Regionalized approach to emergency medical services training for the care of patients with mechanical assist devices
| Autor: | Suzie Harton, Dennis C. Rivard, Lori G. Edwards, Allen C. Wolfe, Tonya Elliott, Todd J. Van de Bussche |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Transplantation Emergency Medical Services Inservice Training business.industry medicine.disease Pump blood Regional Health Planning Interinstitutional Relations Emergency medicine medicine Emergency medical services Humans In patient Medical emergency Heart-Assist Devices Mid-Atlantic Region business Mechanical devices |
| Zdroj: | Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.). 20(2) |
| ISSN: | 1526-9248 |
| Popis: | Advances in mechanical circulatory assist device technology have allowed dozens of patients with different types of devices to live in any community in the United States. Some of the newer devices pump blood continuously, resulting in patients without pulses. The mechanical circulatory assist device teams and emergency medical services providers in the mid-Atlantic region wondered how best to prepare the community to respond appropriately to emergencies in patients with these mechanical devices. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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