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Thursday, 26 July 2007 |
A Lesson in Knowledge - Paramedic Skills Testing Day
Written by (Tray1)
It’s FINALLY here! Today is our National Registry skills testing day. For 2 school years we have worked toward this day. To become a paramedic, the skills testing day and the written testing day are the two most important days of the whole journey. Everything that our class has done up to this point has been geared towards these 2 days. Two days will determine if I am worthy enough to be issued a license to be a paramedic.
This morning I got up and everything was fine. I did everything exactly as I do when getting ready for any other day. Leaving the
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Friday, 22 June 2007 |
The Real Paramedic
Written by Marcus H (airdoc_8 )
A man collapses from cardiac arrest;
a vehicle strikes a child on his bicycle; a woman becomes unconscious from a
heroin overdose. Most people know that
Paramedics respond to these medical emergencies and many others, but most do
not realize the vital role they play in saving a person’s life. An unfortunate fact is that most people are
not educated in what a Paramedic can do. This leaves a stereotypical impression of a
Paramedic. Paramedics have come a long
way throughout the years and although not viewed as medical experts, Paramedics
are the highest level of prehospital care providers and are truly healthcare
professionals.
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Friday, 22 June 2007 |
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Introduction
During a local high school football
game, the star quarterback, a 17-year-old male begins to experience
palpitations and periods of vertigo.
Concerned with this unusual feeling, he advises is coach, but is told it
is just nervousness and to get back on the field. As the star quarterback runs onto the field
for the next sequence of play, he collapses to the ground unconscious. Coaches, family, and paramedics rush to his
side to find that he is in cardiac arrest.
Paramedics are unable to revive him and 48 minutes later, he is pronounced
dead. What could possibly make a healthy
athletic 17-year-old male, with no known medical history, go into sudden
cardiac arrest and die? An autopsy will
reveal that the star quarterback died from a lethal arrhythmia, stimulated by a
rare medical condition known as Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW).
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Friday, 22 June 2007 |
Antibiotic
Resistance: A Ticking Time Bomb
Written by Marcus H. (airdoc_8 )
Although the administration of
antibiotics is utilized as a life saving intervention for minor to severe
bacterial infections, the misuse and abuse of antibiotics is resulting in
bacteria, building a resistance to antibiotic medications. Bacteria are doing so at an alarming rate. The root of this problem is the consequence
of two main sources, physician’s misuse and the public not being properly educated
about antibiotic resistance. The over prescribing of
antibiotics must be reduced, and the public properly educated about antibiotic
resistance, or there will soon be no antibiotics to treat bacterial infections.
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Tuesday, 15 May 2007 |
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Little Rest and Relaxation in EMS
Emergency crew members as life savers often do not have the time to sit and relax because they are always on call. Most operate more than 12 hours a day in seven days a week. And with emergency calls constantly being forwarded to emergency service providers (paramedics, firefighters, and police units), rest and relaxation becomes a privilege.
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