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Being a Better Advocate for Your Patients with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities

JEMS

In one study alone, EMR/EMT Students failed to adequately recognize or suspect autism in simulated trauma victims 87% of the time. When writing this article in 2025, it is safe to say the vast majority of EMS Providers are aware of and have interacted with–knowingly or not, we’ll get to that later—patients with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

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repost this one as QRS distortion

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Dr. Smiths Google Scholar Profile Dr. Smith Articles on PubMed This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Smith is a faculty physician in the Emergency Medicine Residency at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapolis, MN, and Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota.

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Alzheimer’s and Ambulance Drivers

Peter Canning

Volunteer ambulances may have an EMT and an EMR (emergency medical responder), but there is no “ambulance driver” category of certification. Ambulances, at least those in high volume areas in our state, and I expect in most of the country, all have at least 2 EMTs in a crew. Blue is ambulance driver.

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

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Dr. Smiths Google Scholar Profile Dr. Smith Articles on PubMed This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Smith is a faculty physician in the Emergency Medicine Residency at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapolis, MN, and Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - Untitled Article

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Dr. Smiths Google Scholar Profile Dr. Smith Articles on PubMed This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Smith is a faculty physician in the Emergency Medicine Residency at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapolis, MN, and Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota.

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Article on STEMI vs. BER

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Dr. Smiths Google Scholar Profile Dr. Smith Articles on PubMed This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Severe RVH with large RV on echo, not a PE "I have food poisoning" Article on STEMI vs. BER Why is there ST depression in aVL in this case of. International License. Pericarditis?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - Untitled Article

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Dr. Smiths Google Scholar Profile Dr. Smith Articles on PubMed This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Smith is a faculty physician in the Emergency Medicine Residency at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapolis, MN, and Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Minnesota.

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