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November 2004

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Emergency Physician To Lead Louisville EMS
10/31/2004
At a time when EMS services across the country are being absorbed by fire departments, the mayor of Louisville, KY, has taken a bold step in the opposite direction by removing EMS from the fire department.
At a time when EMS services across the country are being absorbed by fire departments, the mayor of Louisville, KY, has taken a bold step in the opposite direction by removing EMS from the fire department.
At a time when EMS services...
10/31/2004
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Original Contribution
Motivation for Documentation
10/31/2004
In service to the communities you treat, for whom you work, or where you reside, you have been well-schooled on the scores of legal motivations for writing a report after every emergency medical service-related call.
In service to the communities you treat, for whom you work, or where you reside, you have been well-schooled on the scores of legal motivations for writing a report after every emergency medical service-related call.
In service to the communities...
10/31/2004
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Original Contribution
Jim Page: “The Father of EMS”
10/31/2004
On Sept. 4, 2004, the fire and EMS community lost a special person – Jim Page, referred to affectionately and respectfully as “the father of EMS.”
On Sept. 4, 2004, the fire and EMS community lost a special person – Jim Page, referred to affectionately and respectfully as “the father of EMS.”
On Sept. 4, 2004, the fire and...
10/31/2004
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Original Contribution
The PEAT Scale: An EMS Tool
10/31/2004
EMS has a unique perspective on patient injury and illness: We get to see the environment in which the patient is found.
EMS has a unique perspective on patient injury and illness: We get to see the environment in which the patient is found.
EMS has a unique perspective on...
10/31/2004
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Original Contribution
Managing Agitated Psychotic Patients
10/31/2004
Agitated psychotic patients are among the most difficult to manage.
Agitated psychotic patients are among the most difficult to manage.
Agitated psychotic patients are...
10/31/2004
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Original Contribution
What’s Your Tipple?
10/31/2004
Most experts agree that alcohol is one of the most abused drugs in our society, causing short-term impairment in judgment and reflexes, and long-term damage to vital organs, including brain, liver, heart and pancreas.
Most experts agree that alcohol is one of the most abused drugs in our society, causing short-term impairment in judgment and reflexes, and long-term damage to vital organs, including brain, liver, heart and pancreas.
Most experts agree that alcohol...
10/31/2004
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Original Contribution
November 2004 Letters
10/31/2004
We received an overwhelming response to Mike Smith's Beyond the Books column, What's Up At the Airport?
We received an overwhelming response to Mike Smith's Beyond the Books column, What's Up At the Airport?
We received an overwhelming...
10/31/2004
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Original Contribution
Listening: Defusing the Angry Employee
10/31/2004
What do you do when an angry employee confronts you in your station’s day room, complaining that a schedule change you made has had a sudden negative impact on his personal life?
What do you do when an angry employee confronts you in your station’s day room, complaining that a schedule change you made has had a sudden negative impact on his personal life?
What do you do when an angry...
10/31/2004
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Original Contribution
The New CPR
10/31/2004
Attempts at resuscitating a victim of cardiac arrest have a long and colorful past – and recent literature and thinking leaves no doubt that a new chapter is soon to be written.
Attempts at resuscitating a victim of cardiac arrest have a long and colorful past – and recent literature and thinking leaves no doubt that a new chapter is soon to be written.
Attempts at resuscitating a...
10/31/2004
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Original Contribution
EMS Weapons of Mass Destruction Pilot Program
10/31/2004
It happened like this: I'd just finished spending three days at the New Mexico Institute of Technology, attending a class called Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings (it was an extremely cool class, basically watching the staff blow stuff...
It happened like this: I'd just finished spending three days at the New Mexico Institute of Technology, attending a class called Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings (it was an extremely cool class, basically watching the staff blow stuff...
It happened like this: I'd just...
10/31/2004
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