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Access our directory of clinical articles in EMS, which offers in-depth information on patient assessment, treatment protocols, and emerging medical practices. This collection covers various clinical topics essential for EMS professionals, from advanced pharmacology to trauma management. Staying up-to-date with clinical knowledge is vital for delivering high-quality patient care. For additional resources, explore our section on Medical Research. Enhance your clinical expertise with our expert-driven content.
Discover the critical items that make up a tactical medical kit and understand how it differs from trauma bags and kits
Applying the Hierarchy of Controls to the current U.S. H5N1 outbreak, bird and swine flus
This user-friendly resource aims to address a gap in PPE selection and enhance safety culture
You were asked to assess and treat a 44-year-old woman who has been feeling weak and lethargic; did you make the right call?
You are dispatched to a bank for a woman who is weak and lethargic.
EMS leaders at Pinnacle conference head specific recommendations to improve prehospital care from the Promoting Innovation in EMS project co-leader
Patient safety methods and lessons learned need to be applied to the evolving subspecialty of community paramedicine
EMS leaders at Pinnacle learn how the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council improves patient care through collaboration and consensus building
Here’s how EMS recognition and initiation of interventions can lower sepsis mortality
EMS1 and Fitch & Associates take an in-depth look at EMS trends in the United States and set a foundation for assessing how the EMS profession is changing
Sen. Charles Schumer pushes ban on 19 types of “spice” and three derivatives of fentanyl
Despite what movies show, common pens are not viable tools for tracheostomy
Fatal overdoses from the last six months already exceeded the count for 2015
A single prehospital treatment protocol for respiratory distress from asthma or COPD is reasonable
The suit, which spawned a four-year court battle, came after two paramedics delayed proper treatment of a 76-year-old woman in cardiac arrest
Research suggests that high blood pressure without any other emergency symptoms is cause for a doctor visit, not a trip on the ambulance
An EMT’s social media post made after the Dallas shootings has captivated civilians and public safety providers
A paramedic involved in the death of a woman and a $1.2 million city settlement with her family may have let his paramedic certification lapse
Here are the five EMS documentation mistakes that deny patients coverage they deserve and EMS agencies fair compensation for their services
Paramedic chiefs and EMS leaders can ensure pediatric patients receive the correct care with right preparation, equipment and training
Akron police suspect fentanyl-laced heroin as the cause of 17 overdoses in one day
The association president stated the pursuit of high patient-satisfaction can lead to unnecessary and even harmful treatments
Learn to distinguish and verify electrical and mechanical capture when using a transcutaneous pacemaker on a patient with symptomatic bradycardia
Gather round to learn the out-of-date and obsolete EMT skills that the Ambulance Driver has outlasted during his EMS career
Numerous EMS agencies acquired by private equity firms, are aimed at making a profit from emergency calls while cutting costs and increasing prices.
Use this hands-on training exercise to improve equipment familiarity, reinforce medication cross-check processes and increase provider confidence to treat sick kids
Houston Fire Dept. transported users who were in altered state because of the illegal, synthetic drug and mid-afternoon heat
The plane was making the 1,500-mile flight back to a British research station on the Antarctic peninsula, where the patients will be flown off the continent
The parents claim crews did not have the proper equipment to save their son
400 instructors, volunteers and patient actors, along with with 26 ambulances and two helicopters, helped paramedic students complete 70 different scenarios
STARS in Manitoba helicopters will fly with two units of O-negative blood for patient use on scene or during transport to a trauma center
