What impacts the outcomes in drowning cases?
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...
Back to the basics: CHF vs. chronic bronchitis
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...
Bolus dose nitroglycerin for hypertensive acute pulmonary edema
MCHD - EMS1.com Columnists - Dr. Casey Patrick and Mike Perlmutter discuss their experiences with implementing IV high-dose bolus NTG in APE patients - Many terms have been introduced in the past few years to describe the decompensated patient with hypertensive acute pulmonary edema (APE). Call this condition what you will – APE, SCAPE...
5 steps to delivering high-quality CPR
Michael Fraley, BS, BA, NRP - EMS1.com Columnists - Make sure each of your service’s cardiac arrest patients get the best chance of survival by prioritizing high-quality CPR in training and in practice - Every five years, EMS providers and other healthcare providers involved in cardiac arrest resuscitation eagerly await a new version...
EtCO2 monitoring: You’re doing the right thing
Tim Nowak, AAS, BS, NRP, CCEMTP, SPO, MPO, CADS - EMS1 Sponsored - Amid protocol changes and airway/respiratory procedure modifications due to COVID-19, it’s comforting to know that when it comes to EtCO2 monitoring, you don’t need to change anything - Sponsored by Medtronic - By Tim Nowak for EMS1 BrandFocus - COVID-19 has...
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...
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...
