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Leland Volunteer Fire/Rescue Department, Inc. is accepting applications for the position of Lieutenant. Salary range of a Lieutenant is 45,981.00 - 57,181.50 including...
I've worked on putting online a standardized STEMI Identification Assessment using 36 ECG's from a survey-based study on STEMI identification by physicians. It originally utilized a Google Form and would email you a huge 9MB PDF with your results. I've now converted it over to a Google site as a...
Leland Volunteer Fire/Rescue Department, Inc is holding a hiring pool for Part Time positions opening in 2014. Our service is a combination department with 19 career staff and over 80 volunteers, providing fire suppression, heavy rescue, and paramedic level transport. The four shifts work 24x72...
Unscientific poll:
Is an allergy to soy/peanuts still listed as a contraindication for ipratropium administration in your protocols?
If so, what formulation of ipratropium are you carrying?
(Apparently this is a common contraindication still found in many protocols.)
I'll be teaching ACLS-EP this weekend up in Franklin County, VA. Anybody from here going to be in the class?
I don't know much about the area's EMS agencies, so it'll be interesting to see how it all goes.
Deadline: 2 January 2014
Location: Leland, NC
Position(s): FFII/EMT, FFII/AEMT, or Paramedic
Schedule: Full-Time 24/72 or Part-Time 12h or 24h shifts
Pay: Commensurate with position, experience, and education
Leland Volunteer Fire/Rescue Department, Inc. is accepting applications for our...
h/t to the HURT Registry Blog for this (the great stuff is in bold):
Scott I, Porter K, Laird C, et al."The Prehospital Management of Pelvic Fractures : Initial Consensus Statement" Emerg Med J 2013; 30:1070-1072.
1) A pelvic binder is a treatment intervention rather than a packaging...
(These ECG's are from a paper I was reading and represent a good interpretation and diagnosis to have locked away in your memory)
66 year old female, ECG #1 from the outlying hospital. ECG #2 is from after transfer at a larger academic hospital.
No history, no nothing, because everybody...
52 year old male, called 911 because he has felt "sick and weak" and doesn't seem to be getting any better.
(click image for larger version)
You ain't getting anything else, but I'd like a rhythm interpretation :)
Rate?
Regularity?
P-waves?
PR interval?
QRS duration?
Rhythm DDx...
I noticed on Facebook yesterday that King County Medic One (WA) may have 2 openings which they'll test for in April or May. Note you'll need 3 years as an EMT or Paramedic and 1 year at your current service minimum. If you're already a paramedic you'll still go through their school at...
If you're interested in part-time (possibly full time if openings become available) employment as a Paramedic (FF/EMT available too) in Leland, NC please let me know via PM before 15 January 2013.
Leland Volunteer Fire/Rescue Department is opening up our hiring pool to identify qualified...
For those that have not already heard, the 2013 guidelines for the management of STEMI have been put out by the American College of Cardiodiology Foundation and the AHA (ACCF/AHA).
If you can read, these guidelines are nothing new or earth shattering.
Of note:
"New or presumed new" LBBB...
Here is an interesting case which came across my desk that I'd like to share, the full details of which will be in a post on my blog shortly:
Printed summary of synchronized cardioversion (click for mega-res):
So what do you think happened next?