EMS Training and Education
This day’s theme highlights the pediatric clinical care provided by EMS and the need for increased specialized training for our youngest patients
Use these tips to pick the stethoscope best for you and to use it correctly on every patient
How to use the lost art of auscultatory percussion to evaluate suspected long bone fractures
Early preparation and information gathering will ensure you and your field personnel are ready when the AHA instructional materials are released
Dr. Bryan Bledsoe discusses the need for ‘clinical guidelines,’ and when straying from protocols is acceptable
A new Institute of Medicine study found survival rates were less than 6 percent, and recommended ways to improve cardiac arrest outcomes
Books
A book review of “Lights and Sirens: The Education of a Paramedic” by Kevin Grange
Dr. Bryan Bledsoe explains that “EMS is not linear” and we need to change the initial training for EMS providers
As we mature as providers, where once we saw rules and absolutes, we begin to see guidelines and nuance
Strong leadership, simulation training and implementing new techniques such as pit-crew resuscitation all help to improve outcomes when performing CPR
Obesity-related diseases, vaccine preventable disease, mental illness and the need for education should all be considered in the prehospital setting
Co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson explain how blood pressure relates to the bigger-picture of blood circulation throughout the body
Co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson provide advice on how to get a good blood pressure reading, especially when in the back of an ambulance
Rare training footage shows the armed medics ready to deploy at a moment’s notice
You are asked to respond to a private residence for a female patient; did you get the diagnosis right?
You are asked to respond to a private residence for a female patient
Since the differential diagnosis for PEA is wide and ACLS offers little guidance, try these tips to improve the chances of patient survival
There is much we don’t know about how TXA works and its role in reducing mortality from severe hemorrhage
Show off your understanding of the signs and symptoms of cardiac emergencies with this 10-question quiz
What are the causes of the patient’s distress and what treatments are indicated?
Kevin Grange takes readers into the highs and lows of his paramedic education at the UCLA paramedic program and ride time with the LAFD
EMS providers need to stop judging and take a more compassionate tact toward substance abuse users, hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson say
Some of our on the job learning is bad for us, bad for our patients, and best forgotten
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