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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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How 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.
Are 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.
As 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.
There 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.
There aren’t too many central repositories of EMS research, but the Canadians are trying.
If you’ve ever wondered whether anything you say makes any difference after dropping a patient off, an unpublished study might give you a hint.
The 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.
There are more data collection types in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in my philosophy.
Want to freak someone out with medical reporting? Just misunderstand the journal article you’re covering, and put something extremely scary in the first graf.
Why is it easier to turn off some monitor/defibrillators in the middle of a code than to turn off my cell phone?