Posts tagged with "EMS Education"
EMS1 Poll Call: How do you use capnography?
EMS1.com Staff NewsCapnography is a tool to monitor ventilation and perfusion in ill and injured patientsCapnography, which is the monitoring of end tidal carbon dioxide, is a tool for EMS providers to monitor ventilation and perfusion in ill and injured patients. In this EMS1 poll call we want to know about your use and familiarity...
6 useful sepsis assessment and treatment tips
Arthur HsiehEMS1.com ColumnistsHere's how EMS recognition and initiation of interventions can lower sepsis mortalityThere has been an increasing amount of attention placed on the rapid identification and treatment of patients experiencing sepsis. Recall that sepsis is a highly exaggerated response by the body’s immune system to an...
Prove it: Is it asthma or COPD?
Kenny NavarroEMS1.com ColumnistsA single prehospital treatment protocol for respiratory distress from asthma or COPD is reasonableMedic 23 and Engine 16 respond to a private residence for shortness of breath. Both arrive to find a 59-year-old female who says she is having difficulty breathing, which she attributes to a bad cold. Although...
10 helpful stethoscope tips for EMTs, paramedics and students
EMS1.com ColumnistsUse these tips to pick the stethoscope best for you and to use it correctly on every patient By Caitlyn Armistead No other tool is more closely associated with the practice of medicine than the stethoscope, but choosing the right one and using it well is not an easy task. A stethoscope is also crucial diagnostic tool...
Why errors happen during lifesaving EMS interventions
EMS1.com ColumnistsA teenager's death after a misplaced and unrecognized failed intubation is a tragic reminder of how and why error can occur in EMSBy Bradley Dean Following the release of two pivotal landmark reports by the Institute of Medicine Committee on Quality of Health Care in America in 1999 and 2001, patient safety has become...
Inside EMS Podcast: Does EMS rely too heavily on diagnostic tools?
Inside EMSOur co-hosts discuss devices such as video laryngoscopy, capnography and ultrasound in the field Download this podcast on iTunes, SoundCloud or via RSS feed In this Inside EMS Podcast episode, co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss the many new diagnostic tools EMS providers are using aimed at prehospital...
Direct laryngoscopy is dead
EMS1.com ColumnistsWin the airway with prehospital video laryngoscopy for first attempt intubationBy Will Dunn In the prehospital environment, it is time to pronounce direct laryngoscopy dead. And video killed it. We knew direct laryngoscopy, commonly referred to as DL, was sick a decade ago when the foremost authority on airway...
Capnography best practices to improve patient handoff reports
EMS1 SponsoredUse these documentation and handoff tips to communicate important patient information to ED and ICU staff unfamiliar with capnography By Kelly Grayson Waveform capnography is an example of EMS as an early adopter of emerging technology. Often, in the hospital, recognition of the value of capnography has not spread beyond...
