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No, I Say

Peter Canning

“We need a lot more naloxone than ever before. Some people need 20 milligrams” I hear this or versions of it in many of the opioid task force meetings I attend around the state. No, I say. The research I have based on over 20,000 EMS run forms shows naloxone has remained effective over the years. Which is not to say some people arent getting 20 milligrams.

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Pepper Spray Exposure: Treatments and Risk Factors for Severe Reactions

JEMS

Learn about treatments for pepper spray exposure, potential severe reactions and key risk factors.

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ECG Cases 55 The Art of Occlusion MI Part 3 – Impression

Emergency Medicine Cases

In this ECG Cases blog Dr. Jesse McLaren guides us through 6 illustrative cases delving into overall impression in identifying occlusion MI. He discusses how using multiple OMI findings such as acute Q wave, subtle STE, reciprocal STD, hyperacute T waves, and reciprocal TWI to contribute to your overall impression, can double the sensitivity of STEMI criteria for acute coronary occlusion.

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A Bad Partner Can Derail Not Just Your Finances but Also Your Ability to Serve the Community

JEMS

A bad partnership can do more than hurt an organizations bottom line, it can put entire communities at risk.

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Rekindling the Fire in Emergency Medicine

ACEP Now

On a recent shift, I cared for a stroke patient with a story that, on the surface, was one that we hear all too often in Emergency Medicine. Mrs. A, as well call her, arrived hypertensive and aphasic with a hemiparesis and left-sided neglect. Family told EMS that she had no known past medical history, yet the paramedics suspected that she likely hadnt seen a doctor in many years.

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Elevating EMS Awareness and Advocacy During EMS Week

JEMS

JEMS Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ted Lee talks with Dr. Kristin McCabe-Kline, president of the American College of Emergency Physicians and Chief Christopher Way, president of the National Association of EMTs.

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PCC Membership Survey

Paramedic Chiefs of Canada

PCC Members, The Paramedic Chiefs of Canada (PCC) has retained Praxis Consulting Inc. to conduct a brief survey identifying where PCC should focus its resources over the next three years. You are receiving the survey as a past or present member of PCC. The current PCC Strategy Map can be found on their website here. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts.

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Zoll – Data-Driven Resuscitation & Seamless Transitions

Paramedic Chiefs of Canada

Episode 49 | Data-Driven Resuscitation & Seamless Transitions We wanted to take a moment to encourage each of you to listen to the latest episode of Critical Levels Podcast, titled Data-Driven Resuscitation & Seamless Transitions. In this episode, we delve into groundbreaking strategies that are shaping out-of-hospital and emergency department care.

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New Ambulance Station, Cardiac Monitors Among $10M in Planned Capital Purchases for MO Ambulance District

JEMS

Having the right assets in place to care for ill and injured individuals is pivotal for paramedics in St. Charles County, Missouri.

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Special Episode: John Green & Everything Is Tuberculosis

This Podcast Will Kill You

Tuberculosis, or consumption as it was once known, might conjure up images of huge sanitoriums or writers and artists from the late 1800s (Moulin Rouge, anyone?). But this deadly disease is far from an illness of the past. In many parts of the world, tuberculosis remains an insidious killer, despite the fact that weve had effective drugs to treat the infection for decades.

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Powerful Sedative Medetomidine Increasingly Appearing in Local PA Drug Supply

JEMS

A powerful drug is increasingly showing up as an additive in the local illicit drug supply, leading to harrowing withdrawal symptoms and vexing health care workers.

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Measles Spreads to Ninth State with MT Outbreak; State’s First Cases in 35 Years

JEMS

Montana is the ninth U.S. state to have an active measles outbreak.

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PA Hospitals to Begin Diverting Patients as Closures Starts

JEMS

Prospect Medical Holdings the bankrupt owner ofWaterbury, Rockville General and Manchester Memorial hospitals announced Monday it would close down twoPennsylvaniahospitals.

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Spring Lake (MI) Firefighters Earn ALS Certification

JEMS

In a time when first responders, especially medical care providers, are strapped for staff, a local fire department is stepping up to fill that service gap.

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Police Release More Details on Fatal IN Ambulance-Bike Collision

JEMS

The Terre Haute Police Departmenton Monday afternoon released additional information on a collision between an ambulance and an electric bike that left one teenage girl dead and another badly injured.