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Communicating with Pediatric Patients in Crisis

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You arrive, exit the ambulance, and enter a residence where you find a school aged child in the corner of their bedroom experiencing an obvious behavioral health crisis. Between 2006-2017 the country saw a 60% rise in pediatric emergency department visits that were related to behavioral health. million in 2011 to 7.5 of visits.

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This OR Community Paramedic Treats Patients Where They Live, Even If That’s in a Tent

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In addition to improving her patients’ health, Breunig aims to save the county money by reducing 911 calls, ambulance rides and emergency department visits among the approximately 350 people living outside in Clackamas County. You can’t expect emergency rooms to pick up on all these basic needs,” Breunig said.

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The SWAST Feedback Project

Don't Forget the Bubbles

A recent study highlighted the gap in confidence surrounding paediatric assessment and management, and recommended a combined approach of targeted training and follow-up feedback from emergency departments after handover. of all ambulance-conveyed patients—out of a total of 16,381 children brought to BRHC CED during the project period.

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The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’—And the EMS Revenue Collapse No One’s Ready For

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Treat in Place and Community Paramedic Recently, EMS professionals contacted Congress during EMS on the Hill Day to advocate for the Community Paramedicine Act and H.R. 2538, the Comprehensive Alternative Response for Emergencies (CARE) Act. The Community Paramedicine Act and H.R. Suppose we delve deeper into the CMS ET3 pilot.

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How to set up a prehospital feedback system in your paediatric emergency department 

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Despite being a key part of a child’s emergency care journey, they rarely receive feedback on their clinical management or the patient’s outcome once care is handed over in the emergency department. If you want to know how to create a similar project in your own Emergency Department, please read the article below!

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Code Blue: A Case of a Patient with Cyanosis and Hypoxia

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In the emergency department, the patient’s oxygen saturation once again dropped to 90% on a non-rebreather mask and he was transitioned to a high flow nasal cannula (HFNC). Inas is working to expand her knowledge of paramedicine and learning about the academic process. Inas Alitbi, BS, EMT-B, is an EMT in Springfield, MA.

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Unraveling Myths in Mobile Medicine, Part 2: My Interview with Judy Faulkner

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Consider also the self-defeating fantasies that hospitals and healthcare systems do not care about Mobile Medicine; that they don’t care whether fire and ambulance services stay in business; and that prehospital data is seen as extraneous. Feit, MBA, MA 10 min read Share To: Judy Faulkner, left, and Jonathon Feit. None of these are true.