Reimagining Resuscitation - Episode 3: Reproducible results
Inside EMS - EMS1.com Columnists - Using the stretcher as a tool in heads-up CPR - According to Joe Powell, MICP, EMSC, the magic in the coordinated set of advanced cardiac resuscitation techniques Rialto Fire Department implemented is its reproducibility. - The first episode of this special video/podcast series, “Reimagining...
Reimagining Resuscitation - Episode 2: Quality of lives protected
Preventing hypoxia with apneic oxygenation - The Rialto Fire Department, along with Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical, have been on a journey to improve resuscitation rates and neurological survival by implementing a set of reproducible tools combining technology with behavior and culture as a driver. - The first episode...
Back to the Basics: Ventilation vs. respiration
Limmer Education - EMS1.com Columnists - Common respiration pathologies and those that impair ventilation - By Chris Ebright - You were taught from day one of taking vital signs to count respirations. However, I am here to say that your stellar EMT instructor let you down because that’s wrong. The same incorrect terminology is also...
Back to the Basics: Ventilation vs. respiration
Limmer Education - EMS1.com Columnists - Common respiration pathologies and those that impair ventilation - By Chris Ebright - You were taught from day one of taking vital signs to count respirations. However, I am here to say that your stellar EMT instructor let you down because that’s wrong. The same incorrect terminology is also...
Evaluating pediatric risk after BRUE
David Wright, MS, PA-C, NREMT-P - EMS1.com Columnists - A detailed patient history and physical examination inform this diagnosis of exclusion after a brief resolved unexplained event (BRUE) - By David Wright, M.S., PA-C, NRP; and Kate Randolph, B.S. - You and your partner are responding to a 911 call. Dispatch informs you that an...
Evaluating pediatric risk after BRUE
David Wright, MS, PA-C, NREMT-P - EMS1.com Columnists - A detailed patient history and physical examination inform this diagnosis of exclusion after a brief resolved unexplained event (BRUE) - By David Wright, M.S., PA-C, NRP; and Kate Randolph, B.S. - You and your partner are responding to a 911 call. Dispatch informs you that an...
A DOPE approach to capnography
Tim Nowak, AAS, BS, NRP, CCEMTP, SPO, MPO, CADS - EMS1 Sponsored - Use this strategy when applying capnography to measure the efficacy of oxygen therapy, especially when troubleshooting - Sponsored by Bound Tree - By Tim Nowak for EMS 1BrandFocus - Whenever something goes wrong with regards to an intubated patient, the acronym DOPE...
A delicate balance: Understanding acid-base issues in EMS patients
Arthur Hsieh, MA, NRP - EMS1.com Columnists - A basic understanding of how acid-base imbalances can affect the patient's presentation can help make sense of conflicting symptoms - The human body has tremendous capacity to maintain internal balance, or homeostasis, in serious, prolonged situations. However, there are several situations in...
