Bob Sullivan - EMS1.com Columnists - Apply waveform capnography to make informed clinical decisions before, during, and after cardiac arrest patient care - By Bob Sullivan -
Waveform capnography provides continuous feedback on CPR quality, confirmation of airway placement, ventilation, and a return or loss of circulation. Here are five...
Michael Fraley, BS, BA, NRP - EMS1.com Columnists - The GO2VENT by Vortran is a gas-powered device worth considering for disaster plans - Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic over the last few years, there have been concerns that we would not have enough ventilators to care for all the patients who experienced respiratory failure. Although...
MCHD Paramedic Podcast - EMS1.com Columnists - Dr. Al Lulla breaks down an area where we can improve outcomes - In this episode of the MCHD Paramedic Podcast, join our host, Casey Patrick, MD, FAEMS, assistant medical director for the Montgomery County Hospital District EMS, for a discussion of some of the recent literature surrounding...
Daniel Schwester, MICP - EMS1.com Columnists - Communicating with law enforcement and following these clinical guidelines will help to keep patient safety first and foremost - The in-custody deaths of persons who had been administered ketamine for agitation have brought controversy and questions about the use of the drug in EMS....
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...
EMS1.com Staff News - The position statements summarize recommendations for training, quality management, pediatric considerations and more - By Kerri Hatt -
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — The NAEMSP Standards and Clinical Practice Committee has published “The National Association of EMS Physicians Compendium of Airway Management Position...
Patrick Lickiss - EMS1.com Columnists - Look for these signs and symptoms to identify patients suffering from smoke inhalation and cyanide poisoning - This article was originally posted Apr. 21, 2016. It has been updated. -
One of the main concerns for responders treating patients involved in structure fires is generally the presence...
Kelly Grayson, NRP, CCP - EMS1.com Columnists - Kelly Grayson shares how the digital amplification option from Eko stands up to rig noise and abuse - Smile and nod, smile and nod. Watch the face of the person speaking, interject a pithy comment now and then. Ask questions frequently, phrased in such a way that the speaker thinks I’m...
Reel Emergency Vodcast - EMS1.com Columnists - Vodcast: Drs. Peter Antevy, Mark Piehl and David Spiro discuss multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children and the newest PALS guidelines - What are the hallmarks and treatment guidelines for multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)? How should we interpret the newest PALS...
Meena Thill - EMS1.com Columnists - An AEMT recalls a response to what appeared to be a stroke, which turned into a chest pain scenario - “Ambulance 881 you are being requested to the home of a male subject possible stroke.” -
I rolled over, rolled out of bed and acknowledged the page. My partner and I got our uniforms on, and...