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Stroke Treatment

Stroke Treatment Calling 9-1-1 at the first symptom of stroke can help you get to the hospital in time for lifesaving stroke care. Your stroke treatment begins the moment emergency medical services (EMS) arrives to take you to the hospital. Once at the hospital, you...

The Three Second Medical Assessment

The Three Second Medical Assessment New medics often learn a comprehensive head-to-toe method of assessment that covers just about every conceivable condition or presentation, but can take as much as two or three minutes to perform. That’s way too much time in...

Fireworks Related Injuries

According to the American Pyrotechnics Association, 49 states plus the District of Columbia allow legal consumer fireworks to celebrate the Fourth of July. That being said, the type of permitted fireworks varies from state to state, ranging from wood stick sparklers...

Pre-hospital Snakebite Management

Please allow me to introduce myself. I am a medical toxicologist and emergency physician at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. I have treated 600+ snakebites and direct one of the busiest snakebite services in the U.S. I also love snakes and consider myself...