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;) Oh, and I would try vagal maneuvers ;)

There has been a plethora of articles on management of SVT. ALiEM and REBELEM are two that stick out in recent years to me (references...

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The Brown 20

I once worked with a prehospital practitioner who at one time worked for a service that drilled 20 minute scene times in their head. If...

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2 Quick CALCS You Must Know

I will reluctantly admit that I am an AHA instructor... Whenever I teach ACLS or PALS classes and run students through scenarios, I hear...

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Brains and Eyes - 2

Consider a couple possible scenarios that may occur while testing a patient's pupillary reflex: Scenario 1: While shining a light into...

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Brains and Eyes - 1

Eyes and Brains Sometimes I choose my blog subjects based off of a subject that I’m going to be teaching, or other times something I just...

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The Stages of Knowing

A while back I was introduced to a concept called ‘the stages of knowing.’ These three stages are based on the work of Dr. William Perry....

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The Chest Tube!

Chest tubes are great. They can overcome all kinds of obstructions in the chest - air (pneumothorax), blood (hemothorax), air and blood...

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3 Things To Make Your Simulations NOT Suck

"And we would give Ketamine..." - Paramedic trainee/student who is being run through a scenario In EMS, we rely on simulation for a lot...

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The MAP to Clarity

When do you consider your patient hypotensive? Many providers would answer with some sort of systolic blood pressure measurement, like...

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The EPI Mixer - Should EMS Use Push Dose Pressors?

The patient absolutely cannot wait. Their blood pressure has been dropping for the last several minutes and there is no doubt in your...

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