Don’t let’s START
by dr-exmedicHow useful is one of the most common triage systems? The best way to find out might be to see how it works at an actual disaster.
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It’s not always lazy to not work
by dr-exmedicAre you still working cardiac arrests on scene? If you’re thinking of not doing so, someone has finally compared all the rules for stopping resuscitation in one study.
Strongly worded medicine
by dr-exmedicAs an example of the (probably misattributed) Mark Twain quote about “Lies, damn lies, and statistics,” I found an example of an EMS study whose abstract is remarkably easy to misuse to support a point.
Just a bit of necking
by dr-exmedicThere are proven remedies, and unproven remedies–and remedies that are slowly being shown to not matter. This latest study provides a little more wood for the coffin that may one day contain spinal immobilization precautions.
Putting me out of business
by dr-exmedicThere aren’t too many central repositories of EMS research, but the Canadians are trying.
Fumbling the handoff
by dr-exmedicIf you’ve ever wondered whether anything you say makes any difference after dropping a patient off, an unpublished study might give you a hint.
Time, why you punish me?
by dr-exmedicThe only thing more annoying than a stale Hootie and the Blowfish reference: actually, there may not be such a thing. But a timepiece that doesn’t get used is a pretty close second.
Where you shuffle off this mortal coil
by dr-exmedicThere are more data collection types in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in my philosophy.
Playing the telephone game, health journalism style
by dr-exmedicWant to freak someone out with medical reporting? Just misunderstand the journal article you’re covering, and put something extremely scary in the first graf.
Shock, shock, everybody…power off?
by dr-exmedicWhy is it easier to turn off some monitor/defibrillators in the middle of a code than to turn off my cell phone?
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