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Back to Basics: Perfusion
Perfusion is the necessary component to transport the goods of ventilation and external respiration throughout…
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Back to the Basics: Ventilation v. Respiration
This installment of Back to the Basics discusses respiration and ventilation and how these physiological…
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Back to the Basics : CHF vs. Chronic Bronchitis: Shortness of Breath
Let's compare and contrast a common chief complaint: shortness of breath.
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Predictions for EMS in the New Decade
By Dan Limmer Each January, I write out my predictions of things to come in…
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Drowning: The Danger of Dihydrogen Oxide
Case Study: A three-year-old male is found floating face down in a swimming pool.
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Hyperoxia: Too Much of a Good Thing
Research shows that routine and unchecked high-flow oxygen administration reaches toxic internal levels within minutes.…
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Tablets, Capsules, Liquids: Polypharmacy and the Elderly
Polypharmacy in the Elderly Aging. One of life’s inevitabilities that some people embrace and others…
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The Busted Melon: A Case of Traumatic Brain Injury
Test your understanding of TBI in this case study of a 28 year old male…
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What You Need for AEMT/Paramedic Classes
If you’re going into an AEMT or paramedic class, you’ve already got some skills and…
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Opioid Overdose: Fact vs. Fiction
As opioids, prescription and illicit, are currently the leading cause of drug overdose deaths it…
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Shaken, Not Stirred: A seizure case study
You respond to a local store for a 24-year-old male having a seizure. The patient…
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