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  1. Right Ventricular Infarction

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    Tue, 1 Apr 2008

    was typically D5W at a keep open rate. Today, most EMS protocols suggest dopamine for hypotension unresponsive to fluids ..... Not all patients with RVI develop hypotension.7 EMS protocols must include the suspicion, assessment, and treatment of RVI in

  2. Study identifies WTC evacuation risk factors

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    Wed, 1 Apr 2009

    patients should be air transported based on the patients’ best interest. It calls also for states’ developing EMS protocols and required accreditation for operating HEMS. Among other recommendations, the ACEP also suggested that the NTSB develop

  1. Pandemic Planning

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    Sat, 1 Nov 2008

    they should stay home if they are sick. Designate a pandemic SME. Cross train to deal with absenteeism. Review EMS protocols . Adopt policies for attending the funerals of fellow firefighters and their families. Use conference calls. The

  2. ACEP issues statement about improving medical helicopter safety

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    Wed, 18 Feb 2009

    to be made by physicians, based on the best interest of the patients. In addition, it calls for states to develop EMS protocols and to require accreditation for operating helicopter emergency medical services systems (HEMS). "ACEP is committed

  3. Drill Of The Week: Winter/Cold Weather Operations

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    Mon, 12 Dec 2005

    fires. Rescue calls for victims in/through the ice or other hypothermia related incidents are now also possible. EMS protocols for these types of patients exist, we should be prepared for the specialized treatments. Our operations must also

  4. RECRUIT ADVICE

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    Sat, 1 Oct 2005

    who don’t anticipate often tend to repeat history. Read your department’s standard operating procedures and EMS protocols . Know what’s expected of you. ’Ritin’: Write in a journal. Keep training memos or afterthoughts of incidents; record

  5. FIREFIGHTER FATALITIES: THE PREVENTABLE LOSSES

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    Thu, 1 Jun 2006

    patrons, the NFPA enacted new codes requiring automatic sprinklers and crowd management in nightclubs. 6 Just as EMS protocols were first initiated through lessons learned a generation ago during the Vietnam War, we must now focus on eliminating

  6. WHO'S STEERING THIS BOAT, ANYWAY?

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    Fri, 1 Mar 2002

    Services Office (ISO), NIOSH, EPA, DOT-and all the EMS protocols . Our ship, the fire service, has run headlong into ..... over standards that exists in today's fire service. EMS protocols are also examples of contradictory requirements. Your

  7. REHABILITATION: STANDARDS, TRAPS, AND TOOLS

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    Sat, 1 May 2004

    be made available if possible; medical evaluation and treatment for heat emergencies should be provided per local EMS protocols . The medical evaluation and treatment provided in the rehab area should include drinking between 12 and 32 ounces of water

  8. WRITING STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES

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    Sun, 1 Aug 1999

    regulations (along with civil service rules and your department`s bargaining agreement) and the SOP manual. Written EMS protocols are a must, given the litigation risks surrounding the practice of medicine. Emergency medical protocols may be included