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Combat medic 68w FIELDCRAFT 1

Essay on diversity in the Emergency Medical Services field, including current data on racial and gender staffing in EMS.

Presentation on substance abuse and the opioid crisis, and potential community paramedicine / mobile integrated healthcare (MIH) solutions. Includes: -Information on the opioid crisis, its history, and current data for Virginia -Naloxone / Narcan access and distribution -Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) -ET3 program: Emergency Triage, Treat, Transport -Sobering centers -2 current examples: Huntington, West Virginia Quick Response Team and Chicago, Illinois community response team

Time and the Critical Patient: Reducing On Scene Time through IO Infusion. Essay on critical trauma patients and reducing on scene EMS time. Focusing on reducing on scene time through expanded use of intraosseous (IO) infusion in patients where obtaining intravenous (IV) access is difficult.

Sample patient care plan for a patient with Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 in rural Virginia.

Sample patient care report for a pediatric anaphylaxis patient. Includes medications and times, example ETCO2, example EKG, and transport decision.

Sample EMS Operations report for a given MCI incident. Includes mass casualty incident principles, incident command (ICS) principles, triage, and more.

Sample EMS patient care report for an obstetrics patient experiencing eclampsia.

Calculating Drops Per Minute gtts/min = volume to be infused X gtts/mL of administration set total time in minutes Examples: You are ordered to infuse 500 cc of NS over 3 hours. Using a 15 gtts/mL administration set what drip rate would you use? gtts/min = 500 mL X 15 gtts/mL = 41.66 gtts/min 180 minutes A nurse informs you that an IV of NS was started 3 hours ago and that 500 mL have infused into the patient. The fluid is infusing through a macrodrop administration set (10 gtts/mL...