There are a number of things to consider when assessing fall injuries. It includes the height at which the patient fee, the landing surface, the patient's orientation at the time of the fall and whether the fall was broken. In this week's episode of The MedicCast podcast for EMTs, paramedics and EMS students, the podmedic provides tips on how to properly and effectively asses injuries from falls. He also features the latest news in EMS and health care and includes links to resources for future reference and review.

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The MedicCast is a weekly show for students and providers of emergency medicine featuring news, products, reviews, comments, interviews, tips, tricks and more.

How do EMS providers deal with non-standard patients? In this week's MedicCast, the podmedic discusses how EMS providers make adjustments in their standards to be able to provide care for patients with special needs like pediatrics, elderly, obese and disabled. These together with EMS news and tip links

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The MedicCast is a weekly show for students and providers of emergency medicine featuring news, interviews, products, comments, reviews, tips, and tricks.