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    Therapeutic Hypothermia: Prehospital

    We introduced therapeutic hypothermia after a RINSE trial here some time ago TH started in the prehospital setting and then carried on in hispital was show to signigicantly improve survival to discharge This is one of the reasons we have a survival to discharge of over 30% here Basically they...
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    EMS peer reviewed journals

    http://www.jephc.com/
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    How Often Do Paramedics Save Lives?

    Im sure i read it but someone mentioned improving outcomes which is cool Buddy, you wont save a life very often. In 5 years i can put my hand on my heart and say i have had the life changing experience of saving 1 life and i felt i could have just about walked on water afterwards, but its a...
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    Just looking for some thoughts on this call the other day.

    Cyanosis of the type described is associated with forms of obstructive shock, with the main culprits being pericardial tamponade and either saddle massive PE. The mechanism of this cyanosis is poorly understood. When i was doing my bachelors degree i tried to do a literature review on the...
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    USA to AUS

    Interesting... how so?
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    USA to AUS

    MICA specificaly is post grad CSU runs their degree distance ed through canda, maybe you can get on board that? They used to credit you for the majority of the diploma
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    Its so beautiful, it makes me cry

    Quick! Hand me the gtn!
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    Treatment Question for Vtach with pulses

    Goodness ak, i didn't know you existed in other forums!
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    Treatment Question for Vtach with pulses

    That patient would get sync cardioverted here
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    What's the point of dual medic?

    i like it too. ----------------------------- Partner : im exhausted, can you drive this job Medic : no, because this patient is sick and needs a higher level of knowledge and assessment in the back ............................................ Medic : im exhausted, can you drive...
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    CPR Whats the point

    Devils advocate If i changed the neame of the thread to "Whats the point of BLS" would you then have a diferent point of view?
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    What's the point of dual medic?

    I would have thought EMT would be an excellent base from a first responder point of view, but as far as crewing an ambulance or non emerge IFT truck.... i have to wonder....
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    What's the point of dual medic?

    :lol::lol:
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    Tragic end to Kiwi soldiers' mercy mission

    I thought you guys picked up some of the bushmaster cars for this kind of work?
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    C/T BP problems

    Fluid loading would be detrimental but bearing in mind im sure they didn't transplant a diseased heart with dialated or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or advanced IHD so your biggest causes of failure are already out of the picture, and given the OP it doesn't really cross me as an MI The other...
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    The Bohr Effect?

    Bohrr was a chemist, perhaps a chem book may be the answer.
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    C/T BP problems

    The OP doesn't happen to have a white cell count or Lactate by any chance??
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    C/T BP problems

    what he said + chest auscultation...
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    Treat on scene or transport?

    Answers in red mate Good posts mate, i think you and i are on the same plane
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    Fentanyl; Why even carry Morphine?

    There are documented adverse reaction when fentanyl is used in the same patient management episode as IV amiodarone. Although morph is still our first line drug, it will sooner or later become the second line (in fact, it probably would be already of fentanyl production could keep up with...
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