EMS Equipment News & Articles

• What paramedics want in 2022

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  3,213 EMS providers speak up about job satisfaction, effective leadership, safety and innovation in the EMS Trend Survey

• How to recommend new EMS equipment for your agency

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  Everyone likes new equipment, but before you run to your boss to make your case, ask yourself these questions

• Canadian EMS provider designs chest harness to reduce injuries

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  New piece of gear improves weight distribution of gear and can be worn over PPE, said inventor Hannah Chevalier

• N.M. county VFDs to receive $1M in new medical equipment

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  The approval for new AEDs, cardiac monitors and CPR devices follows an inspection showing that most Eddy County fire vehicles lacked working AEDs

• Regional AFG grant applications: What you need to know

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  Eligible regional activities under AFG are Vehicle Acquisition, Training, Equipment, Wellness and Fitness, and PPE activities

• Adult GSW with hemodynamic collapse, Part 1

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  Drs.  Antevy, Piehl and Spiro evaluate EMS video of a patient receiving whole blood and a finger thoracostomy

• Product Review: 3M Littmann CORE Digital Stethoscope

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  Kelly Grayson shares how the digital amplification option from Eko stands up to rig noise and abuse

• Point/counterpoint: The great vaccine debate

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  Should healthcare professionals lose their jobs if they refuse a COVID-19 vaccine?

• Dangerous assumptions

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  When a patient says “I can’t breathe” or “I’m going to die,” you better listen

• Pa. Fire, EMS companies awarded $320,000 in state grants

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  The funding will aim to keep equipment, facilities high-quality for responders and communities

• Is your stretcher mattress holding up under increased infection control?

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  When decon is not enough to assure patient comfort and safety, consider replacing your stretcher mattress with an affordable, durable substitute

• Jordan Goulding on tachydysrhythmias

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  Join us as we discuss the simplest, most important things you need to know for your next heart racing encounter

• What’s in your tactical medical kit?

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  When you’re on an operation and you can only take what you can carry, what do you choose?

• Wait a minute, you auscultated a broken bone?

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  How to use the lost art of auscultatory percussion to evaluate suspected long bone fractures

• Airway management: Improving first-pass intubation success (eBook)

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  In this eBook, learn about optimal patient positioning, securing an airway with facial trauma involvement and the benefits of the bougie in airway management

• How to auscultate a patient's blood pressure

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  Learn and follow these steps to accurately auscultate blood pressure quickly and easily

• Cold and injured: Motor vehicle accidents in the winter

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  Hypothermic patients, multi-systems trauma and slippery scenes present difficult decision-making challenges for rescuers

• 3 things paramedics need to know about respiratory compromise, pneumonia and sepsis

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  Recognize the signs and symptoms of pneumonia and understand how capnography can be used to guide treatment for pneumonia and sepsis.

• Can respiratory support devices create air hunger through flow dyssynchrony?

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  The work of breathing can go up and oxygen saturation can go down when the patient and the equipment are not in sync

• 4 things to explain to patients to increase their comfort and compliance

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  Put yourself in the patient’s position to gain an understanding of how their fear may complicate your interventions

• Single pressure CPAP vs. bilevel pressure CPAP: The rest of the story

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  Understanding the pathophysiology of difficulty breathing and different methods of delivering airway pressure

• 5 errors that are giving you incorrect blood pressure readings

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  Blood pressure may be the vital sign we measure the most and understand the least

• Using ultraviolet light to decontaminate ambulances

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  What you need to consider when purchasing UV-C devices for cleaning ambulances to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other pathogens

• Are your patient’s lungs in compliance? What EMS providers can do to help patients breathe better

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  Learn how pulmonary compliance can be achieved

• How to buy pediatric equipment (eBook)

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  Download this EMS1 pediatric equipment buying guide to learn key steps for product selection, purchasing and implementation

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