Posts tagged with "Medical Monitoring"
The TBI ‘H bombs’
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...
6 ways to avoid ketamine pitfalls
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....
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...
NAEMSP releases compendium of airway management best practices
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...
Tips for assessing and treating occupants of a structure fire
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...
Product Review: 3M Littmann CORE Digital Stethoscope
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...
MIS-C and PALS guidelines
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...
'I will never forget this one'
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...
