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Annals of B Pod: Social EM Corner- Suicide Related Behaviors

Taming the SRU

PATIENT PRESENTATION A young woman with a past medical history of major depressive disorder presented to the emergency room via EMS for a report of intentional ingestion of an unknown substance. EMS reported that she was vomiting profusely on their arrival to the scene but during transport became increasingly lethargic.

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Milestones of Modern Progress in Emergency Care

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Advocacy for Trauma Care and EMS Development. Organization and Specialization in Emergency Nursing. Emergency Medicine Specialization, Recognition, and Organization. Development of EM Residencies. Organized EM supporting Rapid Sequence Intubation and other airway advances. Advanced Emergency Nursing Blog.

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Ten Commandments for Emergency Professionals; a compendium

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

The ten commandments of emergency medicine. Annals of emergency medicine , 20 (10), 1146-1147. Critical care nurse , 29 (1), 67-73. The Ten Commandments of Wound Management Ernst, A., Electrocardiography pitfalls and artifacts: the 10 commandments. Herzog, M., & Seidl, R. Ten commandments of burn management.

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Ballistic Follies

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Police officers have poor hit probability, ricochets may occur, suppressive fire may be used (“keep ‘em pinned down”), or even ‘spray and pray.” Being a health care worker does not protect you from fire coming your way. You are not safer in an area that is posted as a “gun-free zone.” Tejwani, N. C., & Egol, K. de Barros Filho, T.

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Mouth-to-Airway (adjunct)

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Implementation and care directives for "EMS" mouth-to-airway. Training in Ambulance and Emergency Programs McMahon, Martin C. 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.

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The Nose: the other route to the lungs

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

We’ve heard, or been through, tales of early EM when BNTI was the fall-back for awkward intubations before EM could claim credentialing for RSI. Ontario EMS Nasal Tracheal Intubation Video on the YouTube Channel of Ontario EMS. Raja, MD, MBA, MPH Trauma Airway Management J Emerg Med. Brown III, MD, Ali S.