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July 29, 2016 | View as webpage

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Dear EMS1 Subscriber, We have featured articles this month on assessing and treating sepsis. In this newsletter, we highlight sepsis assessment with a patient who presented with a vague complaint of belly pain and abnormal vital signs. Make sure to read "6 useful sepsis tips" from Art Hsieh, and to watch the "Remember 2 Things" episode on the importance of aggressive EMS treatment of sepsis. — EMS1 Team

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SOCIAL MEDIA FOR EMS EMS providers are held to a higher standard, which includes social media By David Givot, EMS1 Columnist Negative Facebook comments about protesters may have been wrong, but were their terminations right? Higher standards  LIFESTYLE & OFF-DUTY Strength in numbers: How EMTs can face PTSD and addiction By Megan Wells, EMS1 Contributor Here's a look inside one of our nation's first "warriors only" PTSD treatment plans. Fighting back

EMS PIONEERS Paramedic Andy Bruch embraces EMS in the bayou By Mike Rubin, EMS1 Columnist West Virginia native learns to work around creepy crawlers and more in a 42-year EMS career. Dancing with ants  STICKING TO THE BASICS Tips for assessing and managing a patient with 'general illness' By Patrick Lickiss, EMS Columnist You were asked to assess and treat a 44-year-old woman who has been feeling weak and lethargic. Did you make the right call? Find out the diagnosis

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