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“Whatever you don’t bring is what you’re going to need,” one commenter wrote
Is there a role for dexamethasone in the prehospital environment?
Matt Zavadsky shares how MedStar ceased red lights and sirens operations during recent weather event and discusses EMS on-demand
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
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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
There’s no simple diagnostic test for sepsis, but there are warning signs if health providers pay close attention
In practice, the most common use of esomeprazole is for treatment of GERD or suspected GERD
Charlotte County Fire/EMS recently received a state grant to install refrigeration units on its ambulances to provide the first responder care, which is also available at all area hospitals
Understanding what the ANS does will help you understand the body’s normal response to stress or lack of stress
In both the prehospital arena of EMS, as well as in the ED, we seem to give a great amount of attention to a select few diseases
Research findings, ‘Ambulance provision for children: a UK national survey,’ are discussed in a new report
While awareness has increased, many parents, coaches and players still don’t understand how serious concussions can be
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