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Professional Courses

Listed below are the course descriptions for each of the professional medical courses offered by Snowy River EMS Productions LLC. Upon successful completion of each course, students will receive their course completion cards and CE Certificates.
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 AHA Card Issuance Policy: Effective January 1, 2018 all American Heart Association Course completion cards will be issued as eCards. Students will receive an email from the AHA on how to access and download their card(s) within 7-days of course completion.
Continuing Education/Contact Hours:  

 

Continuing Education (CE) / contact hours are available for all courses taken through Snowy River EMS Productions for EMT's, Paramedics, RNs and allied healthcare professionals. Physicians may turn in their course completion certificates for CME Credit.  

 

Snowy River EMS Productions LLC is an approved California EMS CE Provider # 50-0290.

 

Snowy River EMS Productions LLC is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider # CEP15433

 

CE Course completion certificate must be retained for a minimum of 4 years from course completion for audit purposes. Snowy River EMS Productions LLC is a training site of the HealthSource at Kidsake - an approved American Heart Association Training Center. 

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16 hrs CE Available
PreHospital Trauma Life Support  (PHTLS) Provider Course
9th Edition
 
Cost: $295.00           Times: 9am - 6pm        Locations: Varies Check calendar

 

The 2-day PHTLS Course is designed to provide healthcare providers with a prehospital trauma care philosophy, stressing the need to treat multi-system trauma patients as a unique entity with specific needs. This scenario based course focuses on the trauma patient in the prehosptial environment, understanding the importance of a rapid assessment, rapid extrication and the treatment of multi-system trauma patients. 

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Rapidly assessing a trauma patient to identify life-saving care is at the heart of the ninth edition of PHTLS. It takes 2 minutes or less for a patient to exsanguinate. No other intervention prehospital care providers perform is more important than stopping that level of bleeding in trauma patients. To reflect this, PHTLS, Ninth Edition utilizes the XABCDE patient assessment mnemonic to place exsanguinating hemorrhage at the forefront of every patient encounter. The importance of XABCDE (eXsanguinating hemorrhage, airway, breathing, circulation, disability, and expose/environment) is reinforced in every clinical chapter.

 

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize, identify and treat multi-system trauma patients; relate the pathophysiology of injuries; and have a more comprehensive understanding of prehospital trauma interventions. 

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Course Prerequisites:  Students must bring the following materials to the course: 

 

  • PHTLS Course Manual and Textbook (print or digital) - Current Edition

  • Both the textbook and Course Manuals will be used in class. 

 

Topics Covered include: 

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  • Golden Principles, References and Critical Thinking

  • Kinematics/Physics  of Trauma  

  • Scene Assessment

  • Patient Assessment

    • Adult and Pediatric

  • Airway Management

  • Shock

  • Specific Traumatic Injuries  

    • head, spinal, thoracic, abdominal, musculoskeletal, burns, blunt & penetrating trauma

  • Pediatric Trauma

  • Geriatric Trauma

  • Environmental Trauma

    • Heat/cold emergencies. drowning. lightning, diving & altitude injuries

  •  Extrication & immobilization

  •  Traumatic Brain Injuries

  • Special Considerations - disaster management &wilderness trauma care

  • Civilian Tactical Emergency Medical Support (TEMS)

PreHospital Trauma Life Support  (PHTLS) Refresher Course
9th Edition 
 
Cost: $245.00           Times: 9am - 6pm        Locations: Varies Check Calendar

 

The 1-day PHTLS Refresher Course is desgined to provide healthcare providers with a prehospital trauma care philosophy, stressing the need to treate multi-system trauma patients as a unique entity with specific needs. This fast-paced scenario course focuses on the trauma patient in the prehosptial environment, understanding the importance of a rapid assessment, rapid extrication and the treatment of multi-sytem trauma patients. 

 

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize, identify and treat multi-system trauma patients; relate the pathophysiology of injuries; and have a more comprehensive understanding of prehospital trauma interventions. 

 

Course Prerequisites:  Students must bring the following materials to the course: 

 

  • PHTLS Course Manual and Textbook (digital or print) - Current Edition

  • Copy of current PHTLS Provider Card or ITLS Card 

 

Topics Covered include: 

 

  • Kinematic of Trauma  

  • Mechanism of Injury Identification 

  • Patient Assessment

    • Adult and Pediatric

  • Airway Management

  • Shock

  • Specific Traumatic Injuries  

    • head, spinal, thoracic, abdominal, musculoskeletal, burns, blunt & penetrating trauma

  • Pediatric Trauma

  • Geriatric Trauma

  • Environmental Trauma

    • Heat/cold emergencies. drowning. lightning, diving & altitude injuries

  •  Extrication & immobilization

  •  Traumatic Brain Injuries

  • Special Considerations - disaster management & weapons of mass destruction

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8 hrs CE Available
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8 hrs of CE Available
BLS HCP, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) & Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Refresher Course
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Cost: $400.00           Times: 9am - 6pm        Locations: Vary check flyer

 

This accelerated  course combines the BLS HCP Refresher Course, ACLS Refresher Course & PALS Refresher course into 1 day. The ACLS portion is designed to provide students with the knowledge to assess and manage an adult cardiac arrest situation. Emphasis is placed on the importance of providing Basic Life Support towards improving patient survival; the integration of Advanced Life Support into patient care; and the importance of teamwork in resuscitation efforts. Students will practice and perform as team leaders during an adult cardiac arrest; recognize the patient's response to different therapeutic modalities and adjust the course of treatment accordingly as defined by current guidelines. The PALS Refresher portion is designed to provide students with the knowledge to efficiently and effectively recognize and treat critically ill pediatric patients. Emphasis is placed on the importance of providing Basic Life Support towards improving patient survival; the integration of Advanced Life Support into pediatric patient care; and the importance of teamwork in resuscitation efforts. Students will practice and perform as team leaders during a pediatric arrest; recognize the patient's response to different therapeutic modalities and adjust the course of treatment accordingly as defined by current guidelines. 

 

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize, manage, and treat a variety of pediatric situations including cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, and shock and treat a variety of cardiac arrest situations. . 

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Course Prerequisites:  Students must bring the following materials to the course: 

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Topics Covered include: 

 

  • Basic Life Support  & AED overview

  • Management and care of Respiratory Emergencies

  • Acute Coronary Syndromes

  • Electrical Therapies

  • Pharmacology

  • Stroke

  • Treatment of the following conditions

    • Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)

    • Asystole

    • Tachycardias (stable & unstable)

    • Shock Resistant Ventricular Fibrillation/Ventricular Tachycardia (VF/VT)

    • Bradycardias

  • Management and Care of Respiratory Emergencies

  • Shock

  • Drug Overdoses

  • Developing a Systematic Approach to Pediatric Assessments

  • Medication Administration including IO's

  • Pharmacology

  • Defibrillation/cardioversion

  • Emergency Childbirth

  • Trauma

AHA HeartCode Courses and Testing
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AHA Card Issuance Policy: Effective January 1, 2018 all American Heart Association Course completion cards will be issued as eCards. Students will receive an email from the AHA on how to access and download their card(s) within 7-days of course completion.
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ACLS HeartCode Courses: 
 

Cost:    ACLS HeartCode Course with Codes     $325.00           Times & Locations:  Contact Us to Schedule

             ACLS HeartCode Course Testing Only    $275.00          

 

The HeartCode ACLS Course with online Codes—provides those with a current ACLS provider card an opportunity to utilize  a self-paced instructional online program to complete the lecture and written exam portions of the ACLS course on their own time. Topics covered in the online component include: 10 interactive scenarios which cover one BLS case, seven cases representing cardiovascular, respiratory and stroke emergencies, two MegaCode scenarios; Knowledge and application of ECG recognition & pharmacology; Team dynamics; Effective Code Team Leadership skills; treating patients with current ACLS algoritms, scenario debriefing and coaching along with a 50-question multiple choice examination.

 

The online module takes 3-6 hours to complete. Once a student completes the online module, they need to print off the course completion certificate and bring it to class in order to complete the skills sign off portion of the course. Skills sign off takes approximately 1 hour. 

 

HeartCode ACLS Course Testing only is available for those who have already purchased the online portion separately and need to complete the skills verification only. 

 

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PALS HeartCode Courses: 
 

Cost:    PALS HeartCode Course with Codes     $325.00           Times & Locations:  Contact Us to Schedule

              PALS HeartCode Course Testing Only   $275.00        

 

The HeartCode PALS Course with Codes—provides those with a current PALS provider card an opportunity to utilize  a self-paced instructional online program to complete the lecture and written exam portions of the PALS course on their own time. Topics covered in the online component include: 12 interactive scenarios which cover 2 airway obstruction cases, 4 shock cases—hypovolemic, distributive, obstructive, and cardiogenic, disordered control of breathing. Lung tissue disease Bradycardia, narrow complex tachycardia, PEA/asystole, VT/VT; Knowledge and application of ECG recognition & pharmacology; Team dynamics; Effective Code Team Leadership skills; treating patients with current PALS algorithms, scenario debriefing and coaching along with a multiple choice examination.

 

The online module takes 6-8 hours to complete. Once a student completes the online module, they need to print off the course completion certificate and bring it to class in order to complete the skills sign off portion of the course. Skills sign off takes approximately 1 hour. 

 

HeartCode PALS Course Testing only is available for those who have already purchased the online portion separately and need to complete the skills verification only.

 

 

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BLS HeartCode Courses: 
 

Cost:   BLS HeartCode Course with Codes      $200.00           Times & Locations:  Contact Us to Schedule

              BLS HeartCode Course Testing Only    $150.00        

 

The  HeartCode BLS Course with Codes—provides those with a current BLS HCP provider card an opportunity to utilize  a self-paced instructional online program to complete the lecture and written exam portions of the BLS HCP course on their own time. Topics covered in the online component include: promptly recognizing several life-threatening emergencies, providing high-quality chest compression, delivering appropriate ventilations and providing early use of an AED, along with a multiple choice examination.

 

The online module takes 1-3 hours to complete. Once a student completes the online module, they need to print off the course completion certificate and bring it to class in order to complete the skills sign off portion of the course. Skills sign off takes approximately 1 hour. 

 

HeartCode BLS Course with Testing only is available for those who have already purchased the online portion separately and need to complete the skills verification only.

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16 hrs CE Available
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider Course
 
Cost: $295.00           Times: 9am - 6pm        Locations: Varies check calendar

 

The 2-day ACLS Provider Course is designed to provide students with the knowledge to assess and manage an adult cardiac arrest situation. Emphasis is placed on the importance of providing Basic Life Support towards improving patient survival; the integration of Advanced Life Support into patient care; and the importance of teamwork in resusciation efforts. Students will practice and perform as team leaders during an adult cardiac arrest; recognize the patient's response to different therapeutic modalities and adjust the course of treatment accordingly as defined by current guidelines. 

 

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize, manage, and treat a variety of cardiac arrest situations. 

 

Course Prerequisites:  Students must bring the following materials to the course: 

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  • Current American Heart Association ACLS Provider Manual (hard copy or digital)

 

Topics Covered include: 

 

  • Basic Life Support  & AED overview

  • Management and care of Respiratory Emergencies

  • Acute Coronary Syndromes

  • Electrical Therapies

  • Pharmacology

  • Stroke

  • Treatment of the following conditions

    • Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)

    • Asystole

    • Tachycardias (stable & unstable)

    • Shock Resistant Ventricular Fibrillation/Ventricular Tachycardia (VF/VT)

    • Bradycardias

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) 4-hr. Refresher Course
 
Cost: $225.00     Times: 9am - 1pm  or  2pm - 6pm      Locations: Varies check calendar

 

The accelerated 4-hour ACLS Refresher Course is desgined to provide students with the knowledge to assess and manage an adult cardiac arrest situation. Emphasis is placed on the importance of providing Basic Life Support towards improving patient survival; the integration of Advanced Life Support into patient care; and the importance of teamwork in resusciation efforts. Students will practice and perform as team leaders during an adult cardiac arrest; recognize the patient's response to different therapeutic modalities and adjust the course of treatment accordingly as defined by current guidelines. 

 

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize, manage, and treat a variety of cardiac arrest situations. 

 

Course Prerequisites:  Students must bring the following materials to the course: 

 

  • ACLS Self-Assessment and Precourse Work Certificates - click the link below or the ACLS Precourse Button on the left to access the materials. 

  • Current American Heart Association ACLS Provider Manual (hard copy or digital)

  • Copy of current ACLS Provider card

  • Students must have a solid foundation of cardiac pharmacology & EKG interpretation and be well versed in cardiac arrest management. 

 

Topics Covered include: 

 

  • Basic Life Support  & AED overview

  • Management and care of Respiratory Emergencies

  • Acute Coronary Syndromes

  • Electrical Therapies

  • Pharmacology

  • Stroke

  • Treatment of the following conditions

    • Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)

    • Asystole

    • Tachycardias (stable & unstable)

    • Shock Resistant Ventricular Fibrillation/Ventricular Tachycardia (VF/VT)

    • Bradycardias

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4 hrs CE Available
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8 hrs CE Available
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) 8-hr. Refresher Course
 
Cost: $245.00     Times: 9am - 6pm      Locations: Varies check calendar

 

This 8-hour ACLS Refresher Course is desgined to provide students with the knowledge to assess and manage an adult cardiac arrest situation. Emphasis is placed on the importance of providing Basic Life Support towards improving patient survival; the integration of Advanced Life Support into patient care; and the importance of teamwork in resusciation efforts. Students will practice and perform as team leaders during an adult cardiac arrest; recognize the patient's response to different therapeutic modalities and adjust the course of treatment accordingly as defined by current guidelines. 

 

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize, manage, and treat a variety of cardiac arrest situations. 

 

Course Prerequisites:  Students must bring the following materials to the course: 

 

  • ACLS Self-Assessment and Precourse Work Certificates - click the link below or the ACLS Precourse Button on the left to access the materials. 

  • Current American Heart Association ACLS Provider Manual (hard copy or digital)

  • Copy of current ACLS Provider card

  • Students must have a solid foundation of cardiac pharmacology & EKG interpretation and be well versed in cardiac arrest management. 

 

Topics Covered include: 

 

  • Basic Life Support  & AED overview

  • Management and care of Respiratory Emergencies

  • Acute Coronary Syndromes

  • Electrical Therapies

  • Pharmacology

  • Stroke

  • Treatment of the following conditions

    • Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)

    • Asystole

    • Tachycardias (stable & unstable)

    • Shock Resistant Ventricular Fibrillation/Ventricular Tachycardia (VF/VT)

    • Bradycardias

Pediatric Advanced Life Support  (PALS) Provider Course
 
Cost: $295.00           Times: 9am - 6pm        Locations: Varies check calendar

 

The 2-day PALS Provider Course is designed to provide students with the knowledge to efficiently and effectively recognize and treat critically ill pediatric patients. Emphasis is placed on the importance of providing Basic Life Support towards improving patient survival; the integration of Advanced Life Support into pediatric patient care; and the importance of teamwork in resuscitation efforts. Students will practice and perform as team leaders during a pediatric arrest; recognize the patient's response to different therapeutic modalities and adjust the course of treatment accordingly as defined by current guidelines. 

 

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize, manage, and treat a variety of pediatric situations including cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, and shock. 

 

Course Prerequisites:  Students must bring the following materials to the course: 

 

 

Topics Covered include: 

 

  • Basic Life Support  & AED overview for children and infants

  • Management and Care of Respiratory Emergencies

  • Shock

  • Drug Overdoses

  • Developing a Systematic Approach to Pediatric Assessments

  • Medication Administration including IO's

  • Pharmacology

  • Defibrillation/cardioversion

  • Emergency Childbirth

  • Trauma

  • Treatment of the following conditions

    • Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)

    • Asystole

    • Tachycardias (stable & unstable)

    • Shock Resistant Ventricular Fibrillation/Ventricular Tachycardia (VF/VT)

    • Bradycardias

16 hrs CE Available
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8 hrs CE Available
Pediatric Advanced Life Support  (PALS) Refresher Course
 
Cost: $245.00           Times: 9am - 6pm        Locations: Varies check calendar

 

The 1-day PALS Refresher Course is designed to provide students with the knowledge to efficiently and effectively recognize and treat critically ill pediatric patients. Emphasis is placed on the importance of providing Basic Life Support towards improving patient survival; the integration of Advanced Life Support into pediatric patient care; and the importance of teamwork in resuscitation efforts. Students will practice and perform as team leaders during a pediatric arrest; recognize the patient's response to different therapeutic modalities and adjust the course of treatment accordingly as defined by current guidelines. 

 

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize, manage, and treat a variety of pediatric situations including cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, and shock. 

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Course Prerequisites:  

 

Students must bring the following materials to the course: 

  • Current American Heart Association PALS Provider Manual (hard copy or digital)

  • Copy of current PALS Provider card

 

Topics Covered include: 

 

  • Basic Life Support  & AED overview for children and infants

  • Management and Care of Respiratory Emergencies

  • Shock

  • Drug Overdoses

  • Developing a Systematic Approach to Pediatric Assessments

  • Medication Administration including IO's

  • Pharmacology

  • Defibrillation/cardioversion

  • Emergency Childbirth

  • Trauma

  • Treatment of the following conditions

    • Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)

    • Asystole

    • Tachycardias (stable & unstable)

    • Shock Resistant Ventricular Fibrillation/Ventricular Tachycardia (VF/VT)

    • Bradycardias

Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers Course
 
Cost: $75.00           Times: vary        Locations: Varies check calendar

 

The 4.0  hour course will provde students with the knowledge to manage victims of all ages suffering from a cardiac arrest event. Emphasis is placed on the importance of providing Basic Life Support towards improving patient survival; the integration of Advanced Life Support into patient care when help arrives; and the importance of teamwork in resusciation efforts.

 

Course Prerequisites:  Students must bring the following materials to the course: 

 

  • Current American Heart Association  BLS Provider Manual 

 

 

Topics Covered include: 

 

  • Cardiopulmonary resusciation (CPR)  skills for adults, children and infants

    • 1 and 2-person CPR skills

  • Foreign Body Airway Obstructions

  • Use of an Automated External Defibrillator

  • Rescue Breathing using an assortment of devices

 

 

Please note that CE/Contact Hours are only available for EMTs, Paramedics, Physicians and allied healthcare providers. Nurses are not eligible for BLS HCP contact hours.

 

 

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4 hrs CE Available
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2 hrs CE Available
Basic Life Support (BLS) Refresher Course
 
Cost: $50.00           Times: vary        Locations: Varies check calendar
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The 2.0  hour course will provide students with the knowledge to manage victims of all ages suffering from a cardiac arrest event. Emphasis is placed on the importance of providing Basic Life Support towards improving patient survival; the integration of Advanced Life Support into patient care when help arrives; and the importance of teamwork in resuscitation efforts.

 

Course Prerequisites:  Students must bring the following materials to the course: 

 

  • Current American Heart Association  BLS Provider Manual 

  • Copy of current BLS HCP Provider card

 

 

Topics Covered include: 

 

  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)  skills for adults, children and infants

    • 1 and 2-person CPR skills

  • Foreign Body Airway Obstructions

  • Use of an Automated External Defibrillator

  • Rescue Breathing using an assortment of devices

 

 

Please note that CE/Contact Hours are only available for EMTs, Paramedics, Physicians and allied healthcare providers. Nurses are not eligible for BLS HCP contact hours.

 

BLS HCP Refresher courses are available at the end of the ACLS and PALS (provider and refresher) courses. Details are listed on the ACLS and PALS refresher flyers

16 hrs CE Available - Provider Course
8 hrs CE Available - Refresher Course
Emergency Medical Patients: Assessment, Care & Transport (EMPACT) Course
 
Cost: $295.00           Times: 9am - 6pm        Locations: Varies check calendarr

 

Emergency Medical Patients: Assessment, Care and Transport (EMPACT) is a sixteen hour training program offering a practical student-driven approach to medical emergencies. The course format utilizes group discussion (small and large), case studies, and Socratic method to help both new and veteran practitioners alike better understand and refine the differential diagnosis of the medical patient. EMPACT focuses on clinical assessment, differential diagnosis identification and the treatment of medical patients.

 

The course content is supported by Brady/Pearson Health Science's EMPACT textbook, written by the well-known EMS author team of Joseph Mistovich, Daniel Limmer, Alice “Twink" Dalton and Howard Werman, MD.

 

EMPACT is accepted by the National Registry of EMTs as part of the refresher process for recertification—meeting the medical components and is CECBEMS Approved.

 

 

Topics Covered include: 

 

  • Medical Patient Assesment

  • Airway Management

  • Shortness of Breath

  • Chest Discomfort

  • General Malaise

  • Allergic Reactions

  • Altered Mental Status

  • Neurologic Emergencies

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EMPACT Online Medical CE Course (8-hours):
 
Cost: $50.00                  Locations: Online course
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The EMPACT Online Medical CE course provides students an opportunity to gain additional CE Hours in the Medical Category. This course is offered via approved EMPACT Training Centers and is done 100% online at the students own pace. Students have 30 days to complete this course to obtain their CE hours. This course is approved by NREMT and CAPCE for meeting the medical components of licensure renewal at all levels.

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The EMPACT Online Medical CE course directs participants to effectively use and rely on both critical thinking and decision making skills to effectively treat medical emergencies. Students will watch a number of video discussions that focus on clinical assessment, differential diagnosis identification and the treatment of medical patients. Scenarios and quizzes focus on patient cases covering all topics of the EMPACT Course. 

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