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Sun, 29 May 2005 16:29:43 -0700

Title: MERGINET ALERT
May 28, 2005
 
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Pain in the EMS Setting
Patients expect EMTs to acknowledge their pain, assess their pain and treat their pain; however, EMS, like all areas of healthcare, is not meeting this basic patient expectation. The first step in improving pain assessment and treatment is to understand it.
NAEMT and IAFP Support Creation of Federal EMS Agency; NAEMSP, NASEMSD, NAEMSE and Fire Organizations Do Not
NAEMT and IAFP have both taken positions in support of a federal EMS agency on par with the US Fire Administration. NAEMSP, NASEMSD NAEMSE and a number of national fire organizations are opposed to the idea and support a strengthened FICEMS or some other option.
Obtaining a Patient's History Online
In the ever-evolving quest to obtain a patient's medical history in the midst of an emergency, our reviewer Jeff Robinson takes a look at one of the latest concepts-an online database of patient info you access with the patient's ID and password found on his or her driver's license.
A Look to the Future: Will Metabolic Hibernation Buy Patients Time?
Putting a resuscitation patient into a hibernation-like state seems more like science fiction than reality. But such a state is not science fiction for laboratory mice that have already been placed into and brought out of a state of hibernation without displaying any behavioral or functional effects.
Head Injury Patients Do Better at High-Volume Trauma Centers
The transfer of traumatic head-injured patients to level I trauma centers results in a significant mortality benefit when compared with those transferred to level II centers. Also, age and gender may affect traumatic brain injury outcome.
Should We Abandon Ventilations During CPR?
"Why is it that every time I press on his chest he opens his eyes, and every time I stop to breathe for him he goes back to sleep?" Gordon A Ewy, MD, professor and chief of cardiology at the University of Arizona in Tucson is quoted after publishing a paper in the journal Circulation that advocates abandoning ventilations in CPR.
Buccal Midazolam in Seizing Children
Administering an anti-seizure medication to a seizing child is always problematic. In this interesting study, buccal midazolam may be better than rectal diazepam in the treatment of pediatric and adolescent seizures.
EMS Fast Fact
About nine in 10 Americans think it is extremely or very important for an ambulance to take them to a trauma center in the event of a life-threatening Injury, even if it is not the closest hospital. Source: Harris Poll, "The public's awareness of and support for trauma systems of care."
Meeting CDC Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in the Prehospital Setting
The CDC Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings has stimulated interest in improving hand hygiene practices in health care settings. A leading product is the answer in the prehospital setting.
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