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After my recent string of editorials in EMS Magazine regarding fire departments and combination fire/EMS systems, the outcry ranged from "Right on!" and "Amen!" to "Shut up!" and "You stupid &*%$#@!"
The team at Sioux Valley Health System was working in an atmosphere of great cooperation to realize a comprehensive preparedness goal that worked not only on paper, but in reality as well.
Establishing a secure airway via endotracheal intubation is a critical clinical skill and lifesaving technique commonly used in the prehospital setting.
CMS issued a final guidance for a system that will allow for payment of medical services rendered to individuals who are not U.S. citizens and are not legally residing in the U.S.