The window of just minutes is unlikely to be met by even the most intrepid emergency medical service.

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The guidelines are endorsed by the American Football Coaches Association, the National Association of Emergency Medical Service Physicians and the National Football League Players Association.

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These guidelines have been endorsed by the following organizations: the NFL players association, (NFLPA) National Association of Athletic Trainers, (NATA) the American Football Coaches Association, the Neurocritical Care Society, the Child Neurology Society, the National Association of Emergency Medical Service Physicians, the National Association of School Psychologists, as well as the Child Neurology Society.

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"The Emergency Medical Retrieval Service essentially brings the emergency department and the intensive care unit to the patient by helicopter or plane, " he added.

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The Emergency Medical Retrieval Service (EMRS) originally operated in the Hebrides and down the west coast.

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Researchers recently found that one in three stethoscopes used by emergency-medical-service providers was contaminated with MRSA. Ask your doc to swab his scope with alcohol.

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Broadcastify streams around 3, 500 scanner channels, including local law enforcement, fire departments, weather service, emergency medical services and the International Space Station.

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This is a valuable and useful service for medical providers who practice in busy emergency departments.

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In a medical emergency, they are routinely denied pickup up by the ambulance service.

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