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Managing The Airway In CPR
Quality compression’s make the difference in CPR. Everything else like advanced airways and medications come second with more and more saying that these shouldn’t even come at all. This weeks Minutes I...
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EMS Pits Crews | Should A Yellow Flag Be Waved?
You may have heard of the EMS Pit Crew. The popular model is when this is utilized during cardiac arrest calls and each EMS crew member has assigned role. Can this improve outcomes, avoid scene...
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CPR vs. CCR | EMS Questions | WWJD 2/7/2013
Got a question on the differences and the EMS view between CPR and CCR or cardiocerebral resuscitation. So I gave a quick overview on this and showed a screencast of a sample protocol used by EMT’s and...
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EMS, CPR, DNR and Hypothermia Treatment
With all the recent talk about the Glenwood Gardens, we couldn’t let the topic go without discussing that old word “perception” again. Do we choose who lives and dies in EMS or are we just following...
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EMS Doing Away With AHA?
What if EMS decided to no longer use AHA certification for CPR and ACLS? Let’s say they decided to use AHA as a base but implemented their own training and testing based on current research and what...
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Choosing Who Lives, Who Dies and Gets Picked Up In EMS
Do we choose who lives and dies in EMS or are we just following guidelines, made up my people who are out of touch with reality, research and medicine? Policies enforced with a legal eye and no regard...
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