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Pediatric Cardiac Complacency – A Case Study for EMS
May 6, 2014 | Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Nurse, Emergency room, EMS, ems education, ems scenario, ems scenario based education, EMS Topics, EMS training, Paramedic, paramedic education, Patient Assessment, patient care, pediatric cardiology, scenario, scenario based training, stories, Training & Development | Ckemtp | 1 Comment
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It’s interesting how personal experiences and professional biases can affect a clinician’s personal style of providing patient care. I’d wager that it happens to us all in some subtle and some not-so-subtle ways. One of the things I’ve noticed about my own style of personal practice is that I’m very sensitive to screening for and […]

Dextrocardia?
April 21, 2009 | Ambulance, dextrocardia, EKG, Paramedic, pediatric cardiology | Ckemtp | 1 Comment

I took care of a patient today. Poor kid, he had a lot of congenital issues and was noncommunicative and deformed. He was completely bedridden and needed constant care. Poor kid. In treating the condition that he had I put him on an EKG and much to my surprise I saw ST elevation in leads […]