EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services) added 47 new photos to the album: EMS Tattoo Album.
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We had such a great response to the original post we shared of an EMS tattoo that we decided to collect all the photos shared in one EMS Tattoo Album. E-mail your photos for inclusion in this album to editor@emsworld.com.
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
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Darbee sat in the captain’s chair in the back of the rig, typing on a laptop. Then he heard a sound no paramedic ever wants to hear: the click of a patient’s shoulder harness unlatching. Swiveling around, he found himself eyeball to eyeball with his patient, who was now crouched on all fours on top of the stretcher, growling.
Spike Nation
Cheap, unpredictable and hard to regulate, synthetic marijuana has emergency responders scrambling to save lives.
NYTIMES.COM|BY STEVE FEATHERSTONE
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  • Stephen Husak Thats when you yell to your partner diesel bolus now as your patient slams against the back door.
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  • Patti Machacek Working private, we had a psych transfer from a level 2 to a psych hosp. He was ok, until going about 55 on I-90 (Chicago burbs here). Then he had disposed of the seatbelts, and wrenched the cot out of it's lock. He was trying to batter down the door t...See More
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
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This report features highlights from day 1 of the conference including penetrating trauma on the streets of London, pediatric trauma pitfalls and complex neonatal presentations in rural areas.
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
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Video of a tension pneumothorax being relieved by a needle thoracostomy.
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  • RM Hoarty Interestingly enough, that's the same song that plays in my head when I performed invasive procedures.
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  • Minibear Macklan Aaron the other day.. Haha
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services) added 13 new photos to the album: EMS World 2015 Innovation Award Nominees.
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Each year, EMS World representatives make their way around the EMS World Expo exhibit hall seeking out the most innovative products to be launched or redeveloped over the previous year. Here are the submissions we have received to date. Check back often to see the new products and technologies that will be revealed at EMS World Expo, September 15–19 in Las Vegas, NV. For more about the conference, see httpa//www.emsworldexpo.com/:::www.emsworldexpo.com.
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
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Treatment Options for Hypoglycemia: Should It Be Gluca-gone? "Because of the increasing price of glucagon, approximately $400 per 1 mg vial, I was asked if we could remove it from the rigs. Providers told me they 'never use it' and 'it always just expires.' So I began some research into the frequency of glucagon use in the field and investigated other options. I was surprised by some of my findings."—Peter Taillac, MD, FACEP www.emsworld.com/12088846
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
Yesterday at 1:55am · 
Summertime temps can be deadly for the elderly, so two big thumbs up for the Ft. Worth firefighters who, after their shift ended, helped install an AC unit in an elderly man's house who had previously called for help after becoming ill due to the overwhelming heat in his house. Does your agency do welfare checks when temperatures reach triple digits?
Fort Worth Firefighters Render Unique Aid | EMSWorld.com
Firefighters from Station 12 installed an air conditioner, purchased by Fort Worth Firefighter Charities, for an elderly man.
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  • Barbara Remkus Very nice!
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
July 7 at 10:25pm · Edited · 
Report details mechanics using rubber gloves to hold a hydraulic hose together in an ambulance. Are your agency's vehicles well maintained?
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
July 7 at 9:29pm · 
Sometimes man's best friend needs a helping hand. After Fraser became exhausted during a hike with his owner, North Shore Rescue stepped in to rescue both canine and human. www.emsworld.com/12090580
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  • April Mitchell Dogs that are couch potatoes can't just magically jump up and do an all-day hike. His owner may "love" him, but they aren't very smart. Poor dog
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  • Whitney Valento We just had a call today where a dog feel off a 60ft cliff... we carry a bag in our truck for dogs
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
July 7 at 7:48pm · 
Jeff van Pelt, president of the CUPE Ambulance Committee of Ontario, says the firefighters’ proposal “is about protecting their own jobs” amid a drop in fire-related calls. “If this was about patient care,” van Pelt says, firefighters “would be advocating to the politicians to increase EMS money, increase hospital money.”
‘Fire-Medic’ proposal pits firefighters against paramedics | Toronto Star
Paramedics fire back at a new proposal by the Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Association for firefighters to perform more medical interventions.
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  • Justin Sleffel Firefighters fight fires and paramedics provide medical care.

    If you're concerned about how the paramedics are doing their job, offer to help fund additional ambulances for the paramedics.     ...See More
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  • Rachel Harcourt We have fire medics in California, as an EMT I frequently hear complaints from patients about mistreatment and bad patient care by fire. FF are not doing it to treat PTs, they want to fight fire.
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
July 7 at 5:50pm · Edited · 
This month's CE article reviews prehospital stabilization of unstable neonates. The mnemonic NEO SECRETS is a helpful list of differential diagnoses that cause instability in the neonate. After providing initial stabilization for a critically ill neonate, seek to identify the underlying problem. Failure to rule in, or out, underlying problems can lead to the neonate deteriorating or ultimately their demise. See www.emsworld.com/12088865.
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  • Crobert Dee Just what the world needs another memonic for less than 00.001% of an average work week.
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services) added 24 new photos to the album: Air Medical Memorial Service.
July 7 at 2:41pm · 
Each year, families, friends and coworkers from around the nation come together during this Weekend of Tribute. This weekend of events not only recognizes and honors their sacrifice, but also provides support to the loved ones who are left behind. The event, held in Colorado, features an Air Medical Remembrance Ceremony, a Memorial Bike Ride and the National EMS Memorial Service. The Service is a formal ceremony to pay tribute to those EMS professionals who have given their lives in the line of duty. Hundreds of EMS personnel from across the country travel to Colorado to participate in the Memorial Service. Photos courtesy of Tammy Chatman, PIO Weekend of Tribute.
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
July 7 at 1:33pm · 
The victims of terrorist attacks often become just numbers, not names. Here are the stories behind the 52 people who were murdered in the London bombings 10 years ago today. Their stories are our stories. Our thoughts and prayers go out to their families and friends on this difficult day.
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
July 7 at 11:53am · 
The vast majority of those surveyed—95.3%—said they believed that working while sick puts patients at risk, but 83.1% said that they had come to work with symptoms at least once in the past year.
Survey: Healthcare Providers Still Work When Sick
Survey found a widespread notion that healthcare workers who stay home to nurse a cold or stomach bug are somehow weak or unprofessional.
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
July 7 at 10:13am · 
10 years ago today, four suicide bombers linked to al-Qaeda committed the worst single terrorist atrocity on British soil, killing 52 people and injuring 700. Three explosions took place on London's Underground. The October 2005 issue of EMS World Magazine featured a report on how London's disaster plan worked that day. www.emsworld.com/10323663
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
July 7 at 7:29am · 
County regulators ordered the Compton Fire Department to remove the devices last week after fire officials were unable to produce documentation showing firefighters had been properly trained to use the equipment. Compton Fire Chief Jon Thompson said that on most 911 calls, paramedics, who continue to carry defibrillators, are dispatched with lower-skilled firefighters. "It doesn't put us in any danger," Thompson said. He noted that while Compton rescue units have long had defibrillators, state law does not require firefighters to carry them. "It's not a mandatory program. It's something that we would like to have."
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  • Rose CuCulino Guieb In Florida this training is part of your CPR class....it's also part of EMT and Paramedic classes and I believe my son trained on this at Fire College. You can't tell me California doesn't do this training for first responders?!?
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  • Eric Ty Dillard Put Aeds on the trucks. Every firefighter should have a AED/CPR card.
    3 · July 7 at 12:32pm
EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
July 7 at 6:29am · 
In this month's Case Review, author and ‪#‎EMSWorldExpo2015‬ speaker Dr. Jim Augustine discuss dry decontamination procedures used during a hazmat call with 26 patients. www.emsworld.com/12077537
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