Browsing: EMS

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Clinical , EMS , Prehospital Care

The Case for Prehospital and ED Use of Tourniquets

4/30/2015 Joshua Bucher, MD
The Case for Prehospital and ED Use of Tourniquets A 27-year-old male is brought in by ambulance after experiencing a gunshot wound to the mid right thigh. At the time of his arrival with EMS, he is
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Clinical , EMS , Prehospital Care

A Quick and Dirty Guide: Information Every Physician Should Know

2/14/2015 Michael Spigner, MD, EMT-CC
A Quick and Dirty Guide: Information Every Physician Should Know The world of EMS represents a mosaic of different systems and practices that share a common goal. If the emergency department had a mo
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Health Policy , Disaster Medicine

A Review of U.S. Disaster Preparedness Programs

2/14/2015 E. Page Bridges, MD
A Review of U.S. Disaster Preparedness Programs This fall, the first cases of Ebola were diagnosed and treated in the United States. Although the spread of this disease fell far short of the disaster
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Prehospital Care

Backboards: Do They Really Have Your Back?

4/15/2014 Jose V. Nable, MD, NRP , Christina L. Tupe, MD
Backboards: Do They Really Have Your Back? Spinal immobilization has long been considered standard practice for pre-hospital trauma patients. Placing patients on long spinal boards is one of the most
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Prehospital Care

Outside the ED: How EMS can Improve Your Emergency Medicine Residency

4/15/2014 Adam Darnobid, MD, FACEP
Outside the ED: How EMS can Improve Your Emergency Medicine Residency Pre-hospital medicine offers unique opportunities to an EM physician, and EMS training complements the emergency medicine curric
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Prehospital Care

What EMS Teaches Us

4/15/2014 Emily McClain, MD
What EMS Teaches Us “I'm scared.” The young woman was tearful. These were the words of a patient from our first call of the day, a woman from the local jail with a possible miscarriage. She had had