EMS Protocols
The EMS protocols topic section includes recent news and articles about proper EMS protocols.
A lack of accurate data tracking led LogRX CEO and Founder Clive Savacool to redefine what pharmacology accountability looks like for street-level medics
Follow these tips when responding to a patient with a suspected hip fracture
We asked our audience, “How long should you look for a patient you can’t locate?”
EMS providers need to understand the basics of electrolytes to better assess and treat patients with metabolic emergencies
The reported agreement to link dispatch systems still sees crews logging slower response times
The family says doctors kept the 8-year-old boy off the ventilator even though family members said he was moving
Medics have raised concerns about mounting workloads and difficulties reaching casualties on time
The University of Md. Shock Trauma Center hopes to have ‘community consent’ allowing any patient who enters the hospital to become a subject in a blood transfusion study
Chief Patty Dukes of Honolulu EMS is leading a crusade for new EMS protocols for dealing with human trafficking victims
Jeff Gaglio said he was trying to keep an old man warm after he was displaced from his burning home
Community Paramedicine will send paramedics to visit frequent 911 callers to assess why they call so often
The former helicopter paramedic posted on Facebook that she wanted to slap an uncooperative patient
The family believes that if proper care was given to Joanne Rodriguez, she’d still be alive
Officials are also now offering free health screenings to those potentially infected by a paramedic who tampered with painkillers
Brad Tate responded to calls and told patients they did not need to be taken to the hospital, but they were rushed in later
CPAP for emergency management of congestive heart failure and other respiratory emergencies has become the standard of care
Following national trends, Roanoke County is trying to reverse the continual loss of volunteer firefighters
The new labeling system will categorize calls by level of seriousness
Patients said paramedics arrived within five minutes, but were forced to wait for EMT to take them to hospital
The report hopes to ensure a defined method of children transport in ground ambulances
Municipal ambulance service alleges that competing company has stolen 25 percent of calls this year
Officials say an inadequate examination and lack of protocol contributed to the baby’s death
The study raises concerns on time-consuming scripted questions dispatchers must ask before giving CPR instructions
The only paramedic to reach dying Liverpool fans has revealed how those behind the Hillsborough cover-up ‘got to him’
The task force will be trained to identify homes with potential hoarding-related hazards
Future goal is to offload all patients in 30 minutes or less 100 percent of the time
NNT has influenced prehospital care, including use of CPAP and going from ABC to CAB in CPR practice
Ambulance was not dispatched because paramedics were ‘outside of the resourcing window’
The drug we use most often in EMS can cause harm if we give it without good reason
In nearly every set of clinical protocols, there are provisions for EMS personnel to exercise judgment when necessary
‘Scoop and run’ might seem like best tactic to take for cardiac arrest patients, but it actually wastes precious resuscitation time
