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SGEM#396: And iGel Myself, I’m Over You, Cus I’m the King (Tube) of Wishful Thinking

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

He is a former New York City paramedic and this summer will be starting fellowship training in EMS medicine at UNM. The fire-based crew has basic life support (BLS) airway supplies including the King Laryngeal Tube, the paramedic crew carries iGel supraglottic airways (SGAs) in addition to their intubation equipment.

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Sweta Mangal – The Role of Simulation Training in Ambulance Education and Preparedness

Ziqitza HealthCare Ltd

In this critical field of emergency medical services (EMS), Ziqitza Health Care Limited leads from the front, providing top-notch ambulance services across various regions. It encompasses a range of simulations, from basic life support scenarios to complex, high-pressure situations like mass casualty incidents or cardiac arrests.

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SGEM#231: You’re So Vein – IO vs. IV Access for OHCA

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Annals of EM May 2018 Guest Skeptic: Andrew Merelman is a critical care paramedic and first year medical student at Rocky Vista University in Colorado. Annals of EM May 2018 Guest Skeptic: Andrew Merelman is a critical care paramedic and first year medical student at Rocky Vista University in Colorado.

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ILCOR goes Annual! AHA gives focused recommendations.

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

AHA statements are labeled with" [AHA]" We can now expect more frequent and closer cycling and knowledge translation from the laboratory workbench or studies of cases and outcomes to our own practice. " EMS-DELIVERED CPR: CONSENSUS ON SCIENCE. " Knowledge Gaps: 1. " Knowledge Gaps: 1.

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Prehospital Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

RebelEM

Nevertheless, mortality of prehospital traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA), and survivability with good neurologic outcome, remain the gold standards of trauma care in and out of the hospital and are effectively the criterion by which we measure outcomes in the trauma literature. Discussion: Dead On Scene: The 96.2% mortality rate and 43.5%

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REBEL Cast Ep113: Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation

RebelEM

At REBEL EM, we’ve done an extensive write up that details some of the different types of DED and the electrophysiology behind it. Background Information: Double external defibrillation (DED) is an intervention often used to treat refractory ventricular fibrillation (RVF).

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