advanced cardiac life support (ACLS)‚ and subsequently EMS systems‚ could be built. The result has been EMS systems designed to enhance the "chain of survival." The first nationally recognized EMT curriculum was published in 1969. Shortly thereafter paramedic education began‚ but training focused heavily on cardiac care and cardiac arrest resuscitation‚ almost to the exclusion of other problems. Training standards and certification requirements have continued to vary significantly in communities throughout
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The paramedics found it necessary to put a neck immobilizer on me‚ which prevented me from moving my neck in any way at all‚ then loaded me in the back of the ambulance. If I were Bruce Banner‚ I would’ve gone Hulk mode on them in a heartbeat. Unfortunately‚ I’m Justin Smith‚ so all I could do was lay there and take it. I put up a pretty good fight though. I soon found out that squirming around made the paramedics quite mad. After figuring this out‚ I began
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However‚ there are a number of recommendations that are not completely practical; including the demand for every officer who has a conducted energy weapon to also have an automated external defibrillator readily available for use and the demand for paramedics be present in every medically high risk situation involving deployment of a conducted energy weapon. These demands are not financially realistic and require a great amount of the already limited time and resources of the federal government and its
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in the door to the medical field will allow me to succeed in my dream of helping others. There has not been a single thought in my mind to have a career other than one that would allow me to help others. I have thought of being a police officer‚ paramedic‚ fire fighter‚ counselor‚ teacher‚ and just about every career that involves helping people in some manner. The second part to my American Dream is being well off financially will be achieved by being in the Navy and getting an education that is
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from responders in the field. EMS may need critical up to date information and procedures in order to structurally respond to the situation. Rapid and accurate triage (counting and sorting) of patients is a critical step in the response process. Paramedics perform initial triage by attaching colored triage tags to patients with color assignment based on respective priority. The medics call their EMS officers and report the patient count so EMS can
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at the local General Hospital‚ which has a major accident unit. A numbers of people have been involved in car crashes on the motorway. The Emergency & Accident department has dispatched the Major Accident Team to the scene of the accident. The paramedics’ main role is to bring the nurses and doctors to the accident scene and deliver patients to the A/E department. On the other hand‚ nurses and doctors would stabilise the patients. They will work to together as a team and deliver prompt and sufficient
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elapsed because when I opened my eyes‚ I found myself staring into the concerned eyes of a stranger. I also found myself lying on the concrete floor of the car park and about 5 metres away from the car. At the time‚ I did not know that he was a paramedic. I tried to sit up and noticed the maroon car at the top of the slope. Everything came rushing back to me. I asked the man if the driver was all right. I was overwhelmed by a sense of dread when he told me that the elderly driver was so shocked when
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It is the Other Way Around Many athletes get paid millions of dollars just to run around the field or court while doctors get paid thousands of dollars. It’s the other way around. The doctors‚ lawyers and other job you need a good education in should get paid millions of dollars. It would be nice if athletes would get paid less than those people. The Sports Industry‚ specifically in the United States‚ is composed of multiple sports with multiple franchises that cumulatively bring in billions
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to do. Being a person who works well under pressure i knew that i needed to help and my lifeguard training allowed me to do so. It was in that life changing moment‚ while i was applying pressure to this girl’s wounds‚ that i started thinking that paramedic field work was the thing for me.
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I think that drug assisted intubation should be kept in the field only if the medics are properly trained. RSI is important to being able to keep an open airway in patients who are at a severe risk of pulmonary aspiration such as patients having an allergic reaction‚ severe burns‚ and etc. This is why it is a hard question to be able to definitively answer either “yes” or “no” to. In my opinion‚ drug assisted intubation in the field should be only in severe cases. When you paralyze a patient‚ you
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