Emergency Medical Technicians

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Door-to-Balloon Time Shorter With EMT Diagnosis: Heart Month -- Day 24

Suzanne O'Malley | Posted 04.25.2012 | Healthy Living

Hospitals and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) have been implementing strategies to decrease door-to-balloon (D2B) time. Not familiar with D2B? It's the term for the time it takes to get a heart attack victim to the hospital for a cardiac angioplasty procedure (heart cath).

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Jewish Women Seek To Join All-Male EMT Corps

AP | By CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 11.28.2011 | Religion

Read More: Judaisim, Hatzolah, Midwifery, Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jews, New York City, Emergency Medical Technicians, Religion News

NEW YORK -- Most Orthodox Jewish women avoid touching men except direct relatives. They don't sit next to men on buses or even at weddings. They have ...

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Watch: Man Survived 96 Minutes Without A Heartbeat

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.24.2011 | Home

Read More: Howard Snitzer, Video, Cpr, Emergency Medical Technicians, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Defibrillator, Capnograph, Emergency Medicine, Heart Attack, Aed, Cardiac Arrest, Heart Attacks, Cardiology, Home News

In January, 54 year-old Howard Snitzer suffered a heart attack outside of a grocery store in Goodhue, Minn. Luckily, two first responders were across ...

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WATCH: This Man Survived After 96 Minutes With No Pulse

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 07.17.2011 | Home

In January, 54 year-old Howard Snitzer suffered a heart attack outside of a grocery store in Goodhue, Minn. Luckily, two first responders were across ...

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