Title: JEMS.com - Volume 138 - February 23, 2006 - Member News
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Member News
February 23, 2006
Volume 138

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What to Expect from Your Medical Director

We share with you the following interview of Jay Lance Kovar, MD, FACEP, the medical director for Conroe (Texas) Regional Medical Center Emergency Department, Montgomery County Hospital District (MCHD) EMS (an ALS ground service based in Conroe) and Petroleum Helicopters Inc. (PHI) Air Medical (a rotor and fixed-wing air provider with multiple bases in ... Full Story

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EMS Cartoon of the Week
EMS Cartoon of the Week
Steve Berry is the author of the EMS cartoon book series I'm Not an Ambulance Driver, available at ... www.iamnotanambulancedriver.com

Eye of the Eagle
Prehospital Intraosseous Access: Elemental to the Field?
By Raymond L. Fowler, The Eagles Coalition

'Eye of the Eagle,' a bi-monthly column authored by members of the U.S. Metropolitan Municipalities EMS Medical Directors, commonly known in the EMS community as the Eagles Coalition, makes its debut on JEMS.com with this article from Raymond L. Fowler.

Many thousands of emergency patients are treated in the prehospital setting in the U.S. every year. However, many don't receive vascular access ... Full Story

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Case in Point
Calcium Channel Blocker Overdose
By Dave Ross, JEMS.com Columnist

David Ross, medical director of AMR and Flight for Life in Colorado Springs, Colo., joins the ranks of JEMS.com columnists, bringing his medical direction expertise to the table. In his first column, he details a case involving calcium channel blockers.

At 2145 HRS, 911 was contacted by an agitated male advising that his girlfriend was unconscious after having overdosed on some pills ... Full Story

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JEMS.com Tip of the Week

Put it in Writing

By Gregg Lord, BA, NREMT-P, and JEMS Editors


As EMS administrators, we must stop writing guidelines or policies that set up our employees and our patients for failure-or worse, bad outcomes. To do so, we must enforce a process for development of SOPs that creates equity among interested parties to ensure that ... Full Tip

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 Words That Should Be in the EMS Dictionary But Aren't
FSL


EKG Rythm: Funny Squiggly Lines. Much easier to learn than most of the others ... Full Definition

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