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• EMS World Expo Quick Take: How to care for lay responders who perform CPR

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  Diffusing and debriefing lay responders can mitigate traumatic stress and reduce the risk of post-traumatic injury from the experience of performing CPR

• App alerted good Samaritan to man in cardiac arrest

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  The app, PulsePoint, allows users to view and receive alerts on calls being responded to by fire departments and emergency medical services

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  MRSA: How to stop the spread

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  Why EMS should embrace its role as the front line in stopping the pathogen’s journey

• Citizen CPR Foundation aims to improve SCA survival rates

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  Citizen CPR Foundation officials announced new strategies to increase the survival rate of sudden cardiac arrest victims

• Article Bites: To tube or not to tube in cardiac arrest?

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  Investigators studied favorable neurological outcomes in cases where paramedics were randomized to use endotracheal intubation or supraglottic airways

• Fla. EMS chief hospitalized after cardiac arrest

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  Lake County Fire Rescue EMS Chief Dan Miller is in critical condition after experiencing cardiac arrest

• First responders witness fatal stabbing while performing CPR

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  Emergency crews heard a struggle in an adjacent room while they were performing CPR on a man who had suffered a heart attack and called the police for assistance

• Crowdsourcing the AHA Chain of Survival with Amazon’s Alexa

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  Researchers have taught Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri to recognize the unique auditory signature of agonal breathing that heralds early cardiac arrest

• New tech in ambulances gives real-time monitoring capabilities to Ark. first responders

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  The Bella Vista Fire and EMS Department among first in the nation to launch cerebral oximetry machines in two of its ambulances

• 1 dead, 8 children injured in Miss. school bus crash

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  Authorities believe the bus driver suffered a medical emergency before the bus crashed and ended up on its side in a ditch

• EMTs, ED staff shock Ohio man's heart 34 times

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  Dr. Gregory Stefano credited the Hiram EMS crew for playing a large role in saving the life of Frank Briggs

• Ambulance response time a factor in Miss. wrongful death suit

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  In 2018, Elizabeth Neal experienced congestive heart failure and an ambulance did not arrive on the scene until an hour after the call went out

• Md. court rules in favor of medics in 2011 gross negligence suit

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  A court ruled that Paramedics Joseph Stracke and Stephanie Cisneros did not act in a grossly negligent way when they “inaccurately diagnosed and treated” Kerry Butler Jr.

• 5 tips for managing the PEA cardiac arrest patient

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  Since the differential diagnosis for PEA is wide and ACLS offers little guidance, try these tips to improve the chances of patient survival

• Tenn. paramedic dies while hiking the Great Smoky Mountains

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  His brother and park medics performed CPR for an hour trying to save Harold Thompson, 58, after he went into cardiac distress while hiking

• How can a mechanical CPR device fit into your EMS service?

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  Educate partners and update CPR protocols while considering how to deploy a mechanical CPR device in the field

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