JEMS Volume 33 Issue 12
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JEMS Volume 33 Issue 12
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Featuring From Trailblazing EMT-P Headed for Cambodia & Teaching Teens Continuous Compressions
Trailblazing EMT-P Headed for Cambodia In 1994, a speeding vehicle struck Paramedic James Garcia as he worked a highway crash scene in Lexington County, S.C.,…
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STROKE Systems & Forensic Scientist at Fire-Rescue Med 2009
STROKE Systems Get stroke patients to the right hospital–fast In 1995, a major study backed by the National Institutes of Health confirmed that IV thrombolytics…
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A Dirty Job: Compartment syndrome in a confined-space rescue
On the evening of Sept. 24, 2008, a 9-1-1 call was received reporting " man trapped in a tank" at the Brooklyn (N.Y.) Greenpoint Wastewater…
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Couple Fractures: Paramedics care for passengers in a motorcycle crash
Paramedics with the St. Charles County (Mo.) Ambulance District and fire/rescue personnel from the Wentzville Fire Protection District provide care to a young couple who…
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