Sunburns
/*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Most of us have experienced a sunburn. You spent the day out in the sunny weather, and maybe completely forgot about sunscreen, or forgot to reapply it. Then you’re left with a gift from the sun: red, painful, and perhaps blistered skin. A […]
DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder)
/*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} The signs of being intoxicated are typically pretty obvious – flushed cheeks, dizziness, disorientation, slurred speech, memory problems. While it usually requires actually drinking alcohol to reach this state, a rare disease actually creates these symptoms, making someone very drunk without consuming any […]
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
What is Osteogenesis Imperfecta? Osteogenesis Imperfecta, or OI, is a genetic disorder that causes problems in the body’s ability to make strong bones. OI is also known as Brittle Bone Disease, which describes the hallmark trait of the disease – bones that break incredibly easily. What causes OI? Collagen is a protein that provides the […]
When Licorice Attacks
And from foods you least expect.
Is Winter Making You SAD?
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Just A Muscle Relaxer
/*! elementor – v3.21.0 – 18-04-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Back pain, wants muscle relaxer. That was the chief complaint entered by the nurse. I glanced at that and reviewed the vitals as I entered the room. A middle-aged man was standing holding his back with one hand and leaning supporting himself against […]
2017 State of the Program
It’s hard to believe that we are already coming up on our seventh year in business. The incredible journey began with just a few EMT classes as a new allied health program in 2010 to having graduated thousands of students in the last seven years. I’ve been proud to hear from many of our graduates […]
Mr. X-Ray
When you’re a new doctor in a small town, all the dissatisfied patients come to check you out. The very worst are referred directly to you by your new partners in an attempt to turf them to the unsuspecting new guy. “Go see the new doctor – he specializes in your problem.” One morning while […]
Demystifying the Minnesota EMT Refresher Requirements
Introduction Minnesota has adopted the NREMT’s National Continued Competency Plan (NCCP). Great, another acronym to remember. Whenever you see “NCCP,” think NREMT refresher requirements. The full NCCP is 40 hours, and those hours are broken down into 3 components: NCCR (national – 20 hours), ICCR (individual – 10 hours), and LCCR (local – 10 hours). […]
NREMT Interstate Compacts
When two or more states work out an agreement and sign that agreement into law, it’s called a compact. Every state has about two dozen of these compacts covering everything from education, taxes, and mental health, to rivers and parks. Compacts are the reason the driver’s license you received in your home state is valid […]
