One thing many responders don’t get is an idea of what abnormal sounds like. When practicing in class, the people you practice on are all presumably normal, so you are just described Abnormal – but without the benefit of hearing it. These videos are recordings taken through a stethoscope and
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First Aid Guidelines often advise using the Long spine board or backboard when a spinal injury is suspected. Paramedics and EMS Agencies are ceasing the use of the Backboard as a treatment, however it remains in many first aid courses. The Canadian C-spine protocol can work to determine if the
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You – probably have a few questions: Q: is that it?yes it is. Studies have shown that rapid CPR is essential to improving survive ability of cardiac events. get the blood flowing again as fast as you can. Q: what about breaths?not that important. there is still quite a bit
I found this image of the skeleton online somewhere and thought it was genius.
A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal looked at over 7000 unwitnessed out of hospital Cardiac Arrests in Toronto. For those living below the third floor, the overall survival rate was 4.2% It was 2.6% if you lived above this level. Above the 25th floor there were no
One thing many responders don’t get is an idea of what abnormal sounds like. When practicing in class, the people you practice on are all presumably normal, so you are just described Abnormal – but without the benefit of hearing it. These videos are recordings taken through a stethoscope and
The New England Journal Of Medicne presents the case of a DNR in the form of a tattoo on a patients chest, and explores the legal and ethical issues around this. (full article here) In my service, we only accept signed original orders – verbal, or copies are not sufficient
One of the things that you learn while performing your secondary assessment is to look for Paradoxical movement of the chest. Usually the class descriptions of this are that it just looks wrong. The chest moves down when breathing in rather then expanding. yep. its weird.
tension pneumothorax is progressive build-up of air within the pleural space, usually due to a lung laceration which allows air to escape into the body space but not to return. The result is pressure builds up in the body, preventing the lungs from fully expanding.This Video is a demo of