April 18th – Iredell EMS used the Ultrasound for the first time on an Level 2 trauma who was tachycardic and complaining of abdominal pain. Thankfully, the FAST exam was non-diagnostic for free fluid in the abdomen. More impressively, no fluid was found on her CT either. We have a[...]
April 11th – Everyone is ready to go. We had our last formal training session as a big group today. Lots and lots of FAST exams. There is no question that the paramedics can get the correct views! And Dr. Mell let them know that their performance on the written[...]
March 28th – Kathie and a new Terason rep came down on March 28th, and we did more training. We really focused on the crews’ ability to find abnormal images hidden among normal ones. The crews did great! They are really learning their stuff. The Medical Director and the[...]
