MCHD - EMS1.com Columnists - We are limited on the amount of objective information available during prehospital care; don’t ignore this vital piece of the puzzle - The capnography tracing is an excellent tool that gives us insight into cellular metabolism, perfusion and ventilation. This can yield vital information in multiple critical...
Nathan Stanaway - EMS1.com Columnists - From the 1500s until today, techniques for placing a tube into the trachea have continuously evolved and will continue to improve in the future - If you’ve ever wondered why the little hole near the tip of an endotracheal tube is called the Murphy Eye, or who Macintosh was, or even who performed...
Nathan Stanaway - EMS1.com Columnists - From the 1500s until today, techniques for placing a tube into the trachea have continuously evolved and will continue to improve in the future - If you’ve ever wondered why the little hole near the tip of an endotracheal tube is called the Murphy Eye, or who Macintosh was, or even who performed...
Kenny Navarro - EMS1.com Columnists - AHA CPR Guidelines 2020 continue to emphasize early recognition of cardiac arrest and prompt CPR beginning with chest compressions provides the best chances for survival - Recently, the American Heart Association released the new 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary...
Learn how advanced cardiac resuscitation techniques lead to increased survival in OOH cardiac arrest - This on-demand webinar was presented as a live Q&A with experts from Rialto Fire Department and Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical. In this casual conversation, our moderator and guests had a lively discussion about how these...
Inside EMS - EMS1.com Columnists - Deprioritizing epinephrine in the order of interventions - Medical intervention succeeds best when administered to or performed on the right patient at the right time, and the use of epinephrine in treating a victim of cardiac arrest is no different. -
The first episode of this special...
Deprioritizing epinephrine in the order of interventions - Reminder: Our fifth and final episode of this series, “Reimagining Resuscitation: Behind the Scenes of Rialto’s Breakthrough” will be a live webinar including a Q&A session on Dec. 8, 2020. Send your questions for Kevin Joles and Joe Powell to ACR@zoll.com and register...
American Ambulance EMS Podcast - EMS1.com Columnists - UCSF-Fresno emergency medicine physicians highlight the most important aspects of treating submersion injuries - UCSF-Fresno emergency medicine physicians highlight the most important aspects of treating submersion injuries -
Drowning cases are on the rise. It is the No. 1 leading...
Limmer Education - EMS1.com Columnists - Though their chief complaint of shortness of breath is the same, these patients develop dyspnea by different means - By Chris Ebright -
This initial installment of the Back to the Basics series is going to compare and contrast a common chief complaint: shortness of breath. Many etiologies...