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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.
Any EMS provider can improve their patient care and assessment by thinking like a remote-area medic
Steve Whitehead wants you to consider this one thing before pulling out the plastic tubes
The Independence Day holiday can increase the number of intoxicated patients and bystanders you’re likely to encounter on your shift so be careful out there
Waveform capnography can be used to detect respiratory and circulatory compromise from anaphylaxis in children and to guide treatment
Using hospital outcomes to evaluate field performance
Realizing that no matter how skilled my hands or knowledgeable my head, what matters most to my patients is my heart
Paramedic 12-Lead ECG acquisition and interpretation drives decisions for pharmacological interventions and patient transport to PCI-capable centers
If convicted of sexual battery and gross sexual imposition, Samuel Conkel faces a maximum of six and a half years in prison
Will Smith reflects on his prehospital background, emergency medicine career and the future of EMS after receiving the John P. Pryor Street Medicine Society Award
Zika virus has been looming all winter, but local governments can get ahead of the problem as mosquito abatement season begins
In one incident, Allan Reyna was called to help a patient suffering respiratory distress at a nursing home; a witness said he threw an oxygen tank that struck and injured another patient
An ATV rider opened the door to an ambulance and accused the EMS providers of cutting them off; crews were transporting a child to the NICU with lights and sirens on
Our co-hosts discuss the week’s news and the benefits of an online EMS education
The survival of fire-based EMS may rest upon delivering services before 911 is called; it’s a tough proposition, but a doable one
True loyalty is pushing for improvement, rather than accepting substandard patient care from your peers and co-workers
Studies show that nationally only about 10 percent of people who suffer cardiac arrest outside the hospital survive
A review of the performance of ketamine in the agitated or excited delirium patient with an acute and potential life-threatening medical condition
So far, there have been no Zika infections in the U.S.; more than 300 illnesses have been reported, all linked to travel to Zika outbreak regions
Brad Tate was fired in 2013 after officials found he provided substandard care, intimidated and bullied patients and falsified records to show patients who called 911 refused care
Last year, 16 of the 132 people who died in Oregon under the state’s law took the new mixture
The fire truck responded after no ambulances were available; the ambulances were stuck at the hospital waiting to hand off a patient
Our co-hosts discuss the pros and cons of using ultrasound with a podcast listener
Paramedic Dominick Walenczak breaks down why more EMS providers should embrace the use of ultrasound in the field
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