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Thanks to the folks at U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety & Security Team - 91105 for sharing some great shots from San Francisco Fleet Week Bark at the Park event, which showcased the abilities of working dogs trained in a variety of specialties including search and rescue, explosives detection, narcotics detection, patrol, agriculture detection and many more. For more, see https://www.facebook.com/MSSTSF91105/posts/1645484725721163.
In "2015 AHA Update: A New Era?" EMS World columnist Mike Rubin presents a summary of 8 points in the new guidelines you'll want to study further, including therapeutic hypothermia, pediatric fluid administration and cervical collars: "Although many EMS systems halted casual spinal immobilization even before the AHA’s 2010 update, the 2015 edition specifically says 'routine application of cervical collars' is not recommended, and encourages first responders to just keep patients with suspected spinal injuries 'as still as possible.' Doing exactly that on my state’s exam 10 years ago would have been an automatic failure." Read more at www.emsworld.com/12129119
Mass. Police Chief: Opioid Program saving Money, Cutting Crime. Five-month-old policy of steering opioid addicts into treatment programs rather than jails has saved local taxpayers an estimated $55,000 and brought a 23% drop in local related crimes. www.emsworld.com/12130470
The hospital placed social workers in the ER full time. It then identified 313 so-called frequent fliers who visited Aurora Sinai's ER at least five times in four months. The social workers chose 39 people out of the 313 and spent the next eight months trying to change their habits so that when they get sick, they go to a primary care doctor or clinic rather than the ER.
Obviously this deer didn't follow any of our Halloween safety tips.
Hays County Sheriff's Office
This morning Hays County Sheriff's Office Deputies Mark Andrews and Anthony Schafer (10/22/15) were dispatched to a welfare concern of a deer in distress in Wim...
See MoreEMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services) added 9 new photos to the album: Rigs on the Road Part 3.
E-mail your vehicle photos...four-wheel, two-wheel, ground & air...to editor@emsworld.com for inclusion in this album. Please include your agency's name and location. Check out Rigs on the Road Part 1 at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/…#
Neurotrauma Review Series—Part 2: What Should a Neurologic Exam Entail? Like the cranial nerve exam, the short neurologic exam can be used effectively without knowing exactly which part of the spine goes with which exam finding. That said, taking the time to master this information can be useful in making the most of your exams. Like the cranial nerve exam, the neurologic exam works best if you are consistent and methodical. www.emsworld.com/11282199
A state regulator has ordered the removal of fentanyl from all ambulances in the region amid a local investigation into "unauthorized tampering" of the supply of the narcotic.
"It is the one thing that is going to kill firefighters more than any building collapse."
Premature Anne is a realistically proportioned 25 week preterm baby developed by Laerdal Medical in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics. http://ow.ly/TM6qk
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