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CO Fire Department Launches PulsePoint to Get Bystanders to Cardiac Arrest Emergencies

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“On average, every minute or so that someone goes without CPR once they’ve suffered from a cardiac arrest, their chances of survival decrease by about 10%,” Greeley Fire Department community education and risk education specialist Bryan Eisen said. “So, We encourage everyone to come to those classes,” Eisen said. Visit www.greeleytribune.com.

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Simulation Training as a Strategy for Workforce Retention in EMS

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7 Abelsson notes how simulations, particularly those involving life-threatening scenarios like trauma or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), offer invaluable opportunities for repeated practice in safe environments, where mistakes become learning moments rather than life-threatening errors. References 1. Blau, G., & & Chapman, S.

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repost this one as QRS distortion

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The QRS proves it. Posted by Steve Smith at 6:29 AM Email This BlogThis! Share to X Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest Labels: draft No comments: Post a Comment DEAR READER: I have loved receiving your comments, but I am no longer able to moderate them.

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Expedient Field Amputations

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2016 Sep;33(9):641-4. Epub 2016 Jun 8. 3 min read Cardiac & Resuscitation Patient Care Arizona CPR EMS EMT Paramedic Communicating with Pediatric Patients in Crisis Here are effective ways on how you can communicate with pediatric patients in crisis. Erratum in: Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Jan;51:430. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.10.039.

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Using Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as Life-Sustaining Therapy

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link] Published on July 19, 2016. The race to reinvent CPR. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the ED: exciting medicine, ethical challenges. Accessed January 10, 2025. Wrisinger WC, Thompson SL. Basics of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Surg Clin North Am. 2022;102(1):23-35. The New York Times. Accessed January 10, 2025.

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A patient with chest pain. (post on Normal ECG)

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OMI Manifesto About Resources Teaching Images Lectures + Podcasts Rules + Equations OMI Literature Timeline OMI Facts and References The OMI Quizzes OMI Pocket Guide Cardiac CATH Guide QTc Calculator Lead Reversals-Artifact Neuroprotective CPR OMI AI: The Queen of Hearts Thursday, November 27, 2014 A patient with chest pain. LV Aneurysm?

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