This Podcast Will Kill You

DECEMBER 10, 2024

For decades, it seemed like the appendix would go the way of 8-track players, pagers, and the phonograph. Outdated, obsolete, not worth keeping around. Surgeons performed appendectomies like it was spring cleaning – when in doubt, cut it out. But then the tides began to turn as medicine started to question the long-held belief that the appendix is a defunct organ (on a good day) or a ticking time bomb (on a very bad one).

E-9-1-1

Unitek EMT

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Explore the Path to Becoming an EMT: Timeline, Training Requirements, and What to Expect Along the Way. Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) are vital members of the healthcare and emergency response system. They are often the first healthcare providers on the scene of accidents, medical emergencies, and disasters, delivering life-saving care and ensuring patients are transported […] The post How Long Does It Take to Become an EMT?

EMT

St. Emlyn's

DECEMBER 10, 2024

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed A podcast with some of the highlights from the London Trauma Conference 2024 The post Podcast – Reflections from the London Trauma Conference 2024: Insights and Inspiration appeared first on St.Emlyn's.

Critical Care

EMergucate

DECEMBER 10, 2024

A 23yr presents following a syncope, he denies chest pain. The following ECG is taken: What does this ECG demonstrate?

EMS

American Ambulance Association

DECEMBER 10, 2024

WEBINAR Post-Crash Care – Innovations in Managing Patient Entrapment and Extrication Hosted by NHTSAs Office of EMS on Thursday, December 19, at 1pm ET / 10am PT EMS clinicians respond […] The post Register Now: EMS Focus Webinar appeared first on American Ambulance Association.

EMS

EMergucate

DECEMBER 10, 2024

PH = 6.782, that is severe acidaemia. HCO3 = 2.5 mmol/L, that is extremely low. So we have metabolic acidosis.

The FllightBridge ED

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In the winter of 1777 through the spring of 1778, the Continental Army was dying.

The FllightBridge ED

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In the winter of 1777 through the spring of 1778, the Continental Army was dying.

California Casualty

DECEMBER 10, 2024

It’s time to spoil the real VIPs in our lives—our pets and the people who love them! Whether you’re shopping for a cat cuddler, a dog devotee, or the proud parent of a feathered friend, finding the perfect gift can make tails wag, whiskers twitch, and hearts melt.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Written by Pendell Meyers An elderly female called EMS with acute chest pain. Her vitals were within normal limits, and here is her EMS ECG: What do you think? Sinus rhythm, and QRS shows likely subtle RBBB, plus LAFB. While some STE could be expected by the large wide S wave in inferior leads, there is is STE and possibly HATW in II, III, and AVF, with reciprocal findings in aVL.

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Paramedic Chiefs of Canada

DECEMBER 10, 2024

What will we be discussing? The negative consequences of burnout in EMS stretch well-beyond the individual and can affect entire organizations as well as the patients served. Nevertheless, most traditional interventions aimed to reduce burnout focus on the individual and fail to address the underlying systematic causes. In this session, Dr. Remle Crowe will review the latest research and present organizational-level strategies to meaningfully reduce and prevent burnout at your EMS agency.

Paramedicine