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If there is one point of universal agreement in emergency medical care, both Thompson and Meadows said, it is that aggressive treatment of life-threatening illness or injury and rapid transport to a hospital helps to save lives.

The new course, Thompson said, will teach EMTs “to rapidly identify an injury or illness that can kill, properly render quick on-scene care and transport to a hospital for definitive care.”

That principle underlies several of the

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