Articles: emergency-medicine.
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Code Red! software simulates typical cardiac emergencies with a full color interactive educational simulation. The trainee can master the basic skills of recognizing cardiac rhythms and appropriately treating abnormalities through interaction with a variety of scenarios (e.g. ventricular fibrillation, bradycardia, asystole). ⋯ Medical Directors, residents, medical students, critical care nurses, ER staff, paramedics and many other health care professionals can benefit from the software. The software, running within the Windows 3.0 graphical environment on a 386/486 PC, demonstrates the capability of today's computers to simulate a complex task and provide a powerful training tool.
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In cardiovascular emergency medicine echocardiography allows in many patients a quick and gentle bedside examination. In particular in patients with acute arterial hypotension, suspected or known acute coronary heart disease and its complications and in patients with acute heart failure due to valvular heart disease a valuable narrowing down of the differential diagnosis can be achieved by the use of echocardiography. However, the use of echocardiography in acutely ill patients demands highly skilled investigators to avoid potentially dangerous errors. The echocardiographic examination in intensive or emergency care patients represents an invaluable diagnostic tool today and becomes a toy only in inexperienced hands.
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Emergency Medical Services are an area of special interest in emergency medicine. Many emergency physicians are called upon to direct, train, or manage emergency medical services. Residents training in emergency medicine have a need for a defined curriculum in emergency medical services. ⋯ The resident must gain experience through on-scene observation, EMT/Paramedic education, medical direction, and quality assurance activities. This paper is one in a continuing series of goals and objectives to direct resident training in off-service rotations. Specific resources, learning objectives, and experiences are suggested.