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Respiratory Illnesses-Cold, Flu, RSV, and COVID

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Every fall and winter see a rise in respiratory and contagious illnesses with the peak usually occurring in February.  An early season might show a peak in December.  As the temperatures decrease, people are indoors together, travel, and the air is drier, the viruses are more easily spread.  2022...

Feeling The Pulse, Ep. 4 — Derek Fuller

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The latest episode of the Feeling The Pulse podcast is live and available on Anchor, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts and Stitcher! This week’s episode features career Paramedic Derek Fuller, who has served VBRescue both as a volunteer and career member for more than 11 years. Before joining VBEMS...

LP, EMR, MDC, Lenel and More

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LIFEPAK 15 Rainbow Cable 7.13.01 Appendix A Just wanted to provide a couple updates on some technology initiatives: EMR Hardware Replacement – we are in process of acquiring some demo units to deploy to the field of a couple different models of devices. Based on field trials, user feedback,...

Visual cues for Resident Physicians

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Members,   As you may know, we are sometimes pairing up emergency medicine resident physicians with our medics on zone cars.  Residents are recent graduates from medical school who are now learning their specialty — in this case, emergency medicine.  They are working their way toward becoming attending emergency...

Elite Fixes 19OCT2020

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VBEMS October 19, 2020 Elite Hotfixes   There have been some changes to help clarify several items on the Cardiac Arrest section. Questions have been modified to say, “prior to EMS/FD arrival”. This would include actions performed by lay persons, family members, law enforcement, off-duty EMS certified responders, or...

CAD Download Update

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All Elite Users – Today a feature has been added in Elite to remind users when CAD information has been updated before posting your incident. If the CAD information has been updated since your last download you will receive this message when you attempt to post: Choose “Download CAD”...

Updates to Repeat Patient Lookup September 2020

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Repeat Patients Update September 2020: Updated the Repeat Patients Lookup modal for providers to preview and choose which data from the patient’s record to import into EMS incidents. Previewing the data before import allows for better patient care as they can confirm with the patient that the information is correct...