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Eco-ALS and mechanical chest compressions: that’s the way I like to run a code
47 ysr old male collapsed on the field. First ALS unit found him arrested in VF.
Shocked 3 times he regained a palpable central pulse.
When we arrived the patient arrested again. VF on the monitor. Shocked 4 times. Mechanical chest…
Paramedic Safety: managing risks in 4 steps
Safety can be defined to be the control of recognised hazards to achieve an acceptable level of risk.
This can take the form of being protected from an event or from exposure to something that causes a health or economic loss.
Safety…
Clinical practice guidelines: cardiac/acute coronary syndrome
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) refers to the spectrum of conditions resulting from myocardial ischaemia. It encompasses ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and unstable angina (UA).…
Bike ambulance service comes handy in emergency
HUBBALLI: In order to deal with emergency cases during road accidents and other incidents, the bike ambulance service was launched by authorities last week in the twin cities. And it's tasting some success.
Yallappa Madivalar, an…
Becoming a paramedic in the New South Wales Ambulance Service
Many wonders how to become a paramedic, especially in Australia. In this article, we will report how to be a paramedic in the New South Wales (NSW) Ambulance.
Spencer at Interschutz 2015 with new products
Spencer Italia is attending with great pride Interschutz 2015. The Italian company leader in the world of medical devices for rescue and EMS will be at the German festival with a major exhibition in Hall 26, E02 location. All the innovative…
Sydney-made Burmese bicycle ambulance
Pioneering hand surgeon Professor W. Bruce Conolly is celebrated for his work at Sydney Hospital, but it is he and his wife's latest project that may prove it is often the smallest acts that make the biggest impacts on people's lives.
Dr…
Paramedics’ perspective of pre-hospital pain management
The management of pain is a vital aspect of patient care and of equal importance in the pre-hospital environment to avoid the psychological and physiological consequences associated with its mismanagement.
Current research studies…
Drug-to-drug interaction. New evidences about Morphine.
The lead interventional cardiologist in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department of Careggi Hospital in Florence (Italy), Guido Parodi, wrote an interesting article on medest118.com about drug-to-drug interaction.
Recent literature shows a…
Can Apps help in saving lives?
In several communities across U.S. 911 is now sending out a smartphone app alert summoning citiziens trained in CPR, in addition to first responders notifications.
If those citiziens arrive at the scene first they can start…