These three posts were the most viewed in July, apparently a lot of us had heat on our minds. 1. 5 Heat Injury Prevention Tips 2. Heat Emergency Assessment Tips 3. Everything you Wanted to Know About Blood Pressure Assessment
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Adventure racers are crazy like a mouthful of jalapeno peppers. Teams of four racers had spent years training and saving thousands of dollars to race in an adventure race that would take seven to ten days to complete as they traversed hundreds of miles of the southern Utah desert on foot, on horseback, by bike, […]
The summer months mark a time of increased run volume in most EMS systems as vacationers indulge in recreation and exertion not normally pursued during the rest of the year. The warmer weather increases our exposure to heat-related injuries not only in our patients but also in ourselves as workloads increase under higher temperatures and […]