Here are some links to EMS articles and Webcasts. While not all of the information discussed applies directly to our guidelines, our hope is that discussion ensues.
http://www.ems1.com/ebola/articles/1999763-CDC-releases-EMS-checklist-for-detecting-managing-Ebola/
Part 8: Adult Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Download 2010-Guidelines-Part-8
Part 10: Acute Coronary Syndromes, 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Download 2010-Guidelines-Part-10
Part 12: Cardiac Arrest in Special Situations, 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
Download 2010-Guidelines-Part-12
“Exactly what should I expect from my medical director?”
Getting the most from your medical director is largely up to you — probably more than you realize
By Fitch & Associates
Sometimes, when you’re busy running an EMS system, it’s easy to focus on operations while taking “the medicine” for granted. Remember the adage “If you set low expectations, they’ll be met every time?” Setting high expectations that are both achievable and measurable is a better approach…
Airway Encounters
Which method would you choose?
Criss Brainard, EMT-P | From the October 2010 Issue | Thursday, September 30, 2010
Engine 201, Rescue 4 and Medic 11 are dispatched to an unconscious person near a bayside hotel. It’s reported that bystanders are attempting to rescue the patient from the water…
Paramedic, heal thyself
Don’t let burnout get in the way of your patient care
By Kelly Grayson
In the opening chapters of every EMT textbook, there is a section called “The well-being of the EMT.” You may even have some vague memories of it; something about stress relief and coping mechanisms and support systems and the difference between eustress and distress, sandwiched in between other boring minutiae about simplex and duplex radio systems, the minimum data set, R. Adams Cowley, and Baltimore Shock Trauma…
5 things EMS must do in 2012
Let’s all try to work toward progress and the maturation of our industry
By Art Hsieh
In a seeming blink of the proverbial eye, 2011 is coming to a close. Is it me, or do the years seem to be getting shorter? It feels like we move from one headline story to the next, hardly pausing to consider the impact of such events to our current or future situation…
Airway Encounters
Which method would you choose?
Criss Brainard, EMT-P | From the October 2010 Issue | Thursday, September 30, 2010
Engine 201, Rescue 4 and Medic 11 are dispatched to an unconscious person near a bayside hotel. It’s reported that bystanders are attempting to rescue the patient from the water…
Effect of adrenaline on survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest:
A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial
There is little evidence from clinical trials that the use of adrenaline (epinephrine) in treating cardiac arrest improves survival, despite adrenaline being considered standard of care for many decades …
New Drug Has Dangerous Potential for Patients & Providers
Bath Salts (JEMS)
You’re 16 hours into your 24-hour shift on the medic unit, and you find yourself responding to an “unknown problem” call. While en route, the updated notes come across your radio: “Evaluate for PD, Taser deployment, 22- year-old male, clear to enter. ”…
How to Identify ST-Elevation Imposters in the Field
When the classic approach to ECG interpretation isn’t enough
Chest pain complaint might be one of the most common calls that EMS providers face. It’s also one of the vaguest. Thanks to education about “heart attacks,” the public has learned to recognize chest pain early and to call often…
Capnography and CPAP: Making the best better
What can be said about the single most important intervention to enter the pre-hospital scope of practice since CPR? Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) reduces the need for intubation by more than 70 percent, and reduces the mortality rate from 25 percent without it to 8 percent with it …