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Michigan EMS leaders share the challenges in locating, extricating and transporting victims of snowmobile crashes
This webinar covers stroke assessment, recognition and timely decision-making as to where to transport a patient for intervention
Woman said she was fine, but medic told her she almost died and would have without Narcan
Adrian Peterson was successfully treated and cleared to resume his rehabilitation at training camp
She says she will never have her own hair or eyebrows again
Making someone’s existence less discomforting can be great gift, especially if individual is fighting for their life
By training EMS to administer and interpret ECGs at the scene, with oversight from an on-call physician, we demonstrated that we could achieve benchmark times from first medical contact to treatment
Placebo trial in out-of-hospital setting will involve around 3,000 patients across the US
Left untreated, heat-related illness can lead to death, but sound rehab practices can prevent or mitigate these problems
He is now able to take strolls through the hospital with the aid of a walker, and the family hopes he can return home by October
Contracted the disease after being bitten by a stray cat
No life-threatening illnesses reported from Germantown picnic
Addition will include a new bedroom, a fitness room for rehabilitation and a study area
Plan is designed to reduce misuse, abuse of long-acting opioid pain relievers, including morphine, methadone, oxycodone
Man who police believe was homeless, high on ‘bath salts’ was pulled from river
24-year-old developed necrotizing fasciitis in May, discharged to rehab facility after multiple amputations
She’ll spend the next several weeks learning to move herself using a wheelchair after having her left leg, right foot and both hands amputated
The drug we use most often in EMS can cause harm if we give it without good reason
Operation allegedly thrived from having corrupt doctors dispense millions of pills without medical justification to patients, many of whom were drug addicts
Approach, assessment, management of patients with behavioral emergency are consistent with those of patients with physical conditions
Victim suffering from blood-borne version of lymph node disease that wiped out 33% of Europe in 14th century
24-year-old graduate student developed necrotizing fasciitis after cutting her leg in fall May 1 from homemade zip line
How would you treat 68-year-old male complaining of chest pain, grayish in color but very warm and diaphoretic?
First doctor to reach president after he was shot found him paralyzed, comatose, leaning against his wife
Footage shows him writhing on floor, then making faces and singing to himself as he is strapped down by paramedics
24-year-old developed necrotizing fasciitis after cutting her leg in May 1 fall from homemade zip line
Doctors at an Augusta hospital helped Aimee Copeland into the chair, where she sat up for five hours
Pay attention to what each NREMT exam question is asking; study high-yield ‘nooks and crannies’
Morphine, Fentanyl, Zofran among drugs on back-order or simply not available
Drug reduces life-threatening blood clots in high-risk patients, although it also increases risk of internal bleeding
Ongoing educational efforts assure that emergency response teams and emergency rooms in the 50-hospital, 50,000-square-mile area served by the regional stroke center diagnose stroke promptly, initiate therapy and launch the transfer process
Man is reported to have told authorities that he stopped his treatment out of concern for his liver while binging on alcohol, methamphetamine
