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Is it the providers’ responsibility to stay until the patient can be located? If not, how long is long enough?
Assess abdominal pain in 5 seconds or less with Steve Whitehead
The key to differentiating abdominal pain is to utilize as many assessment tools as possible
Cleveland’s ambulances are racking up three times the miles as are those in Pittsburgh
Read the response and add your own thoughts in the comments
You responded to an elementary school student in respiratory distress; did you get the next steps right?
He ordered his crew out of the ambulance and stayed beside the patient as a bomb squad removed the explosive device from the man’s thigh
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss the importance of putting the patient first, how to handle the Ebola outbreak, and why EMS providers should have more respect for narcotics
Five major international airports will begin screening passengers from three West Africa countries when they enter the U.S.
The deputy is known to have entered the apartment where the Dallas Ebola patient stayed, and was exhibiting symptoms of Ebola
You respond to an elementary school student in respiratory distress; what are your next steps?
In cases where narcotics are tampered with, our hosts remind us that medical directors put their DEA license on the line
Health officials said they are still monitoring about 50 people who may have had contact with the patient for signs of the deadly disease
Efforts are focused on identifying high-risk individuals before they leave the outbreak zone
The incident is believed to have occurred while transporting the patient from a doctor’s appointment
The new training program is aimed at decreasing response times by January 1st
Officials are looking into whether or not firefighters got into a scuffle before people injured in a rollover were treated
Delayed-onset PTSD can take years to surface, so having a deadline for filing a claim seems wrong
The unit includes advanced equipment and a specially trained team to recover patients from hospitals where nothing more can be done for them
The legislation would end uncertainty over Medicare reimbursement by making permanent appropriate rates for their services
The letter left some reluctant to board an EMS agency’s ambulance; it stated they must transition to a new service under the health plan, which is true only for non-emergency transports
The medic put together a make-shift litter to transport the man to rescue crews after he slipped and fell, sustaining critical injuries
Mirroring a nationwide trend, in 2013 88 percent of the department’s calls were for medical calls rather than fire-based emergencies
New bills will increase funding through a fee on motor vehicle violations, a tax increase for health insurance companies, and a requirement that they cover BLS
Accusations of poor patient care lead to the demotion of the county’s EMS director; still residents push for greater change
Earl “Jim” Artle, 63, died after a long struggle with ALS; he served on the Hoboken Volunteer Ambulance Corp. for 20 years
Delays are not spread around the city equally; neighborhoods on the city’s southern rim were the most likely to suffer
The baby suffered severe brain injuries when she was shaken by her father; the baby can’t see or hear, must be fed through a tube and suffers severe ongoing health problems
The employee recently diagnosed with the illness may have exposed the infants and about 40 other hospital employees
Family members may not be allowed in the back of the rig, but when the infant you’re doing CPR on probably won’t regain a pulse, will you deny the people who love her the chance to be by her side?
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