EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
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The clinic is located in a small office in an apartment building and serves residents of the Triangle Neighborhood in Madison.
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
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"It really is an exciting time in the prehospital arena in respect to pain control options for both adult and pediatric patients. Fentanyl has rapidly moved to the forefront in EMS, ketamine appears to be staking its claim and morphine appears to be slowly fading from prominence. Both fentanyl and ketamine have their pros and cons, but it is likely that ketamine will leave a mark on the world of prehospital medicine for many years to come." —‪#‎EMSWorldExpo2015‬ speaker Dr. Peter Antevy
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
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The ‪#‎EMSWorldExpo2015‬ Exhibit Hall opens 28 days from today. Check out our countdown of the 30 finalists for EMS World’s Top Innovation Awards, which recognize companies exhibiting new, innovative products at EMS World Expo. ClorDiSys Solutions can be found in Booth 337 and is being recognized for its Lantern UV Disinfection System:www.emsworld.com/12074719.
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
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New Zealand already has some of the highest drug use rates in the developed world. Now an explosion in synthetic agents, easily bought over the internet, is creating a host of new problems.
Synthetics Drugs Causing Havoc for New Zealand EMS Agencies
In some cases neither the doctors nor the person who has taken the drugs have any idea whats been consumed
3NEWS.CO.NZ
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
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In this latest blog post, ‪#‎EMSWorldExpo2015‬ speaker Dan Limmer discusses how the NREMT isn’t going to test facts alone, but test application of those facts. You need to know the material at a deeper level.
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
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"Our field is laboring under a criminal burden of mind-numbing refreshers and painful in-service trainings that aim to achieve very little and fall short. Nobody walks away having learned anything new, and nobody shows up expecting otherwise. Most continuing education courses suck. Let’s talk about how to make con-ed suck less." -Brandon Oto
How To Craft Continuing Education Worth Attending
Centering courses around content that relates to the students in your class is the best way to keep their attention.
EMSWORLD.COM
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  • Nate Boyce 10/10. It seems we've lost sight of the whole "continuing" part of continuing education. Re-learning the same thing year after year is neither interesting nor helpful and sets about the self fulfilling prophecy that all CE sucks. Medicine changes, yet ...See More
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  • Cheryl Limer Miller case-based teaching is best for cme, and it works best in the inevitable mixed-level class too. But ideally the cases should be pulled from the service you are teaching -- which requires a QI dept and a physician who really are involved and care enough to gather them. Rare as a flock of dodo birds...
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
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N.C. paramedics say a new "time-on-task" policy that awards points for quick turnarounds on calls is cutting corners and endangering patients. Does your system have a similar policy in place?
N.C. Paramedics Say New Policy Could Put Patients at Risk
The paramedics say the policy pushes them to work so fast they're worried patient care could be at risk.
EMSWORLD.COM
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
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The rapid evolution into mobile integrated healthcare-community paramedicine (MIH-CP) has been one of the most discussed issues in the EMS arena in recent years. In this publication, we bring together key resources produced by EMS World that both identify the critical issues agencies should be addressing, as well as profile best practices for program development.
A Road Map to Achieving Mobile Integrated Healthcare | EMSWorld.com
How to develop, implement and sustain MIH-CP programs in your community.
EMSWORLD.COM
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
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Tiny Triage Device Could Save Lives on the Battlefield: Army medical researchers have developed the Compensatory Reserve Index device, which is the size of a small matchbox with a computer display. A wire connects it to a plastic clip that's placed on an injured soldier's finger and it then displays vital signs: body temperature, heart rate, breathing rate and blood pressure. www.emsworld.com/12105493
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
Yesterday at 12:28pm · 
Our latest real-patient video, presented in partnership with ReelDx is now available to view free for one week. This week's case is a 53-year-old woman with abdominal pain and swelling at surgical site.
Video Case of the Week: Abdominal Pain
ReelDx Education: Best practices for emergency assessment are made vivid through real patients.
EMSWORLD.COM
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
Yesterday at 11:00am · 
The ‪#‎EMSWorldExpo2015‬ Exhibit Hall opens 29 days from today. Check out our countdown of the 30 finalists for EMS World’s Top Innovation Awards, which recognize companies exhibiting new, innovative products at EMS World Expo. Athena GTX can be found in Booth 1559 and is being recognized for its Wi-Med patient assessment tool,www.emsworld.com/12084973.
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
Yesterday at 9:10am · 
Your EMS Day: This week, 18 members of the The Richmond Ambulance Authority Leadership Academy (RAALA) spent time serving the community at nearby FeedMore, packing meals for the Meals on Wheels program. In addition, RAALA members have spent the last few weeks collecting donations for a food drive and were able to present FeedMore with food and money donations that will provide over 1,600 meals. 2015 Dick Ferneau Paid Agency of the Year Award recipient RAA strongly believes that a key element of a successful agency is to be involved and integrated in the community in which it serves. What non-clinical, community-based activities are you involved with?
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EMSWorld (EMS - EMT - Paramedic - Emergency Medical Services)
Yesterday at 6:44am · 
Evansville leaders are in early talks about training volunteer firefighters to become first responders to help staff the city's ambulances and improve response times. Lawmakers on the Assembly Committee on Health held a hearing Tuesday on a bill that would change the required two EMTs needed to transport a patient to one EMT and one first responder in small communities.
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