Medical Case Studies Kiowa Fire
Put your clinical judgment to the test with real medical cases that challenge even the most experienced providers. Participants will receive patient presentations from the EMS perspective and follow each case through hospital discharge. Using actual EKG tracings, scene photos, radiographic films, lab values, radio reports, and assessments to determine the case progression. Participants will compare their treatment decisions with real outcomes. Interactive and engaging, this session invites you to ask: would your patient have survived?. This will be an interactive course with plenty of audience participation.
Topics Covered:
• Acidosis and Methanol poisoning
• Narcan use and flash pulmonary edema complication
• Rattlesnake envenomation
• Hypoglycemia and hyperkalemia
• AFIB/ Flutter and Bix Rule
• Tako-Tsubo Syndrome
Target Audience
EMS Providers
Learning Objectives
- Discuss and review the assessment and treatment modalities for a variety of medical cases
- Review causes for acidosis
- Describe the assessment of the closed head injury patient and then the associated treatment modalities.
- Identify rattlesnake envenomation and the prehospital treatment modalities
- Identify the indications and proper administration of Narcan
Dave Sanko, BA, NRP
EMS Manager of Education and Training
Available Credit
- 2.00 Medical