Posts tagged with "Ambulance Disposable Supplies"
Training Day: Breaking down signs of sepsis
Tim Nowak, AAS, BS, NRP, CCEMTP, SPO, MPO, CADS - EMS1.com Columnists - Design your training scenario to include increasingly complicated sepsis symptoms to test EMS providers’ differential diagnosis skills - This article was originally posted here on Bound Tree University. - Sepsis, or septic shock, can manifest through a number of...
How to recommend new EMS equipment for your agency
Greg Friese, MS, NRP - EMS1 Staff Originals - Everyone likes new equipment, but before you run to your boss to make your case, ask yourself these questions - If you are like me, you walk out of a trade show with an arm full of brochures, a bag full of snacks and candy, and a mental list of new equipment to demand that your service...
Tension Pneumothorax: Identification and treatment
Bob Sullivan - EMS1.com Columnists - Tension pneumothorax is a life threatening condition that can occur with chest trauma and is more likely to happen with trauma involving an opening in the chest wall - Tension pneumothorax is a critical condition that can occur with chest trauma when air is trapped in the pleural cavity leading...
EMS use of CPAP for respiratory emergencies
Arthur Hsieh, MA, NRP - EMS1.com Columnists - CPAP for emergency management of congestive heart failure and other respiratory emergencies has become the standard of care - The use of continuous positive airway pressure, commonly called CPAP, for the emergency management of congestive heart failure is rapidly becoming the new standard of...
Single pressure CPAP vs. bilevel pressure CPAP: The rest of the story
EMS1 Contributor - Understanding the pathophysiology of difficulty breathing and different methods of delivering airway pressure - By Steven C. LeCroy, MA, CRT, EMTP - In the late 1970s, legendary broadcaster Paul Harvey started each show with, "You know what the news is, in a minute you're going to hear the rest of the story.”...
Tension Pneumothorax: Identification and treatment
EMS1.com Columnists - Tension pneumothorax is a life threatening condition that can occur with chest trauma and is more likely to happen with trauma involving an opening in the chest wall - Tension pneumothorax is a life-threatening condition that can occur with chest trauma when air is trapped in the pleural cavity leading to a...
How to recommend new EMS equipment for your agency
Greg Friese, MS, NRP - EMS1 Staff Originals - Everyone likes new equipment. But before you run to your boss to make your case, ask yourself these questions. - If you are like me, you walk out of a trade show with an arm full of brochures, a bag full of snacks and candy, and a mental list of new equipment to demand that your service...
Training Day: CPAP early, CPAP often
Tim Nowak, AAS, BS, NRP, CCEMTP, SPO, MPO, CADS - EMS1 Sponsored - CPAP should be used as a noninvasive positive pressure ventilation tool early on in a treatment regimen for respiratory distress - This article was originally posted here on Bound Tree University. - Asthma exacerbation – CPAP! - Wheezing without a “shark fin”...
