"brother
awesome video. very well done. showing the real thing.......
quick question my good friend.....in your profile picture, the pose you're doing ..is that blue steel or magnum???
love ya man
hud"
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Post conversion (VF/VT arrest) Amiodarone
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Cover..... latest JEMS Issue.....did you see it? oops they did it again
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JEMS editors possibly asleep at the wheel. Serious contradiction found in JEMS article: EMS Instructor Explains Changes to TBI Management
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mike's discussion was featuredPost conversion (VF/VT arrest) Amiodarone
Can anyone link me to any legit data regarding AHA stance on post conversion Amio or Lido administration? It is not listed on the current VF/VT arrest algorhythm. I already looked at the 2010 ECC guidelines closely and it was not mentioned in the ROSC section that I could find. Maybe I missed it. I seem to remember that the 2005 AHA ECC guidelines mentioned that post conversion anti-arrhythmia meds should only be considered if there was a need for it and that data did not support it being…See More
Jason Merrill replied to mike's discussion Post conversion (VF/VT arrest) Amiodarone"Hey, my service is mostly staffed by 19 & 21 year-old kids, so I have to take my chances to feel like a young turk whenever I can. :)
Jason
(An also-seasoned EMS provider)"
mike replied to mike's discussion Post conversion (VF/VT arrest) Amiodarone"Jason
Thanks for the information and link. I appreciate the time it took to write it.
Those Amio studies in the late 90's (1998 or 99'?) were a little shady my friend.. but it was like; eeeeh what are you gonna do if the medical…"
Jason Merrill replied to mike's discussion Post conversion (VF/VT arrest) Amiodarone"Hi, Mike;
Amiodarone is kind of a strange drug: it's the only drug in modern history to have been approved by the US FDA without the huge, high-quality clinical trials that agency ordinarily requires. Furthermore, when it was first put…"
mike replied to nathan meyer's discussion non-traditional medic jobs"Right now there are so many avenues to go down as an experienced paramedic or EMT looking for non-traditional roles besides the typical oil platform job or the austere paramedic job in the middle east. I have seen an influx of positions in the…"
mike replied to Amy Jimenez's discussion Paramedic intern"Finding a paramedic service that will allow an out of state P-intern to complete their field time is going to be a tough road to haul. Unfortunately field training/preceptor spots are at a premium since there are so many paramedic programs out…"
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- At 9:21am on November 8, 2010,
Dave M said… - After reading my last post I realized that it portrayed what I was trying to say in a very blunt and harsh manner. For that I do apologize. I never meant to attack you or seem like I was attacking you. One of the problems with electronic media is that words only cannot convey the whole message and the conversation may not seem to be very civil because of that. Hope to chat with you again, Dave.
- At 6:42pm on March 29, 2009,
Chance said… - Do I know you? You left a comment on my page,but it did not make any sense. :-)
- At 8:59am on March 28, 2009,
Geekymedic said… - No RSI waiver. It really is not in the best interest of patient care for us.
- At 10:33am on March 23, 2009, Geekymedic said…
- Not sure who that is. this is Chris.
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