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Vital Sign Trends in Shock
Pulse pressure, cardiac output, vascular tone? Understand how shock affects the body.
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The Blood Pressure is WHAT?
Can Your Students Spot an Incorrect Blood Pressure Reading? You should consider testing them.
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Guiding Principles for Patient Assessment
Guiding principles provide a backbone for sound decision-making in patient assessment.
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Classroom Patient Assessment Activity
An exercise for EMT or ALS classes to help students understand body system exams as…
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What Does Mechanism of Injury Tell Us?
EMS loves mechanism of injury. The excitement of pulling up to a big crash, examining…
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Back to the Basics: That Gut Feeling
Assessing abdominal pain is one of the easiest and also one of the hardest things…
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Patient Assessment: A Modern Approach
It's time to shed old patient assessment mantras in EMS. Our assessment flowchart shows how…
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Unique Patient Signs: A Case Study
If a patient presents with multiple pathologies, some common signs can give you clues into…
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Simulation in EMS Education – Part 2
It is our belief that the EMT classroom has much to gain from the use…
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10 Things You Should Know About Trauma Emergencies
The available tools for determining criticality in trauma assessment have never been greater.
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Hurtful H’s and Terrible T’s
The H’s and T’s learned for ACLS and PALS can also be used for assessment…
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On Seizures, Syncope and Science
Not all research papers provide everything you need to know about a topic. It is…