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Animal bites and envenomations pose some interesting challenges to EMS providers
Before you watch the film inspired on true events learn how cocaine toxicity really presents in humans
Michigan EMS leaders share the challenges in locating, extricating and transporting victims of snowmobile crashes
This drug has been used for treatment of osteoporosis associated with Crohn’s disease and for hypercalcemia
Nationwide, there have been more than 360 calls about the drug this year, said Mark Ryan, director of the Louisiana Poison Center, who has been studying the trend
Ambulance official: Two months ago, only 30 percent of their staff had ever dealt with a synthetic marijuana overdose; now number is 80 percent
Firefighters credit modern technology and induced hypothermia with reviving the man from a heart attack
Once glucose is absorbed or produced by the body, insulin is the key to getting it into the cells.
There is an apparent increase in fever-related seizures in young children after they got a flu shot
Can you interpret these ECGs?
Prosecutor said Dr. Conrad Murray used ‘ineffectual CPR with one hand while the patient was prone on a soft bed’
The hospital has used targeted temperature management in treating nine cardiac arrest patients with positive results.
EMTs, paramedics play an important role in preventing the transmission of influenza with proper PPE use and ambulance cleaning
This drug is primarily used reduce mortality, incidence of reinfarction and stroke in patients with acute coronary syndromes
The service’s five-year plan states more patients will be treated over the phone or at the scene, rather than at the hospital
What can these bracelets do other than alert you to a patient’s allergy?
The city’s paramedics are using technology to send information to doctors about heart attack patients
Learn about the recent guideline changes and find out what caused debate among atendees
Paramedics and nurses from around North Mississippi received training on how 12-lead EKGS is improving emergency services for cardiac patients
Under the system, ambulance personnel and other emergency service providers must get training to learn how to identify stroke victims
A selective leukotriene receptor antagonist, Montelukast’s competitive activity is associated with reduced bronchospasm and lessened airway smooth muscle contraction
The book explores the issues surrounding how people die and looks at the ways in which perceptions of death have changed over the years
A-Fib is the most common cardiac rhythm disturbance and failing to treat it properly could result in a stroke
Researchers based in Australia found the risk of death in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was significantly reduced by using controlled oxygen therapy
When treating their child, parents can be your greatest asset and also can be a considerable hindrance
Less than half of essential workers willing to report to work during a serious pandemic
Dangers exist because of the dark, humid conditions underground, as well as from their risky ascent in a narrow capsule
Patient assessment, like football, is a team effort that requires a plan, role assignments, and execution
The new product can be used to lift a patient on to a gurney, before the patient is then placed into the ambulance
One code-blue patient in an undisclosed city died because the preloaded emergency syringe epinephrine wasn’t available
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