by admin | Apr 22, 2021 | Season1
Unlike any other health care professionals, paramedics have the unique opportunity in entering the homes of some of their patients. With this comes a certain responsibility and obligation to report any indications of risk, especially with pediatric populations. With...
by admin | Mar 10, 2021 | Season1
In contrast to adult patients, pediatric patients do not follow simple rules and as such, there is no one “magic number” to use as a predictor for patient condition, such as SBP in adults. In contrast, the best predictor for pediatric patients is getting the whole...
by admin | Jan 18, 2021 | Season1
There are several theories that suggest why double sequential defibrillation and/or vector change defibrillation may be effective. Energy theory: increased energy delivery allows for defibrillation of a critical mass of myocardium terminating the refractory VF....
by admin | Jan 12, 2021 | Season1
High-quality BLS management of cardiac arrest is essential. This includes ensuring CPR and ventilation quality including the use of feedback devices and measuring and providing feedback of performance. Once the BLS stuff is taken care of, treatment/management should...
by admin | Nov 30, 2020 | Season1
Tactical paramedicine is the provision of prehospital medicine within a hostile environment, that requires knowledge of tactics, special equipment, and specialized personalized protective equipment (PPE). The PPE and the training, is really what separates this team...
by admin | Nov 2, 2020 | Season1
Emergency medicine and paramedicine, one can argue, are highly cognitive professions. One of the pitfalls to this specialty however is the level of risk involved. Medical error is the 6th leading cause of death in North America, and some studies have shown that...
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