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I haven't been able to find a straight answer on this but I'm sure there is. Patient has close range bullet wound to the temporal region and a blood pressure of 180/110. They are a young healthy male who should otherwise have a normal BP. I thought the cause of high BP might be a compensatory...

Paramedics here in Melbourne, Australia have to put down dog that had locked on to patients arm. More: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/pit-bull-attacks-man-kills-dog/story-e6frf7jo-1225788097621 http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=384492 Cheers, Jinx

The Queensland Ambulance Service here in Australia has started using ultrasound in their service. Link here - http://www.medicaldevicesandequipment.com/article/QAS-introduces-portable-ultrasound-machine/492974.aspx It's a bit light on detail, however I'm wondering if any people on here...

Hey all Anyone that reads Paramedicine 101 would have seen the article about a week ago in regards to Dextrocardia, found here: http://paramedicine101.blogspot.com/2009/08/dextrocardia.html. I tried to get an answer in regards to defibrillating a patient with Dextrocardia from my uni...