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In this post, we aim to highlight the perspectives of family, physicians, the emergency department and pre-hospital medicine in regards to organ donation. Types of Organ Tissue Donation There are 2 main types of deceased organ donation including neurologic determination of death and donation after circulatory determination of death. NeurologicRead More →

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What is Community Paramedicine? The international round table on community paramedicine provides the following definition: “…a model of care whereby paramedics apply their training and skills in non-traditional community-based environments outside of the usual emergency response/transport model. The community paramedic practices in an expanded role; working in non-traditional roles using existing skills.”(1) Models ofRead More →