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Episode 35: The collapsed infant

PHEM Cast

Scroll down for the Screening and Action tool for under 5s for prehospital care and ambulance services. 2006 Jun 3;332(7553):1295–8. 2006 Jun 3;332(7553):1299–303. References regarding IM benzylpenicillin that Tim mentions: Harnden A. Hahné SJM, Charlett A, Purcell B, Samuelsson S, Camaroni I, Ehrhard I, et al.

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Sudden Palpitations in a Young Adult

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Written by Magnus Nossen and Ken Grauer ( with Comment by Smith ) The ECG in Figure-1 was electronically transmitted by the ambulance service for evaluation. Nevertheless, this recommendation is still based on the papers published before 2006." The patient is a young adult male with acute onset of palpitations.

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Paramedics make a great call

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NTG therapy before an ECG, or the absence of a prehospital ECG capacity in some services may lead to missing the early diagnosis of STEMI thus delaying reperfusion therapy. Paramedics managing a possible myocardial infarction patient were instructed to obtain rapidly an ECG prior to treatment with NTG.

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Mouth-to-Airway (adjunct)

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

McMahon, Captain, Baltimore Fire Department Ambulance Service, with 15 illustrations by Colin E. Photo from which, by kind permission of Allen Press, shown above of early mouth-to-airway devices. Probably only Internet-accessible extant photo of the Gordon Airway. O’Donnell, C. Gibson, A. T., & Davis, P. Thompson, Jr. Paper $1.75.

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Milestones of Modern Progress in Emergency Care

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Efforts in the 1960s by The Committee on Trauma of The American College of Surgeons in improving ORs, emergency rooms, and "Minimal Equipment for Ambulances" gave impetus to better care and more regulation of ambulance services. Emergency medicine in the United States: a systemic review. PMC copy ] AAEM History. [No

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The Nose: the other route to the lungs

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

The nose in basic resuscitation: In an ambulance service for which I worked as a Paramedic at a time when although trained in intubation, it was not yet permitted; our principle device was a nasopharyngeal airway with an oversized 15mm endotracheal tube connector. Do not miss.