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Resiliency training and a CISM program laid a foundation for the Richmond Ambulance Authority to support its providers’ mental health
Practical, authentic ways to show gratitude and strengthen community ties with the people who respond first when it matters most
5 tips to quickly find a patient’s radial pulse for vital sign assessment
A prospective EMR’s guide to skills, duties and career options
Steve Whitehead shares CPAP contraindications
Take your time to get that tube smoothly, non-traumatically into trachea on 1st pass
Crews were able to successfully resuscitate 83 percent of the time, compared to an 11 percent national average
Rockland Paramedic Services will use the money to train paramedics in order to expand their role to post-hospital visits
The Ebola exercise helps county first responders and hospital staff prepare for any patient who may need care for a highly infectious disease
In its second year, the EMS Trend Report describes revealing changes in clinical care, finance and the use of technology in EMS
Our panel of EMS leaders discusses changes, both positive and alarming, and what the data means for growing and improving EMS
It’s time for EMS providers to adopt the label by which the public already knows us: paramedics
Our co-hosts talk about what EMS professionals need to do in order to prepare for a mass shooting
Learn more about high-quality, high-performance CPR
Challenging ALS and BLS standards of emergency medicine to improve patient outcomes and satisfaction
Portsmouth Ambulance in partnership with Shawnee State University will offer 24 scholarships, an expansion from last year’s seven
NIOSH and NHTSA collaborated to use emergency department visit data to identify the five primary types of injury events experienced by EMS providers
In Chicago, more than 3,000 people have been shot this year, and the victim of a gunshot wound can bleed to death in only five minutes
To make the scenario more realistic, students volunteered to be victims during the simulation, going so far as to apply wounds created with makeup
EMS1 readers came together to outline more reasons on why you shouldn’t run, but walk with purpose
Our co-hosts also discuss how to go from the truck to stepping into an instructor role
Take this quiz to test your knowledge on the paramedic vs. EMT conundrum
EMS providers need to be involved in educating communities in how to provide the initial response to critically injured patients
Event at EMS World covered steps to avoid accidental fentanyl exposure during scene size-up, patient care and investigation
The IAFC will continue to offer essential training for volunteer and remote responders to ensure they can manage rail incidents effectively
The program aims to teach bystanders how to keep victims with life-threatening injuries alive until EMS arrives
Fire and EMS agencies owe their crews, and the citizens they serve and protect, competent fire apparatus and ambulance driver/operators
Participating students will be EMT certified after spending a minimum of 48 hours in an ER and 60 hours in an ambulance
Despite some respondents telling their younger selves to seek alternate employment, most had unique insight for their rookie selves from years on the job
Running makes it harder to keep your cool and operate at peak effectiveness
Test your knowledge of fentanyl exposure, protection and treatment
Students in the Emergency Medical Response program will be able to become fully certified before graduating high school
Chris Applegate, who now teaches math and physics at a high school, was helping with powderpuff football practice when a distraught student ran up to him
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