Medical emergencies

Emergency medical technician is also known as EMT. EMT respond to calls by or for people in medical distress and delivers emergency medical care. EMT are trained and skilled in a varied range of lifesaving techniques. They may also react to vehicles or industrial accidents, heart attacks, bodily injuries due to accidents or violence, cases of poisoning or drug overdose, childbirth, drowning, and circumstances concerning emotionally troubled individuals. EMTs are the first medical responders to…

Interventions There are three types of surgical abortion procedures and two types of emergency medical contraception that can be used to abort a fetus. The types of surgical abortion procedures are Aspiration, Dilation/Evacuation, and Dilation/Extraction; the emergency medical contraception can be referenced as an over the counter pill, prescribed pill or T-shaped instrument. However, the method is chosen by the woman and what trimester of pregnancy is the woman in. It is recommended before any…

Medical Emergency/Overdose On 08/23/2016 at 1024 hours I was dispatched to 4148 102nd Pl n in reference to a possible overdose. Before I arrived on the scene I was advised by dispatch FD was transporting the subject to Northside Hospital at that time. I arrived on scene and attempted to make contact with the complainant (Sheila Van Der Leeden) who was the subject’s wife. While on scene initially it appeared no one was home and all the doors had been secured after I walked the perimeter of the…

Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics respond to emergencies, from someone who may be having a heart attack in her home to multi-vehicle accidents on the highway. EMTs are most frequently found in ambulances but some may provide care for patients being transported by air as well. They provide first-line medical or emergency care for sick and injured people at the scene, which may be in the person’s home, at an accident site or other places and while they are being transported to…

Kusz Edyta Medical Emergencies for Allied Health Professionals MED220 Dr. Akm Gias Uddin Gunshot Wound G unshot wound is my essay topic for Emergency Class. First I would like to explain more less what is a Gunshot wound. Gunshot injury may appear when someone is shot by some sharp bullet what in most cases it is a gun. Gunshot may appear during variety of situations not only during criminal or terrorist incidents. Gunshot wound are one of the most traumatic injuries because people…

is in huge demand and there job prospect will be expected to enhance 33% till the year of 2020.in other words EMT or Emergency medical technician is currently one of the best career option in the nation. So if you want to pursue this line of business as a career, you should know there are many procedures included in the process but the foremost is that you complete ‘Emergency Medical Technician Training’ commonly refer as EMT training from a state approved well-reputed institutes or colleges.…

shock. The trauma from that experience sparked my interest in healthcare. This will not be the last time I will experience these emotions, but a reminder of why I chose this field. It was a pivotal moment that would help me discover my passion for emergency medicine in later years to come. Having no desire for college debt but also not wanting to be a product of my impoverished environment of South Carolina; I joined the United States Navy in 2006. It was the only option available since I had…

Mississippi Certified Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedics (functioning under his/her RN license) to provide assessments in the home of physical environments, social interactions and activities, physical exams, development, implementation and evaluation of plans of care. As you…

Mortality is obviously a significant outcome in emergency medicine (EM), but the comparison of crude mortality rates may be confounded by differences in case mix. Risk adjustment models may be used to assess the emergency healthcare quality 1,2. The observed mortality among emergency admissions can be compared with the predicted risk adjusted mortality to determine whether the number of deaths exceeds the expected rate 3. The shortcomings of existing methods may be due to the failure to adjust…

On Wednesday October 2nd, I attended the event Turn The Red Zone Green. A group of students came up with this campaign called the Green Light Campaign. They were hoping to create a safe space as well as stop victim blaming. The group does not agree with the saying no is no, because that means something already occurred that one of the individuals did not agree with. Instead the speaker stressed that it is important to talk about consent. The focus of the event was to educate individuals on…