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That is probably a much better use for any such money that we might spend. Remember that the AEDs are much more likely to be used on the coaches, umpires, and people in the stands than on any child athlete. The AEDs will occasionally be used, but they will be overwhelmingly used on adults...

A false positive only 20% of the time? 2,000 deaths per year? That is from the position paper the article links to as supporting the 2,000 deaths per year. 2,000 vs fewer than 100, but we can make the number whatever we want, because we can make reality whatever we want it to be...

Too much morphine or fentanyl? There is a lot of research available on the use of fentanyl, or morphine, for severe pain. Here are just some of what is out there. - Fentanyl in the out-of-hospital setting: variables associated with hypotension and hypoxemia. Krauss WC, Shah S, Shah S...

Excellent points. We need to stop avoiding responsibility for our actions. We need to know what we are doing. .

I have very good karma. I am willing to sell it for a reasonable price. :wacko: Or maybe he did not intend that to apply to me. Either way, there is a two-for-one sale on the good karma. :P .

I'm curious... if your taking your child for a sports physical and knowing its possible that having a witchdoctor chant magical incantations over your daughter could be life saving, would you personally ask for a witchdoctor to chant magical incantations over your daughter or would you be...

Can you even produce numbers 90% of the time? How about 50%? How about 10%? 1%? Less? - You want to force everyone to participate, or do you define mandatory in your own particular way? As many have pointed out, the research does not support your conclusion. A much greater...

We should assess the quality of the lay person CPR. It should be obvious pretty quickly if they are doing good CPR. Unless they need to be relieved (bad CPR or too tired), have them continue compressions while we apply the defibrillator pads. We should treat anyone performing lay person CPR with...

Jeffrey 169, I don't think that you are sarcastic. You are wrong. You claim that this is true, but you provide no evidence to support your dramatic claim. It is likely that you do not understand science, even a little bit, but you use this old wives tale to pretend that you know...

18G, We are the trained professionals they called. We are supposed to provide appropriate care, not provide CPR theater. Appropriate care includes care of the family. Misleading the family at this time is cruel. Treating a dead patient, just to avoid telling the family that the patient...

I agree with you. It usually is not difficult. Medics have more focused training. He seems not to grasped that. That medical directors allow bad medics to treat patients is a huge problem. This one sure did. Actually, he seems to have had an easy time mismanaging the airway. And...

He interviewed people who support and oppose RSI. He spent a lot of time talking with them. He selected what would appear to be pertinent bits from each. Even the title of the article points the finger where the blame should lie - the criminal lack of oversight by medical directors. While he...

I wrote a lot about this on my blog, Rogue Medic. RSI Problems - What Oversight? The author of the Star-Telegram article actually did a lot of preparation for this article, including extensive interviews with Gene Gandy. While I do not agree with everything in the article, he did a good job...