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In January, experts from across the globe gathered to discuss how EMS systems can be made safer for both providers and patients.
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What EMS providers need to know about fluid resuscitation research and controversies.
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Spiders get a bad rap, but there are two whose bites can be true threats.
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A review of prehospital assessment and management of blunt and penetrating abdominal trauma.
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In This Month's Issue of EMS Magazine
- The Path Less Traveled
There are many career options for EMS providers--here are four you may not have considered
- Fluid Resuscitation
- Along Came a Spider...
- Are You Being Pushed Around?
- CE Article: Abdominal Trauma
- Free Poster PDFs: ICARE and the E2B Challenge
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Notes on Trauma
Poor Documentation Associated with Increased Mortality
Could inadequate EMS documentation equal inappropriate prehospital care?
Will Chapleau, EMT-P, RN, TNS
Poor Documentation Associated with Increased Mortality
Could inadequate EMS documentation equal inappropriate prehospital care?
Will Chapleau, EMT-P, RN, TNS
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Emergency medicine conference attendees stayed calm when they found themselves in a real-life disaster.
Samantha Luciano, RN, BSN, CEN
A hospital finds big time savings with its prearrival alert protocol.
A hospital finds big time savings with its prearrival alert protocol.
Marie Nordberg
In October 2008, attendees at EMS EXPO were presented with the E2B, or EMS-to-Balloon, challenge. Here we present an update on the challenge so far.
In October 2008, attendees at EMS EXPO were presented with the E2B, or EMS-to-Balloon, challenge. Here we present an update on the challenge so far.
The Corner Office
Christopher Kelly
Updates on regulatory healthcare law as it relates to EMS and the ambulance industry.
Updates on regulatory healthcare law as it relates to EMS and the ambulance industry.
Patrick Pianezza, MHA, NREMT-P
Dealing with chronic low-performers can be one of the most daunting tasks in any management team's purview.
Dealing with chronic low-performers can be one of the most daunting tasks in any management team's purview.
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