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just attended a mandatory professional rescuer refresher. I and the instructor were the only one wearing apple watches. asked him why he thought, he said : had a call recently where a bike rider took a header and smacked his he'd on the concrete...

CDC has some recent info on the unusual complication of carditis secondary to lyme disease. http://www.cdc.gov/lyme/healthcare/index.html 3 middle-aged pts had had fatal heart attacks. all tested positive for undiagnosed lyme disease with carditis. some sx included...

The Wilderness Medicine Society has just published some very interesting consensus research on preventing C spine injuries in prehospital care. what interested me most was the discussion on logrolling vs. a trap slide, and the importance of padding the occiput...

how soon was your NREMT scheduled after you send in the verifications of having passed the state EMT boards and the money? i ask this because NREMT gave me a very curt answer as to when the exam would be scheduled: 'we will tell you when the exam is...

I am always curious about the baseline mental functioning in the elderly patients. There is a new study published in Alzheimer's & Dementia, November 26, 2012 which suggests that after 60 days on an anticholinergic (e.g. benadryl pm, diphenhydramine taken for...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2206415/Climber-74-dead-spending-night-hanging-upside-mountain.html It is lore in mountaineering that climbers who accidentally flip upside down in their harnesses and hang there too long eventually lose consciousness, then die if...

From NIH: Albuterol Cardiovascular Effects "...Albuterol, like all other beta-adrenergic agonists, can produce a clinically significant cardiovascular effect in some patients as measured by pulse rate, blood pressure, and/or symptoms. Although such effects are uncommon after administration...

Our college is giving us some practice exams to prepare for our practical final exams and then upcoming psychomotor NREMT later this summer. we as a class have found that some outside non -college examiners 'prefer' a certain method, and 'critically fail' folks...

I am an EMT B student in PA, studying for NREMT in May. My College EMT instructors state that application of KED in PA is all 3 torso straps , then head straps then leg straps "just like a long spine board application." All the manufacturer published...