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Can anyone explain the etiology behind trismus in a witnessed cardiac arrest patient. Seen it quite a few times and it resembles a seizure while in v-fib.

Ijust got a phone call from my partner, "WE'RE FAMOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE'RE ON LIKE 3 WEBSITES!!!!!!" LOL. Pretty minor, but it got picked up by emsresponder.com and firehouse.com. lol. http://emsresponder.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=5286

I was wondering if anyone had diltiazem(Cardizem) in their scope of practice. (I'm talking about EMS systems- Pre-Hospital.) I realize that being a calcium channel blocker there are several considerations when administering the drug for tachycardias (Administration of diltiazem with digoxin can...

I was standing in the ED this afternoon when the a Sheriff's Deputy arrived w/ a subject for a jail clearance. Apparently S.O. called a tow truck to impound a vehicle and the Tow driver arrived twitching w/ 8-9mm pupils and a pulse of 126. Idiot!!! Can anyone say amphetamine?

So my intern and I got into a lengthy discussion on what actually qualifies as a field save. I tend to believe that any pt. in cardiopulmonary arrest that regains a pulse and lives to be discharged from the hospital with little, or no neuro deficits qualifies as a "field save." My intern...