MedicCast Audio Podcast for EMT Paramedics and EMS Students

MedicCast Audio Podcast for EMT Paramedics and EMS Students


Emergency Care of Pulmonary Embolism and Episode 195

November 29, 2009

Tip This Week Pulmonary Embolism

Pulmonary Embolism is a sudden blockage in a lung artery. It is usually a result of a blood clot in the leg (DVT) that broke loose and traveled into the lungs via circulation.

About half the people who have pulmonary emb