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The upside-down KED
What do you do when you must package that hip fracture in tight confines? ...
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Cold Weather Response Tips
While great for sports, cold and snow present risks to EMS folks. Take these extra precautions if responding in such conditions. ...
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Warm Equipment for a Warm Patient
Excessively cold temperatures add to a patient's physical discomfort. Learn how to keep patients warm during assessment. ...
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Hip Injury Movement Tips
The ice and snow season leads to an increase in the number of "elderly patient has fallen, possible broken hip" calls. When responding to those with a suspected broken hip, there ...
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Starting a Fall Prevention Program
In the coming days, California will be observing Fall Prevention Awareness Week. Does your agency have a fall prevention program? ...
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Fall Prevention
While seemingly minor to the younger population, falls are quite serious and rather commonplace for the elderly population. ...
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Psychological First Aid
In large-scale disasters and traumas, more people will be mentally affected than physically. Discover more about the new developments of Psychological First Aid. ...
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Determining Level of Consciousness
The AVPU scale is an important tool used to assess a patient's level of consciousness. However, sometimes the distinction between 'A' and 'V' frequently can cause confusion. ...
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Asking Good Questions
Remember that a patient can be your best source in acquiring clinical information. By asking good questions and getting good answers, you can start treatment more quickly than you ...
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Team Lifting Commands
While it may not be a common point of discussion, it's important to address lifting strategy with your team in order to preserve the safety of both you and your patient ...
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Ask Lots of Questions about Pain
While the OPQST method is a great starting point for inquiring about patient pain, don't be limited by those guidelines. Consider some additional questions that will help diagnose ...
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Respiratory Rate Assessment
Learn how to keep a patient comfortable and obtain essential vital measurements needed for assessment ...
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Assessment Tips for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Patients
Learn how you can accurately assess deaf or hard of hearing patients under extra challenging conditions ...
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Cardiac Arrest Patient Documentation Tips
Patients suffering from cardiac arrest can be some of the most challenging to treat. Read on for some measures that you can take to improve outcomes for such patient scenarios ...
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Take a Time-out for Safety
Today marks the start of Fire/EMS Safety, Health and Survival Week, the perfect time to evaluate — and improve — our personal approaches to safety. ...
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Accessing Patients on Trails
Saturday is National Trails Day. Here are some tips to access and extricate patients from the trails in your community. ...
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Mother Knows Best
All EMS providers can still learn something about patient care from their mothers. ...
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Have a Seat on this Kitchen Chair
A kitchen chair can be exactly what you need to having to assist geriatric patients off the floor. ...
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Patient Care Pit Crew
Having a pre-determined pit crew with assigned responsibilities can increase treatment efficiency for trauma patients. ...
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Removing Patient Clothing in the Field
If the patient is critical, use your trauma shears to remove the patient’s clothing. A hospital gown might come in handy. ...
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Refining OPQRST as an Assessment Tool
OPQRST is a useful memory device for learning about your patient’s pain complaint. Here are ways that you can adapt OPQRST to best utilize this assessment tool. ...
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Pediatric Patient Transport
Always make sure you secure pediatric patients in a pediatric specific car seat during transport. ...
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Reduce costs by saving your equipment
Label your disposable equipment and medications in order to maximize use ...
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How to properly remove a spider strap
Video demonstration of proper removal a spider strap to minimize tangling and debris ...
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Back to the ABCs
A reminder for new medics: stick to the basics ...
