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Patients Define Their Emergencies (Part 2)

August 15, 2010 By Steve Whitehead 8 Comments

True Story... The dispatch information was updated before we had even rolled our rig out onto the pad. Eye injury, no serious symptoms. Jodie shut down the lights and I informed dispatch that we'd … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Big Get It Tagged With: 911, advocate, attitude, emergency, EMS, EMT, patient, patient abandonment, patient advocate, patient assessment, patient care, system abuse, treatment

To Walk or Not To Walk?

March 11, 2010 By Steve Whitehead 10 Comments

The Happy Medic (THM) recently posted a fantastic topic on his blog. I love diving into controversial decisions that we have to make every shift. Here's one of those questions that we need to answer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Knowledge Tagged With: Assessment, patient, patient assessment, patient care, policy

Mastering The Head-To-Toe Assessment

February 8, 2010 By Steve Whitehead 15 Comments

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You probably practiced your head-to-toe assessment a bunch in your EMT class. Maybe more than any other skill in the EMT curriculum. If your class was or is anything like mine (as a student or a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assessment, Skills Tagged With: Assessment, emergency, emergency medical technician, EMS, EMT, emt skill, focused, focused assessment, head-to-toe, head-to-toe assessment, medical emergencies, patient assessment, physical assessment, primary, primary assessment, secondary assessment, trauma, trauma emergencies, trauma treatment

Patients Define Their Emergencies (Part 2)

To Walk or Not To Walk?

Mastering The Head-To-Toe Assessment

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