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Paramedic training is over, you’re in the front seat now. Whether day 1 or day 1,000 you can’t shake the fear you’re underprepared. You were taught to systematically decide if A... do B. But what if “A” wasn’t in the book? The truth is each emergency call is too unique to teach the right response to every situation. We need to go beyond algorithmic thinking and understand deeper principles, the WHY behind the algorithm. When every decision counts you want to rely on a framework that will guide you when things don’t make sense. EMS cast is your resource to build that framework. Through discussions with experts, review of evidence-based best practices, and real-world case studies we teach you one step past what you learned in paramedic school. But all of this advanced education is connected back to the guiding principles that answer the question- “at the end of the day, what actually matters to the patient I have in front of me?” Our mission is to elevate your practice and help you improve patient outcomes in every emergency situation. You may not feel ready, you may not feel like you know enough, but by understanding the guiding principles of emergency medicine you can become an expert EMS clinician. Because what you do matters.
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Friday May 01, 2020
Friday May 01, 2020
Maria Moreira joins us to to discuss the intricacies to managing penetrating neck wounds. There are a lot of important structures in the neck and damage to these structures are often life threatening and require quick action to stabilize. We break down how to organize these structures in your mind and develop a treatment plan based on what you're seeing on exam. We'll also take it one step further and discuss how we're going to care for these patients once they hit our doors in the ED.
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