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Written by JMedic
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Tuesday, 18 August 2009 11:40 |
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 The Medic Zone is a site dedicated to all the EMS (Emergency Medical Service) personnel, who make a difference on our roads and in our homes on a daily basis. The site is a community driven platform where we can communicate, debate and share information, be it that you are a Paramedic, EMT or a volunteer. The site is reliant on you, to provide input by writting in our forums, adding content and images.
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Whats happening in the EMS community of South Africa ?
Short Courses to be ended - As we all know there is the ongoing debate about the closure of the sort courses in SA. Recently the HPCSA publicly announced and affirmed their comitment to terminiating the short courses in months to come. The HPCSA is still adamant that BAA and CCA registers will close in Dec 2010! To read more on this, see our full article here.
Soccer 2010 - It seems that from an EMS point of view, everything has run smoothly with little incident. Not too much disruption noted in normal EMS operations or staff shortages. Let's hope it stays that way.
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Written by HPCSA Media release
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Sunday, 20 June 2010 11:45 |
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In order to comply with national needs, imperatives of the National Department of Health, requirements of the South African Qualifications (SAQA) Bill and the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Bill, the Professional Board for Emergency Care has reviewed the structure of the education and training programmes in emergency care.
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Written by Keith Wesley, MD, FACEP
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Wednesday, 14 October 2009 16:56 |
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 The Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support (OPALS) Major Trauma Study was a before-and-after, system-wide controlled clinical trial conducted in 17 cities. The researchers enrolled adult patients who had experienced major trauma in a basic life-support phase and a subsequent advanced life-support phase (during which paramedics were able to perform endotracheal intubation and administer fluids and drugs intravenously). The primary outcome was survival to hospital dischargeAmong the 2,867 patients enrolled in the BLS (n = 1,373) and ALS (n = 1,494) phases, characteristics were similar. This included mean age (44.8 v. 47.5 years), frequency of blunt injury (92.0% v. 91.4%), median injury severity score (24 v. 22) and percentage of patients with Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score less than 9 (27.2% v. 22.1%). Survival didn't differ overall (81.1% among patients in the ALS phase v. 81.8% among those in the BLS phase; p = 0.65).
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Written by Keith Wesley, MD, FACEP
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Wednesday, 14 October 2009 17:10 |
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 This study examined the outcomes of 738 cardiac arrest victims who presented with an initial rhythm of pulseless electrical activity (PEA) or asystole. Both are considered "Non-shock" rhythms, and the primary treatment is CPR and medication. If the patients developed V Fib or V Tach "shock" rhythms, then they were defibrillated.
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