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When you're making decisions with STEMI patients, in the lab, there are a number of considerations. The patient's previous cardiac history and current condition is taken into consideration. When you're making decisions on cath labs, there's also information you need... can the facility perform open heart surgery?  By the way, visualizing the actual clogged artery with multi-view X-rays and contrast dye is extremely helpful in the treatment and diagnosis process.

Just like May, July has 5 Mondays which gives us a chance to offer up an extra episode of the Prehospital Paradigm Podcast. We're going over a few protocol updates, talking steroids and dextrose concentrations.  It's a practical review of some drug box items.

The crew, still with Dr. Ross Campensa from Aultman Hospital, continues to reimagine CPR and resuscitation methods including re-thinking the equipment preparation and organization. So much of the re-thinking is “basic.”

Joe Schuerger and Brad Wilson joining Scott Wildenheim and Ray Pace for our live show discussing Tactical Medicine and answering your question. The group talks about Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) and how we teach and train with paramedics and law enforcement on SWAT teams with realistic role players and bleeding control trainers. Joe and Brad touch on counterfeit tourniquets and warn providers about these counterfeit products. Check out their website at https://www.prehospitalparadigm.com/tacmed