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It鈥檚 a situation that we鈥檙e faced with far too often in EMS. Big city, urban, rural 鈥 nobody is immune from being called to a scene to evaluate if an individual is OK to stay in police custody or if they should be transported for further evaluation.
Steve Whitehead shares some important evaluation signs for your next in-custody patient on this episode of One for the Road!
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