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A man in his 50s with acute chest pain who is lucky to still be alive.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

EMS was called, and they recorded the following ECG on scene at 13:16: What do you think? In this medical system, the EMS provider can then be routed to the ED or to a type of urgent care facility that is open 24 hrs/day and staffed by a primary care provider. No troponins were measured!

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SGEM Xtra: The Final Countdown – To IncrEMentuM 2025

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

He works in prehospital (EMS and HEMS), and at Morales Meseguer Hospital in public medical service in Murcia, Spain. Franciso has postgraduate Master's degrees in emergencies and urgent care, clinical ultrasound, and emergency and disaster management, from the University of Elche, the University of Madrid, and the University of Oviedo.

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Dr. Elsburgh Clarke Was Among First to Specialize in Emergency Medicine

ACEP Now

The specialty, he said, spoke to his interest in surgery and EMS in a way that family medicine did not. A closer look, though, also shows the technology of the daya bulky, two-way radio for communicating with EMS, metal gurneys, glass saline bottles, and portable ECG monitors the size of a small shopping cart. Click to enlarge.)

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OSHA Training for Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

American Medical Compliance

OSHA Training for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) will educate emergency medical workers on how to protect themselves and others while adhering to State and Federal OSHA regulations. Employees may go to their primary care physicians or an Urgent Care or Hospital for consultation.

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Red Leg in the Heartland of America: A Rural Physician’s Approach to the Patient with a Potential DVT

EMDocs

Johnson, MD ( Community EM, Salina Regional Health Center) // Reviewed by: Joshua Lowe, MD (EM Attending Physician, USAF); Marina Boushra, MD (Cleveland Clinic Foundation, EM-CCM); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case A 40-year-old woman presents to a rural emergency department (ED) with left leg pain and swelling for the past 5 days.

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Cetirizine Vs Diphenhydramine For the Treatment of Acute Urticaria in the ED

RebelEM

Noninferiority trials, covered here on REBEL EM , are helpful when the experimental treatment offers a distinct advantage over the standard treatment. Rezaie, MD (Twitter: @srrezaie ) The post Cetirizine Vs Diphenhydramine For the Treatment of Acute Urticaria in the ED appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog. 2, 2001, pp.

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Ten Commandments for Emergency Professionals; a compendium

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Classic Advice to New Interns (Commentary upon 10 Commandments of EM) Ten Commandments of Emergency Medicine Luke & Cusack Cork Emergency Medicine 2014 The Derriford twelve commandments of emergency medicine: a model for good practice in a changing world, or a survival guide for new medical staff Smith, J.