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Tough cars tougher on rescue workers
Mar 20, 2008, 11:20
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"Letter to a New Preceptee": A Preceptor's advice to a beginning paramedic.
A Preceptor's advice to a beginning paramedic.
Mar 9, 2008, 05:14
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NAEMT Supports Prehospital Screening for Carbon Monoxide in the Blood
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Heart Association Renews Call for CPR Training; Some Teach Compressions Ony
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On Surviving a Shutdown By Al Hutchinson EMT-P, DOT-I
Mr. Hutchinson was prompted to write this article due to a recent station closing where fellow EMT's were blindsided and completely angered to no end about not being given fair warning.
Jan 17, 2008, 21:39
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Plastic Blood
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Herbal sex pill alternatives pose hidden dangers
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Oft-maligned tourniquet given a new lease on life
Tourniquets have been used on battlefields for more than 300 years, but they had been shunned by the military since the end of World War II.
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Heart, nerves get the big chill
Doctors at University of Wisconsin Hospital are increasingly using extreme cold to treat cardiac arrest and neurological injury.
Oct 29, 2007, 12:54
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How a CPR change is saving more lives
Because many people aren't trained in CPR or fear placing their mouth on a stranger's, EMSA and other responders began instructing callers to perform 400 chest compressions — enough to keep circulation going until the ambulance arrives.
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Doctors report rare heart attacks in kids
Oct 1, 2007, 12:12
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Researchers Develop Super-Power Stethoscope
Loud war zones make a standard stethoscope useless. The new device is now being field-tested for the Army, with the promise of picking up life-saving signals.
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Does your patient have more than just time on wrist?
Now responders will need to check patients wrists for more than a pulse.
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National EMS Educations Standards project; 6th Communiqué
As you will see in the attached document, the group is scheduled to meet again this month
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Your next transport vehicle..
..could be this.
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One of the problems in EMS education
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Caring for a football player with an acute neurologic injury: When do the pads come off?
A cpmprehensive article and case studies for review from Dr. Krin.
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For those still seeking info about fire danger with 02 tanks
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Found online
Accidental, surprising finds.
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Philadelphia University Offers New M.S. Degree in Disaster Medicine and Management
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and other public health threats, graduates will be trained to manage large-scale medical disasters
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Virtual experience aided paramedic making real life decisions
This week, on the first anniversary of hurricane Katrina, game developer released the final version free of charge to municipal emergency departments.
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Aminophylline in bradyasystolic cardiac arrest does not result in a return of spontaneous circulation
Although the drug appeared to increase nonsinus tachyarrhythmias, investigators say that the routine addition of aminophylline to current treatment for bradyasystolic cardiac arrest is not recommended.
May 11, 2006, 23:38
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Simulating Life
Although it has been in use for some time, the EMS Training Simulation Center celebrated its official opening this month.
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NIOSH-Funded Paramedic Blood Exposure Study Results
The study, which is the first nationwide research of its kind, estimates the national incidence rates of on-the-job blood exposures in paramedics, and the routes by which they are exposed.
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Looks Yummy!
Mar 30, 2006, 08:53
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Lifesaving knowledge, innovation emerge in war clinic
New ways of healing are as much a product of war as are new ways of killing.
Mar 28, 2006, 11:29
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Safe, or sorry? Emergency-vehicle crashes injure others to save lives
Experts chalk up the continuing problem of emergency-vehicle accidents here and across the country to factors that include motorists who don’t pull over when they hear sirens, and the jolt that cops, firefighters and EMTs get when they hit the lights and step on the gas.
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New site: Blast Injuries
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Excellent Auto Extrication Video for New Vehicles
Jan 29, 2006, 14:49
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Action Charts : 2005 CPR and AED Guidelines
Very useful flow charts of action under the new guidelines. (pdf)
Jan 26, 2006, 22:30
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Crocodile blood may yield powerful new antibiotics
Scientists in Australia’s tropical north are collecting blood from crocodiles in the hope of developing a powerful antibiotic for humans, after tests showed that the reptile’s immune system kills the HIV virus.
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Sports medicine-there's more to rodeo than roping and riding
Considered to be America's original extreme sport, rodeo involves hundreds of tough competitors who face off with bulls that have forbidding names such as "Bone Collector," "Sudden Impact," "Life Jacket" and "Rough Water," to achieve their eight seconds of fame--that is, if they can hang on that long.
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Hybrid cars pose danger to EMT's
Hybrid electric cars are growing in popularity, with some 200,000 already on the road in the United States. The number is expected to grow to two million in the next five years.
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This event could have been deadly
Virginia Beach Fire Department invites you to take a good look at these photographs.
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eMedicne Free Case Studies
Free CME articles and other goodies. Also, may sign up for paid CME.
Apr 27, 2005, 11:17
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Help With The High Cost of CME
You need all the help you can get to deal with the high prices for attending conferences these days.
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CHDS Master's Program
DHS/ODP and the Naval Postgraduate School are now accepting applications for the fall 2005 Homeland Security Master’s Degree class
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Red Lights, Rollovers and Responsibility
...one area of EMS provision has remained the “Galapagos Islands” of the EMS evolution, immune to the usual evolutionary progress of our advancements.
Mar 6, 2005, 11:30
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Airway Course Really Takes Off
According to some paramedic friends, a new airway course really feeds the need for advanced airway training. If you have attended this course, let us know how well you liked, or didn't like, the course
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History Of EMS in New York
The New York State Museum presents Emergency Medical Services in New York through September 11, 2005.
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Great News For Research Buffs
Thanks to medic Ben Beuchler for clueing us into this.
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A lesson in not leaving your ambulance unlocked!
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Learning as bullets rain down
It was a blurry scene of green and red on the beach as Torres and his team descended the sand dune. Gunshots rang over their heads forcing them to hit the ground. When the dust settled the saw their friends lying lifelessly on the wet sand.
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Are We Ready?
Jerry Hauer shares his concerns about the nation's disaster preparedness. Hauer is director of the Response to Emergencies and Disasters Institute (READI) program at George Washington University, which trains law enforcement, EMS, fire, public health and medical personnel in disaster preparedness and response.
Nov 2, 2004, 10:58
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NAEMT Leaders Outraged at BC/BS TV Commercial
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Test Results Reveal Potential Deficits in EMT-Basic Education
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Wyoming Deadliest
Deadliest states for driving
Aug 27, 2004, 02:57
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Beefed-Up Bariatric Unit
As the medical community tries to care for an
American population that grows more overweight each year, Southwest Ambulance is
unveiling its new ambulance for patients 450 to 1,000 pounds.
(reposted
from 8/03)
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Do You Feel Conspicuous?
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New ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Link will download the 49 page pdf document
Jul 2, 2004, 01:27
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