Category: ems

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

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

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

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.