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March 14, 2016 | View as webpage

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TOP NEWS Official: 30-minute ambulance wait due to high call volume Paramedic injured in ambulance crash loses leg Boy meets paramedic who helped deliver him in ambulance Official: Overdoses in SC county preventable killer: A total of 60 fatal overdoses occurred in 2014 and 2015 Ambulance company apologizes after medics work 20-hour shift: The paramedics were forced to work a 20-hour shift to transport a patient Cop, off-duty EMT help save man's arm severed in wreck: A police sergeant used his recent medical training to apply a tourniquet to slow the bleeding Amtrak train derails in Kan., 29 hurt Cop saves woman in cardiac arrest Ariz. fire dept. adopts community paramedic program NC woman arrested after stealing ambulance from hospital Firefighters raise money for family of fallen paramedic Credential removal is an option for EMS provider reckless behaviors

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AMBULANCE DRIVER'S PERSPECTIVE To withhold or not withhold EMS treatment: That is the question By Kelly Grayson, EMS1 Columnist Expand your knowledge of EMS care beyond rote memorization and you’ll soon realize that you are rarely withholding care. Reason and restraint  EMS NEWS IN FOCUS 6 gastrointestinal emergencies you should know By Arthur Hsieh, EMS1 Columnist  Identifying significant GI problems and providing initial care may help improve the chances of recovery for patients who experience true GI emergencies.  Chances of recovery

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MAKING EMS COUNT Improve CPR success with systems thinking By Catherine Counts, EMS1 Columnist  Progress on one link in the Chain of Survival doesn't guarantee success of the other links in the chain of survival. CPR saves lives  CAPNOACADEMY Sepsis detection, monitoring in EMS By Kenny Navarro, EMS1 Columnist  For EMS providers to truly understand sepsis, they must also understand the systemic inflammatory response syndrome cascade. What is sepsis?

FREQUENT FLYERS Preparing for the AEMT test A comic for EMS drawing off the real experiences of EMS. Read the comic  NOW ON PARAMEDICTV Remember 2 Things: How to best obtain a glucometer blood sample Nasal foreign body removal with a BVM

1,006 How I became the 'stand back, big picture, non-interventional' paramedic 772 Why don't medics get the same recognition as firefighters and police? 529 College students create EpiPen alternative 483 Paramedic injured in ambulance crash loses leg 295 Boy meets paramedic who helped deliver him in ambulance

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