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• EMS World Expo Quick Take: Implementing prehospital point-of-care ultrasound

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  Examining the hardware and software requirements, and where P-POCUS fits into the EMS scope of practice

• EMS World Expo Quick Take: Motor vehicle collisions and the golden hour, platinum 10

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  Understanding the mechanisms of injury in a MVC and how to reduce ambulance collisions

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• NY EMS, police team up to equip cruisers with medical equipment

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  Delmar Bethlehem EMS helped outfit Bethlehem Police Department cruisers with medical kits filled with emergency medical supplies

• Data: How often does EMS respond to injured football players

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  ePCR data from more than 1,000 EMS agencies filtered to understand frequency and type of football players injuries

• Public input opportunity closing for improving prehospital care

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  The federal government is seeking input on how to improve trauma care in the field

• EPIC: An EMS-centered approach to head injuries

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  Through the EPIC treatment, EMS providers are taught to focus on the three H-bombs to prevent further damage to head injuries

• Silent but deadly: The trauma we miss in geriatric care

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  Improve your patient assessment of traumatic injuries in geriatric medicine

• 5 tips for securing a patient's airway

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  You are on scene with a patient who has suffered significant facial trauma; what are some strategies to improve your ability to manage his airway?

• Clinical scenario: Patient with facial trauma

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  You are dispatched to a report of a male patient involved in a bicycle accident

• Why recent acts of mass violence should change the way EMS, fire and police train

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  By working together to combat acts of mass violence, public safety agencies will save more lives

• Is there a limit on the civilian scope of practice?

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  The expectation of civilians to respond to emergencies has expanded from care of close friends and family to caring for bystanders and stopping attackers

• 'Stop the Bleed' campaign continues outreach amid gun violence

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  In Chicago, more than 3,000 people have been shot this year, and the victim of a gunshot wound can bleed to death in only five minutes

• EMS and the evolution of first aid training

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  EMS providers need to be involved in educating communities in how to provide the initial response to critically injured patients

• What your community needs to know about the 'Until Help Arrives' program

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  The program aims to teach bystanders how to keep victims with life-threatening injuries alive until EMS arrives

• Patient management in the technical rescue environment

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  Medical Director Jeremy Cushman encourages BLS providers to develop medical preplans for technical rescue scenarios they may encounter

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