By Meghan V. Malloy Kennebec JournalKENNEBEC COUNTY, Maine — A standardized training program for Maine dispatchers scheduled to start in the wake of two dozen complaints ...
By Sharon L. Peters USA TodayFORT COLLINS, Colo. — Ollie may not have impeccable breeding, but he's talented and hardworking.The extremely high-intensity border collie mix ...
It's no secret that attendees of EMS EXPO return home every year with new ideas of potential purchases for their agencies. While there weren't as many new products on display this ...
"Teletrauma" technology aims to improve medical outlook for injured and save money in health care system ...
By Janice Neumann Chicago TribuneCHICAGO — LaTina Kapraun watched intently as a trauma surgeon sutured the diaphragm of a 25-year-old car crash victim in the emergency ...
By Martin E. Comas Orlando SentinelTAVARES, Fla. — Local paramedics have started giving heart-attack patients the big chill to thwart brain damage and save lives.In a ...
Without a heartbeat for nearly 10 minutes, mother of two is saved after husband bypasses mouth-to-mouth ...
The term "Fog of EMS" refers to the initial confusion that we face both in the field and in the ER when we are confronted with a new patient. We gather clues and information from a ...
By Donna Tam The Eureka Times-StandardARCATA, Calif. — With a few keyboard strokes, Kindra Waluk, the manager of the Humboldt Bay Regional Simulation Center, can give her ...
By J. Brian Ewing The News & RecordGREENSBORO, N.C. — Julie Williams and her 5-year-old nearly died Sunday — six times.Williams and a child mannequin were patients ...
By Greg FrieseWe perform just like we train. To get the most from training, make sure you have appropriate training tools. Training tools for EMS professionals can include all ...
By Geoff Liesik The Deseret Morning News HONEYVILLE, Utah — Todd Kanno was supposed to be somewhere else in the world on Tuesday night — serving a mission for The ...
By Monifa Thomas The Chicago Sun-TimesCHICAGO — Spec. Christen Rowland has been a medic for the Illinois Army National Guard for two years, and she works for a private ...
By Rhett Morgan The Tulsa WorldSKIATOOK, Okla.— Standing on a connector boat in Skiatook Lake, a Tulsa firefighter flings a flotation device to two peers posing as victims. ...
For well over 25 years, EMS education has been guided by a series of curricula published by the United States Department of Transportation. These curricula, colloquially referred ...
By Mike Gorrell The Salt Lake TribuneSALT LAKE CITY — Workers from four Utah coal mines will wrap up four days of events today in a national mine-rescue competition in ...
By Jamie Thompson EMS1 Senior EditorDALLAS — Offering everything from face lacerations to abdominal eviscerations, David Parry Jr. literally made his mark on Fire-Rescue ...
By Amy Nixon The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Members of the Big Bend Vernon Fire Department presented the fire board with two medical scenarios to demonstrate the difference between ...
In order to speak knowledgeably about EMS, you must read the documents that have the described the landscape, provided the maps, and determined the destinations for EMS as we know ...
Whenever someone is uncomfortable with EMTs actually thinking, they trot out the "we don't diagnose" canard. It may be the doctor who writes restrictive treatment protocols, or ...
