Learn about allergic reaction and anaphylaxis. Know how to differentiate between the two.
Medical Emergencies
Back to the Basics: Pediatric Trauma
EMS professionals must consider the unique pediatric trauma victims’ anatomy and physiology during the interim treatment and transport. How do these differences from adults influence the findings during a trauma assessment and then dictate the ensuing management? Let’s take a closer look.
Back To The Basics: Snakebites
The percentage of venomous snakes is small compared to the number of non-venomous species. It is still not very comforting, but it makes it less likely you will encounter a snake-bitten patient who has been envenomated. That being said, let’s explore some information regarding the varieties of North American venomous snakes.
Decision Making Pathway
This exercise will help students make a solid final diagnosis which results in appropriate protocol selection and treatment decisions.
Differential Diagnosis: Cardiology & Respiratory Emergencies
This exercise will help students do several things, including differential diagnosis and initially focusing assessment efforts on the most relevant items.
Medical Emergencies & OB
This area requires you to apply critical thinking to your classroom knowledge. Test these skills on a variety of high-stakes situations.
Medical Emergencies and OB
Secretions, chemical exposures, seizures and panic-stricken patients, plus every kind of childbirth you can imagine: The one thing these scenarios have in common is urgency! Take this test to see which areas you know best – and which ones you don’t.
Opiate Overdose
Review signs and symptoms and treatments for opiate overdose, and get the need-to-know points on respiratory distress.
Patient Assessment Pathways
The attached exercise is designed to help students wrap their head around body system exams as a precursor to differential diagnostic decision-making.
Ten Things You Should Know about Medical Emergencies
The difference between the medical patient and the trauma patient begins at assessment and continues through care.