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To Thump or Not To Thump
This study from rural Italy evaluates whether the precordial thump contributes to ROSC and survival in cardiac arrest patients.
London Personalizes EMS Care for Special Patients
London Ambulance Service has created "patient-specific protocols" to guide providers on care for special-needs patients for whom regular protocols don't fit.
Nurses Save Life of Boy with Rare Sporting Injury
A nurse used CPR to help save her son s life after he was struck in the chest with a baseball that stopped his heart.
When Dead Is Only Mostly Dead: Understanding which causes of sudden cardiac death have good outcomes
EMS providers sometimes approach cardiac arrest assuming it will end poorly. But certain causes of cardiac arrest can allow for excellent outcomes despite prolonged CPR.
Mastering CHF: Current strategies for the prehospital care of congestive heart failure
This overview of the current treatment of CHF shows the significant shift in strategy in regard to the management of CHF and pulmonary edema, including recommended drug therapies.
Mastering CHF
This overview of the current treatment of CHF shows the significant shift in strategy in regard to the management of CHF and pulmonary edema, including recommended drug therapies.
Hillsborough Fitness Club Faces Lawsuit in EMT s Death
The family of a New Jersey EMT who collapsed and died at a fitness club is suing because the staff failed to use an available AED.
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Day 6: Where in the World (of EMS) is A.J.?
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Videos- Arming Leadership for Safety Change
- Culture of Safety Draft Document
- Video: Factors of Risk
- Video: Integrated EMS
- Rural Example of Community Medicine
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Innovation & Progress
Follow in the footsteps of these inspirational leaders of EMS.
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Worker Rescued From Maryland Parking Garage Collapse
Victim was buried for four hours under a 55,000-pound slab.
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Parking Garage Collapses at Maryland Shopping Mall
“Extended extrication” being done for a person pinned under a key section.
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Search Continues for Child in Minnesota Landslide
One child killed, two injured when gravel gives way at popular park.
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Minnesota Park Landslide
One child dead, two injured and a fourth is missing during field trip tragedy.
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Day 6 in Pictures: Ambulance Leadership Forum
The Ambulance Leadership Forum in Warwickshire, England.
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The AmbuBus®, Bus Stretcher Conversion Kit - EMS Today 2013
AmbuBus®, Bus Stretcher all-hazards preparedness & response tool
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VividTrac offered by Vivid Medical - EMS Today 2013
VividTrac, affordable high performance video intubation device.
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EZ-IO® Intraosseous Infusion System Real Time Humerus Infusion
Leg access using the EZ-IO.
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