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• Mechanism of injury in prehospital trauma triage

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  EMS providers can determine severity of injury with more than just MOI during trauma triage

• Assess patient's complaints for associated signs or pertinent negatives

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  Dig deep during the assessment to either rule out or rule in specific traumatic injury or illness

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  Drone vs. ambulance: How one Canadian paramedic service went beyond to deliver critical medical technology

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  A unique race between an ambulance and drone flying beyond the line of sight demonstrates what’s possible for emergency services in remote areas

• Amidst exploding bullets, cars engulfed in flames, Ohio medics treat one of their own

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  Judy Ortiz and Adam Van Duzen of Morrow County (Ohio) EMS treated Trooper Jason Phillips for traumatic injuries, including a bullet wound, after he was struck head on by a wrong-way driver

• Trauma assessment and treatment quiz: Test your knowledge

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  Show off your trauma knowledge with this quiz about trauma patient assessment and treatment

• Geriatric slips, trips and falls: 3 assessment considerations

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  On-scene considerations for EMS assessment for evaluating lift-assistance calls and making transportation decisions for geriatric fall patients

• Orthopedic surgeon discusses importance of EMS care

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  Decisions made in the prehospital setting can significantly improve outcomes for patients with orthopedic trauma

• Tips to prevent, manage EMS scene disagreements

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  You were asked to assess and treat a 22-year-old woman with an obvious leg fracture and there was a disagreement about how to proceed; did you make the right call?

• When a stroke is not a stroke: A case study

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  In 20-25% of cases, stroke symptoms and signs represent a stroke mimic, such as hypoglycemia, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis or infection

• Prehospital ultrasound: Emerging technology for EMS

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  Review the evidence for nine clinical applications for field ultrasound to assess, treat and monitor critically ill patients

• Timeless pain management tips

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  All EMS providers can still learn something about patient care and pain management from their mother

• How marijuana legalization impacts trauma

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  Types and frequency of traumatic injury secondary to marijuana intoxication described at EMS World Expo World Trauma Symposium

• Va. first responders can now deliver blood to trauma patients in the field

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  FACT*R provides supplies and training to first responders so they can administer blood transfusions in the field

• 5 errors that are giving you incorrect blood pressure readings

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  Blood pressure may be the vital sign we measure the most and understand the least

• 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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