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
Oops – day late with this one.
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
On July 24th 2010 a BBC camera crew arrived at Yorkshire Air Ambulance HQ to film the team as part of the Helicopter Heroes series. Shortly before 7am, emergency medical dispatcher, Chris Solomons, arrived at work feeling unwell. Within minutes Chris had gone into cardiac arrest and his colleagues and
Most folks should be familiar with the ERG – Emergency Response Guide book. Produced every 4 years, the guide provides direction to responders on how to handle incidents involving hazardous goods. hazarderous materials can be looked up byproduct name or placard details on the container. besides a print book, it