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Cardiac arrest edit
This is not really true for cardiac arrest which are typically medical but is the case for trauma thus removed "The primary goal for BLS personnel is to bring the patient quickly to definitive care, while preforming interventions to maximize patient survivability.[1]"
The section you added would probably be best on the EMS page as it does not really pertain to cardiac arrest specifically but is more generally about EMS. We do not typically divide our treatment sections into where the person being treated is. We typically divide them into the type of treatment being looked at.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 06:23, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
Pre-hospital care edit
Pre-hospital care for a cardiac arrest is typically summoned by a witness of the arrest by an emergency telephone number, which then dispatches appropriate resources. This response is called the emergency medical services, or EMS. [2] The responding personnel generally arrive in an ambulance,[3] or other emergency vehicle. Most systems have personnel who retain at least basic first aidcertifications, such as Basic Life Support (BLS). Additionally many EMS systems are staffed with Advanced Life Support (ALS) personnel, including paramedics, nurses, or, less commonly, physicians.[citation needed] BLS personnel's care generally consists of providing CPRand possibly defibrillation. [4][5] The primary goal for BLS personnel is to bring the patient quickly to definitive care, while preforming interventions to maximize patient survivability. [1] Advanced life support personnel have more tools at their disposal including cardiac monitoring with an ECG, manual defibrillation, tracheal intubation, capnography, needle decompression and pharmacologic interventions. [1] ALS in the United States use advanced cardiac life support protocols, which are the same that are frequently used in a hospital.[citation needed] However, the efficacy of some of some of the ALS interventions is unproven. This is because it is difficult to examine the efficacy of certain interventions without providing inadequate care to patients who may die without it.[6] While BLS personnel frequently provide care secondary to rapid transport to definitive care, ALS personnel frequently are able to provide care on scene. [1]
- I am not sure how this ref "Skinner, Henry Alan. 1949, "The Origin of Medical Terms". Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins" supports this text "The responding personnel generally arrive in an ambulance,"
- I have moved part of your addition to the section on prognosis.
- This "However, the efficacy of some of some of the ALS interventions is unproven." would been a ref as Ian Stiell has a very good study on the topic. The academy of orthopedics is not really a useful source as mentioned as if someone has a traumatic arrest prehospital their survival is zero.
- We also need to keep in mind that we are writing for an international audience. Much of the work has neither emergency numbers or ambulances.
Anyway happy to discuss further. BTW we in Canada have moved from EMT, EMT-I, paramedic to the international classifications of PCP, ICP, ACP.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 06:30, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
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Ariconte (talk) 10:29, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
- ^ a b c d American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (23 March 2010). Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured. Jones & Bartlett Learning. pp. 10–12. ISBN 978-0-7637-7828-6. Retrieved 16 April 2012. Cite error: The named reference "Surgeons2010" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "EU document on European adoption of 112 emergency number". Retrieved 2012-4-16.
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- ^ "Dept. of Labor EMT Job Description". Retrieved 2012-04-16.
- ^ "NYS EMT-B Job Description" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-04-16.
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