Arthur Hsieh, MA, NRP

EMS News in Focus

Art Hsieh, MA, NRP teaches in Northern California at the Public Safety Training Center, Santa Rosa Junior College in the Emergency Care Program. An EMS provider since 1982, Art has served as a line medic, supervisor and chief officer in the private, third service and fire-based EMS. He has directed both primary and EMS continuing education programs. Art is a textbook writer, author of “EMT Exam for Dummies,” has presented at conferences nationwide and continues to provide direct patient care regularly. Art is a member of the EMS1 Editorial Advisory Board.

LATEST ARTICLES

Practice professionalism with bariatric patients

As individuals we are entitled to our opinions, but understand the causes of obesity before commenting on it

February 20, 2014 09:00 AM

Arthur Hsieh, MA, NRP

Waiting at the ER is a dangerous game

When ambulances are delayed, the community’s safety net becomes a teetering house of cards

February 18, 2014 06:53 AM

Arthur Hsieh, MA, NRP

Narcan in public hands can save lives

Widespread distribution is medically safe, but moral concerns over drug abuse cloud the issue

February 13, 2014 07:44 AM

Arthur Hsieh, MA, NRP

Response times: A tale of two cities

We treat the patient with flu-like symptoms with the same urgency as one with acute congestive heart failure; this equal application of the standard doesn’t make sense

February 11, 2014 07:36 AM

Arthur Hsieh, MA, NRP

When will the bad news from DCFEMS stop?

The hits just keep on coming, as the embattled department sees failure after failure

February 04, 2014 06:59 AM

Arthur Hsieh, MA, NRP

British example gives hope for standardizing care

Researchers in the U.K. were able to implement consistent prehospital practices for stroke and MI nationwide — can we import to the U.S.?

January 30, 2014 06:43 AM

Arthur Hsieh, MA, NRP

Of territory, rights, and EMS

The dispute between Bonita Springs and Lee County over who should run the EMS service spills over into court

January 28, 2014 07:29 AM

Arthur Hsieh, MA, NRP

When EMS systems go wild

Manipulating 911 responses to favor one ambulance provider puts reputations — and patients — at risk

January 23, 2014 07:07 AM

Arthur Hsieh, MA, NRP

5 changes affecting EMS in 2014

Patient survival rate is improving, but ambulance crashes are too often creating new patients

January 21, 2014 08:10 AM

Arthur Hsieh, MA, NRP

Bleeding Control

5 triage lessons learned from the Boston Marathon Bombing

At the 2014 NAEMSP annual conference, emergency medicine physicians shared the value of ‘worst-case scenario’ planning

January 16, 2014 09:55 AM

Arthur Hsieh, MA, NRP