trauma emergencies

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

How To Make Sure Your Hand-off Reoprt Gets Heard

August 18, 2009 By Steve Whitehead 4 Comments

"But ... It Was In My Hand-off Report" Every EMS responder who delivers patients to the emergency room has experienced the frustration of feeling like the ED staff didn't really get the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Research and News, Skills Tagged With: communication, documentation, EMT, gcs, glasgow, hand-off, reporting, Skills, trauma, trauma emergencies, vital signs

5 Big Trauma Scene Mistakes You Can Avoid

March 4, 2009 By Steve Whitehead 7 Comments

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We all have our good calls and our bad calls. Don't we? Sometimes things just flow. Sometimes the patient, the bystanders, the crew members, everyone just clicks. And it's beautiful. It's like that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Knowledge Tagged With: airway, c-spine, communication, delegation, emergencies, EMS, mistakes, scene management, scene safety, trauma, trauma emergencies, trauma treatment, triage

Mastering The Head-To-Toe Assessment

How To Make Sure Your Hand-off Reoprt Gets Heard

5 Big Trauma Scene Mistakes You Can Avoid

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