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January 2010
Advanced EMS Vehicle Technology
Get up to speed on all the features in your ambulance and how they can benefit you.
Data Backup Systems
EMS data is indispensable; but it's also burdensome. Find out how to lighten the load.
Treating and Transporting Bariatric Patients
Learn what complications can arise from weight-loss procedures and medications in the morbidly obese patient as well as how to treat and transport this special population.
Priority Traffic
Advanced Resuscitation Cooling Therapeutics and Intensive Care
ARCTIC program dramatically improves cardiac arrest outcomes in Richmond, Va.; DHS pilots multi-band radios; JEMS legal experts explain the legality of charging more to transport obese patients; and more.
Last Word
Last Word
Boston EMT negotiates health perks for providers; Florida campaign cuts nonemergent calls in half; St. Louis ED nurse helps outfit ambulances with new EKGs; and New South Wales paramedics replace fentanyl with unknown substance.
Tricks of the Trade
Practice Professional Etiquette
JEMS columnist Thom Dick shares some tricks for always looking professional in front of patients.
Columns
SOAR Planning Model
Use the SOAR model to generate a strategic plan for your EMS system's future.
From the Editor
Resolve to Be a Better Provider
RESOLUTION: A decision to do something, or behave in a certain manner.
Case of the Month
Poison Control Deduces Cause of Patient's Coma
An ED staff mistakes alcohol-related hepatic encephalopathy for a toxin-induced coma, emphasizing the need to perform thorough assessments and history-taking.
Teach Others to Avoid Leading Questions
Use these scenarios to enhance how you teach and evaluate the process of obtaining patient histories.
Bariatric Patients Pose Weighty Challenges
Increasing numbers of„emergency calls involving„obese patients„will affect your service's personnel, equipment, vehicles and finances. Agencies must have at least the minimum of solutions in place.
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Product Connect
Philips WhisperFlow CPAP system
A portable, simple, cost-effective and non-invasive alternative to intubation.
