Jennifer A. Freij, D.O

Conditions Commonly Evaluated or Treated

Within Emergency Medical Services generally. Availability varies by clinician, training and location — this profile has not been claimed, so nothing here is a personal claim by the provider.

Conditions

Abdominal

• Abdominal Pain

Airway & breathing

• Choking or swallowed object
• Coughing up blood

Allergies & Immune

• Severe Allergic Shock

Brain & nerve

• Sudden Confusion or Altered Mental State
• Sudden Severe Vertigo and Inability to Stand

Brain & Nervous System

• Fainting and syncope
• Ischemic stroke
• Severe headache or sudden migraine
• Status epilepticus
• Transient ischemic attack
• Unresponsiveness

Breathing & Airway

• Narrowed windpipe
• Severe asthma attack
• Shortness of breath
• Smoke Inhalation

Digestive emergency

• Vomiting or throwing up blood

Environmental

• Drowning or Near Drowning
• Heat stroke
• Hypothermia and frostbite
• Snake Bite or Venomous Sting

General emergency

• Severe dehydration

Heart & Circulation

• Cardiac Arrest
• Heart attack
• Unexplained chest pain

Heart & circulation

• Racing or Fluttering Heart
• Sudden Tearing Back Pain

Infections

• Sepsis or blood infection
• Stiff Neck with High Fever

Mental Health

• Mental Health Crisis

Metabolic

• Dangerous high blood sugar

Pediatric emergency

• Child Febrile Seizure
• Difficulty Breathing in Infants

Poisoning & Overdose

• Alcohol Poisoning
• Drug overdose or poisoning

Poisoning & toxins

• Swallowed Household Cleaner or Poison

Pregnancy

• Emergency Childbirth

Surgical emergency

• Post-Surgery Wound Opening or Bleeding

Trauma & Injury

• Bone fractures
• Car accident injuries
• Concussion in Children
• Deep Cuts and Stab Wounds
• Electric Shock
• Gunshot Wound
• Serious Fall Injury
• Severe Burns
• Uncontrolled bleeding

Trauma & injury

• Crush Injury
• Internal Bleeding
• Motorcycle Crash Injury
• Pedestrian Hit by Car
• Severe Dog Bite or Animal Attack
• Spinal Cord Injury and Paralysis

Procedures & services

Airway & breathing

• Bag Valve Mask Ventilation
• Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
• Supraglottic Airway Insertion

Airway & Breathing

• Choking Relief Maneuver
• Emergency intubation
• Nebulizer Breathing Treatment
• Oxygen therapy
• Suctioning the Airway

Community Care

• Community Paramedic Home Visit

Critical Care

• Chest Needle Decompression
• Emergency Baby Delivery Assistance

Diagnostic

• Fingerstick Blood Sugar Test
• Pulse Oximetry Oxygen Check

Emergency Medication

• Emergency epinephrine injection
• Emergency Heart Attack Medication
• Emergency Pain Relief
• Emergency Seizure Medication
• Low Blood Sugar Treatment
• Narcan overdose reversal
• Starting an IV in Ambulance

Emergency Transport

• 911 Ambulance Dispatch
• Emergency Medical Transport
• Hospital-to-Hospital Transfer
• Medical Helicopter Transport

EMS services

• Emergency Lift Assist
• Event Paramedic Standby
• Hospital Emergency Pre-Notification
• On-Scene Treat and Release
• Stair Chair Evacuation

EMS transport

• Bariatric Ambulance Transport
• Critical Care Ambulance Transport
• Long Distance Ambulance Transport
• Pediatric Critical Care Transport
• Wheelchair Van Medical Transport

Environmental Care

• Rapid Cooling for Heat Stroke

Evaluation & Testing

• Blood Pressure Check
• EKG
• Paramedic Field Assessment

Heart care

• Cardioversion for rapid heartbeat
• Emergency Rapid Heart Rate Medication
• External Cardiac Pacing

Life Support

• AED Shock or Defibrillation
• Bone Injection for Fluids
• CPR and defibrillation
• Mechanical CPR Machine

Medical Transport

• Non-Emergency Stretcher Transport

Mental Health

• Psychiatric Emergency Transport

Rescue services

• Vehicle Crash Extrication

Trauma & injury

• Emergency Burn Dressing Application

Trauma Care

• Bleeding Control and Tourniquet
• Emergency Eye Flushing
• Neck and Spine Immobilization
• Pelvic Binder Placement
• Splinting Broken Bones
• Wound care and dressing