Rom DuckworthEMS1.com ColumnistsThrough the EPIC treatment, EMS providers are taught to focus on the three H-bombs to prevent further damage to head injuriesTraumatic head injuries account for 2.5 million emergency department visits annually in the United States. More than 10 percent of these head injuries are hospitalized, from which...
EMS1.com ColumnistsUse simulation education to teach EMS providers to recognize and treat sepsis
By Aaron Dix
EMS is dispatched to a local residence for a 20-year-old female with foot pain. Medics find the patient sitting in a recliner with her left foot supported by a pillow.
She spent the weekend at the beach and cut her foot on a...
Rom DuckworthEMS1.com ColumnistsEMS educators can improve sepsis patient outcomes by ensuring EMTs and paramedics have knowledge appropriate and impactful training
Sepsis education, just like education for trauma, STEMI and stroke can improve EMS provider recognition, assessment, alerts and treatment to improve sepsis patient outcomes...
EMS1.com ColumnistsUse this information and the SEPSIS mnemonic to improve EMS recognition, assessment and treatment of pediatric sepsis
By Rommie L. Duckworth
Children can develop sepsis secondary to infection from an illness or traumatic injury. Here are 10 quick facts about pediatric sepsis to increase your confidence and better...
EMS1.com ColumnistsUse ETCO2 monitoring to avoid inappropriate hyperventilation, recognize abnormal respiratory patterns and guide care
By Kelly Grayson
Traumatic brain injury, hemorrhagic stroke and spinal cord injury are three pathologies that can result in devastating neurological injury. While we can do little in the prehospital...
Patrick LickissEMS1.com ColumnistsYou were asked to respond to a coffee shop for a 22-year-old male with increasing shortness of breath following a coughing fit; did you make the right decision? Assessment of respiratory patients, like most medical patients, involves an understanding of the anatomy and physiology which functions behind...