EMS Live in Wisconsin Podcast
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March is Kidney Awareness Month. Our guest on the March 14th EMS Live in Wisconsin podcast was Dr. Ashraf El-Meanawy, Director of Dialysis at Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Even though only .5% of the population is diagnosed with kidney disease, these patients account for 4% of the federal Medicare budget.
We discussed:
- What makes a dialysis patient different from a regular pre-hospital EMS patient?
- Are dialysis patients at higher risk for cardiac arrest and why?
- What are pit-falls EMS personnel can fall into when responding to a call for a dialysis patient?
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