Unitek EMT

JANUARY 17, 2025

Understanding this vital tool for EMTs in diagnosing and monitoring heart conditions An Electrocardiogram, commonly known as an EKG or ECG, is a medical test that measures the electrical activity of the heart. For Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), understanding EKGs is a critical skill. In the fast-paced environment of emergency medical services (EMS), EMTs are […] The post What is an EKG?

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American Ambulance Association

JANUARY 17, 2025

This content is for AAA members only. Please either Log In or Join! The post Notice of Proposed Rule Making HIPAA Security Rule To Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information appeared first on American Ambulance Association.

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ESO

JANUARY 17, 2025

In the busy world of trauma care, how do you measure how well you’re doing? The ESO Trauma Index helps provide answers. Using de-identified data from 975,433 trauma patient records collected between January 1 and December 31, 2023, and focusing on nine key metrics, the new 2024 ESO Trauma Index offers an in-depth look at national trends in trauma care.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 17, 2025

ECG Patterns of Occlusion Myocardial Infarction: A Narrative Review

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ALiEM

JANUARY 17, 2025

An otherwise healthy 11-year-old female presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with one week of scalp pain and discharge. Her symptoms began as a dry and itchy rash in the scalp area that was unresponsive to triamcinolone 0.1% ointment. She was initially seen in clinic and was diagnosed with an abscess of the scalp and treated with Trimethoprim/ Sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) for seven days.

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The Bottom Line

JANUARY 17, 2025

Continued enteral nutrition until extubation compared with fasting before extubation in patients in the intensive care unit: an open-label, cluster-randomised, parallel-group, non-inferiority trial Landais et al. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine 2023. 11:319-28. doi://10.

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Peter Canning

JANUARY 17, 2025

President Joe Biden today commuted the sentences of almost 2500 people doing hard time for nonviolent drug offenses. The action was aimed at righting injustice. Old sentencing guidelines provided disproportionately harsh sentences for those found with crack cocaine (largely blacks) while those found with powdered cocaine (largely whites) received much more lenient sentences.

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