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March 2008

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The People Business
02/29/2008
Larry Boxman
Improving someone's quality of life is the greatest gift you can give and separates excellent EMS providers from others.
Improving someone's quality of life is the greatest gift you can give and separates excellent EMS providers from others.
Improving someone's quality of...
02/29/2008
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EMS Reruns: Stepping Up
02/29/2008
Is EMS a short career?
Is EMS a short career?
Is EMS a short career?
02/29/2008
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Cardiac Arrest Management: Part 1
02/29/2008
Understanding the role of Basic Life Support in the latest American Heart Association guidelines.
Understanding the role of Basic Life Support in the latest American Heart Association guidelines.
Understanding the role of Basic...
02/29/2008
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Innovative Interoperability Answers
02/29/2008
Small departments find you don't have to scrap your entire radio system to achieve interoperability.
Small departments find you don't have to scrap your entire radio system to achieve interoperability.
Small departments find you don't...
02/29/2008
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Recognition and Treatment of Right Ventricular Myocardial Infarction
02/29/2008
William E. "Gene" Gandy, JD, LP
Patients with right ventricular infarctions (RVIs) present unique challenges to EMS providers
Patients with right ventricular infarctions (RVIs) present unique challenges to EMS providers
Patients with right ventricular...
02/29/2008
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Don`t Put That Tube In!
02/29/2008
A new technology helps a skittish CHF patient avoid invasive ventilation.
A new technology helps a skittish CHF patient avoid invasive ventilation.
A new technology helps a...
02/29/2008
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Advanced Clinical Insights and Practice: Ischemic Heart Disease
02/29/2008
Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of death in the United States for both men and women.
Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of death in the United States for both men and women.
Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is...
02/29/2008
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Using Geographic Information To Aid Patient Care
02/29/2008
     A prehospital crew working on a shooting victim radios the control facility for an available trauma center. Looking at a map of available centers, the mobile intensive care nurse at the control facility sees the crew is only a few miles...
     A prehospital crew working on a shooting victim radios the control facility for an available trauma center. Looking at a map of available centers, the mobile intensive care nurse at the control facility sees the crew is only a few miles...
     A prehospital crew working...
02/29/2008
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Physicians Flock to Phoenix
02/29/2008
NAEMSP annual conference offered discussions on state-of-the-art EMS care
NAEMSP annual conference offered discussions on state-of-the-art EMS care
NAEMSP annual conference offered...
02/29/2008
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Staging Strategy
02/29/2008
Pausing too close to the scene forces an entry earlier than planned.
Pausing too close to the scene forces an entry earlier than planned.
Pausing too close to the scene...
02/29/2008
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Combined Team Training
02/29/2008
If you can't integrate as a coordinated care team, all your individual skills and knowledge won't help your patient.
If you can't integrate as a coordinated care team, all your individual skills and knowledge won't help your patient.
If you can't integrate as a...
02/29/2008
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How Scheduling Software Streamlines Daily Operations
02/29/2008
     Harrison County Hospital EMS serves more than 60,000 residents of Harrison County, IN, with a fleet of four ambulances and a staff of 54 full- and part-time EMTs and paramedics. Our service found that its paper-and-pencil scheduling...
     Harrison County Hospital EMS serves more than 60,000 residents of Harrison County, IN, with a fleet of four ambulances and a staff of 54 full- and part-time EMTs and paramedics. Our service found that its paper-and-pencil scheduling...
     Harrison County Hospital...
02/29/2008
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Tragedy Strikes EMS Agencies in KY & MI
02/29/2008
     This January saw two traffic-related EMS responder deaths: one to an EMS supervisor and mother in Kentucky, and one to a promising young EMT in Michigan. Both women were killed by passing vehicles while working the scenes of prior motor...
     This January saw two traffic-related EMS responder deaths: one to an EMS supervisor and mother in Kentucky, and one to a promising young EMT in Michigan. Both women were killed by passing vehicles while working the scenes of prior motor...
     This January saw two...
02/29/2008
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Shocking Success
02/29/2008
ALS providers need clear understandings of what's behind defibrillation.
ALS providers need clear understandings of what's behind defibrillation.
ALS providers need clear...
02/29/2008
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Beyond the Basics: Lightning-Strike Injuries
02/29/2008
Lightning strikes are one of the top three causes of death associated with a natural or environmental phenomenon.
Lightning strikes are one of the top three causes of death associated with a natural or environmental phenomenon.
Lightning strikes are one of the...
02/29/2008
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Safety Questions
02/29/2008
Are you providing what your crews need to stay safe?
Are you providing what your crews need to stay safe?
Are you providing what your...
02/29/2008
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Survival Rates Jump in New Cardiac Arrest Study
02/29/2008
There's a lot that goes into good CPR. But when it all comes together optimally, a new study demonstrates, it produces significant benefit.
There's a lot that goes into good CPR. But when it all comes together optimally, a new study demonstrates, it produces significant benefit.
There's a lot that goes into...
02/29/2008
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The Hope of RAES
02/29/2008
Can Regional Accountable Emergency Systems transform healthcare?
Can Regional Accountable Emergency Systems transform healthcare?
Can Regional Accountable...
02/29/2008
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Sowing the Seeds
02/29/2008
A study of employment expectations of EMT students reveals important info for EMS managers.
A study of employment expectations of EMT students reveals important info for EMS managers.
A study of employment...
02/29/2008
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Let`s Fix It Before It Breaks
02/29/2008
Revisiting our past may help define our future.
Revisiting our past may help define our future.
Revisiting our past may help...
02/29/2008
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Literature Review: Prehospital Analgesia Agents
02/29/2008
     Rickard C, O'Meara P, McGrail M, et al. A randomized controlled trial of intranasal fentanyl vs. intravenous morphine for analgesia in the prehospital setting. Am J Emerg Med 25(8): 911—7, Oct 2007.
     Rickard C, O'Meara P, McGrail M, et al. A randomized controlled trial of intranasal fentanyl vs. intravenous morphine for analgesia in the prehospital setting. Am J Emerg Med 25(8): 911—7, Oct 2007.
     Rickard C, O'Meara P,...
02/29/2008
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A Good Place to Work
02/29/2008
Getting and keeping good people isn't easy. What are the secrets of those doing it successfully?
Getting and keeping good people isn't easy. What are the secrets of those doing it successfully?
Getting and keeping good people...
02/29/2008
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