Overview of Pulmonary Embolism An embolism is a foreign mass that travels through the intravascular space carried by the systemic circulation. The mass may be solid‚ liquid or gaseous. The circulation carries the embolus through vessels to parts of the body where it can cause obstruction or occlusion. The Pulmonary Embolism (PE) occurs when the embolism causes an obstruction or occlusion of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches‚ which in turn reverts pressure on the right ventricle. A solid
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MD Family Presence during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 2013;368(11):1008 Patients generally died at home with their loved ones before cardiopulmonary resuscitation was invented in the 1950s. For better or worse‚ technological advances and prehospital care have moved patients away from their homes and into the hospital during the last moments of their life. (Crit Care Nurse 2005;25[1]:38.) Now health care providers have the moral and ethical dilemma of being in control of what many consider to
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Emergency Department Models of Care July 2012 NSW MINISTRY OF HEALTH 73 Miller Street NORTH SYDNEY NSW 2060 Tel. (02) 9391 9000 Fax. (02) 9391 9101 TTY. (02) 9391 9900 www.health.nsw.gov.au This work is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in part for study or training purposes subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgement of the source. It may not be reproduced for commercial usage or sale. Reproduction for purposes other than those indicated above requires written permission from the
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author explores spinal injuries and the current management of them in the pre-hospital setting across a number of countries. The author relates current practice with recent literature and draws a final conclusion from the findings. Conclusion: Prehospital care for patients with acute traumatic spinal injuries requires great care to avoid secondary injury; recognition of potential injury is of great importance. Although injuries to the spinal cord occur in 2% of the patients that paramedics immobilize
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that PTSD rates can be as high as 37% in EMS workers‚ while that of the general public is around 3.6%. (EMSWorld‚ 10/1/12‚ Kevin T. Collopy‚ Are You Under Stress In EMS‚ http://www.emsworld.com/article/10776875/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-in-prehospital-providers) Coping With PTSD It is crucial for EMS staff to work together to find coping strategies. The best strategy is to discuss work with coworkers. Other coping strategies are having adequate time off duty with family and friends‚ use of
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and crystalloid IV fluids Understand osmosis as it pertains to water movement with IV therapy Define tonicity and the actions of isotonic‚ hypotonic‚ and hypertonic crystalloids in the body Identify the three most common IV solutions used in the prehospital setting‚ and classify them as isotonic‚ hypotonic‚ or hypertonic Describe how an IV fluid is packaged and important information located on the label of the IV fluid KEY TERMS 5% Dextrose in water—A carbohydrate solution that uses glucose (sugar)
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Imagine you got in a car accident and damaged your neck. Would you want a properly trained emergency medical technician who knew how to prevent your neck from further injury? Knowing how to immobilize the cervical spine in the EMT field is a very important first step in trauma care‚ and it can go wrong in many ways. The cervical spine can compromise the airway and put the rest of your body in potentially damaging positions; if you incorrectly perform a cervical spine immobilization‚ then you can
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dwell time and the development of phlebitis and inflammation. Journal of Infusion Nursing‚ 24(5)‚ 332-341. Clemen‚ L.‚ Heldt‚ K.‚ Jones‚ K.‚ Baker‚ L.‚ Pacha‚ J.‚ Hurm‚ L.‚...Tonui‚ P. (2012). Assessing guidelines for the discontinuation of the prehospital peripheral intravenous catheter. Journal of Trauma Nursing‚ 19(1)‚ 46-49. Gallant‚ P.‚ & Schultz‚ A. (2006‚ November/December). Evaluation of a visual infusion phlebitis scale for determining appropriate discontinuation of peripheral intravenous
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Oklahoma being the 18th largest state in the US has large vast amount of nursing homes‚ hospitals‚ Dialysis and Hospice care facilities. There are 308 Certified nursing homes state wide‚ 160 hospital states wide‚ 60 dialysis facilities state wide‚ and 53 hospice facilities state wide. The market size to providing services and obtaining local contracts with each healthcare facilities wholesome. However‚ being a private ambulance services there would be no Market share to pay and entire ownership
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before they ever arrive to the hospital. All of these situations stated above would require the emergency health care system which can also be labeled as prehospital care. Its employees range from paramedics‚ fire fighters‚ to lifeguards‚ and everything else in-between. Its singular goal is to protect and to provide citizens with the best prehospital healthcare. These citizens are known as patients who can be put in two categories: trauma and medical. Trauma patients are those who have any physical
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