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At EMSCEP (EMS Continuing Education Program) Radio, we offer continuing medical education content for ALS and BLS EMS Providers.  Sponsored by the Fairfax County Virginia Fire Rescue Department.  

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Sepsis - New Prehospital Approach

Jul 19, 2017

Sepsis has a high mortality rate, so it is worth talking about it some more.  Today our expert enlightens us on some of the newer standards of care for screening and caring for suspected sepsis and septic shock patients.

She will discuss the newer qSOFA score system (check out: http://www.qsofa.org/), and newer thinking...

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EMS Wk 2017: LVAD Changes and Trends

Jul 1, 2017

This is another edition of EMSCEP Radio, from our on-location coverage of the Fairfax Fire Rescue EMS Week Training Symposium, during EMS Week.

In this episode, we talk to Brandon King about LVAD devices.  In EMS we tend to think of them as a temporary solution and expect patients to potentially be pulseless.  Brandon...

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