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We introduced therapeutic hypothermia after a RINSE trial here some time ago TH started in the prehospital setting and then carried on in hispital was show to signigicantly improve survival to discharge This is one of the reasons we have a survival to discharge of over 30% here Basically they...

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Im sure i read it but someone mentioned improving outcomes which is cool Buddy, you wont save a life very often. In 5 years i can put my hand on my heart and say i have had the life changing experience of saving 1 life and i felt i could have just about walked on water afterwards, but its a...

Cyanosis of the type described is associated with forms of obstructive shock, with the main culprits being pericardial tamponade and either saddle massive PE. The mechanism of this cyanosis is poorly understood. When i was doing my bachelors degree i tried to do a literature review on the...

Interesting... how so?

MICA specificaly is post grad CSU runs their degree distance ed through canda, maybe you can get on board that? They used to credit you for the majority of the diploma

Quick! Hand me the gtn!

Goodness ak, i didn't know you existed in other forums!

That patient would get sync cardioverted here

i like it too. ----------------------------- Partner : im exhausted, can you drive this job Medic : no, because this patient is sick and needs a higher level of knowledge and assessment in the back ............................................ Medic : im exhausted, can you drive...

Devils advocate If i changed the neame of the thread to "Whats the point of BLS" would you then have a diferent point of view?

I would have thought EMT would be an excellent base from a first responder point of view, but as far as crewing an ambulance or non emerge IFT truck.... i have to wonder....

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I thought you guys picked up some of the bushmaster cars for this kind of work?

Fluid loading would be detrimental but bearing in mind im sure they didn't transplant a diseased heart with dialated or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or advanced IHD so your biggest causes of failure are already out of the picture, and given the OP it doesn't really cross me as an MI The other...