years of needing procedures in place and knowing that we lose an emergency responder in the line of duty ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:24:36 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>2007: The Advent of the SimMan</title>
<author><![CDATA[Dave Ross]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/dave-ross/articles/330991-2007-The-Advent-of-the-SimMan/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Looking back, 2007 was the year of new technologies in EMS. Nothing stands still — nothing remains the same. While there are many new things (large and small) out there that we can all get really excited about, my personal choice is the continuing expansion of simulation training.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:14:47 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Decisions, Decisions: Bob vs. Joe</title>
<author><![CDATA[Randy Strozyk]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/randy-strozyk/articles/328504-Decisions-Decisions-Bob-vs-Joe/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Would you make the same decision for someone you liked as you would for someone you disliked? I’m sure that anyone who has had the privilege of being in management has been regularly confronted with an employee’s request to make an exception to the rules.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:48:05 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Oximetry for EMTs and First Responders - CCBEMS approved - $15.95 (no charge, covered by ED grant until 12/31/08)</title>
<author><![CDATA[Masimo, Inc.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ems1.com/Columnists/coscreening/articles/315373-Oximetry-for-EMTs-and-First-Responders-CCBEMS-approved-15-95-no-charge-covered-by-ED-grant-until-12-31-08/]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[Respiratory gasses are essential for life. The ability of out-of-hospital emergency care providers to monitor these gasses is essential to quality prehospital care.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:50:48 UTC</pubDate>

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