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APR 2014

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Years of drinking can cause big changes and make drying out dangerous | By Scott R. Snyder, BS, NREMT-P, Sean M. Kivlehan, MD, MPH, NREMT-P, & Kevin T. Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, WEMT To take the CE test that accompanies this article and receive 1 hour of CE credit accredited by CECBEMS, go online to www.rapidce.com. Test costs $6.95. Questions? E-mail editor@EMSWorld.com. This CE activity is approved by EMS World, an organization accredited by the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS), for 1 CEU. OBJECTIVES • Review definitions of alcohol abuse • Discuss symptoms of ethanol withdrawal • Review withdrawal management CONTINUING EDUCATION Withdrawal and the Chronic Alcohol Abuser 62-year-old male presents at Sunnyside Nursing Home's subacute rehabilitation center supine in bed, agitated, with an altered mental status. The staff reports he suffered a stroke while asleep at home three days prior. He'd awakened with left-sided weakness and a facial droop and called 9-1-1. The exact time of onset of symp- toms could not be identifed, so he was not a candidate for tPA therapy. A CT scan was positive for ischemic stroke, and he was discharged 24 hours later to the Sunnyside Nursing Home for rehabilitation. 44 APRIL 2014 | EMSWORLD.com EMS_44-51_CEArticle,Index0414.indd 44 3/14/14 8:55 AM

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