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Use the ePCR to showcase your skills, knowledge and professionalism
The patient care report needs to clearly and consistently demonstrate that patients received good patient care
We owe it to ourselves and our families to understand and use the PPE designed to protect us from line of duty injury or death
Injury prevention, especially of geriatric falls, is an important responsibility for EMS providers
Every step of the way, at every interaction with a health care provider including EMTs and medics, a diagnosis is made
Patient assessment is an investigation process; good questions lead to good answers and better treatment
I’ve been to several MCIs that in retrospect were managed poorly, but here’s what I’ve learned from experience
Learn how you can accurately assess patients who are deaf or hard of hearing under extra challenging conditions
Create and complete realistic patient assessment scenarios to challenge EMS students, new EMTs and new paramedics
Instead of relegating celebration to a single week in May, consider how to recognize the accomplishments of EMS providers and organizations all year long
#10: The occupational licenses posted at your ambulance stations list the type of business as “Chauffeur/ taxi service.”
Hey smartypants, think you know more random EMS facts than your peers?
Always make sure you secure pediatric patients in a pediatric specific car seat during transport
Tackle the difficult challenge of encouraging audience or student participation by asking this simple question and waiting for a response
Understanding the spinal cord anatomy and physiology is critical to assessing injury severity and determining the need for spinal motion restriction
My partner asked the question we’ve all had at some point: “So, if you’ve had this for a week, what made it an emergency at 3 a.m.? Bless his sparky little rookie heart
The difficult part of picking a great boot is finding the one that fits you the best, with a price and feature set you can live with
Patient with history of CABG has tachyarrhythmia and elevated troponin and wants to leave the hospital against medical advice
Consider non-cardiac causes, like aortic dissection, when assessing any chest pain patient
What’s your assessment and care for a patient who has tachyarrhythmia, an abnormal EKG and elevated troponin?
Every year, when the pollen count in the South is at its highest, and the ambient temperature begins to resemble equatorial Africa, I pause to think, ''Hey, that’s the third sunburned drunk we’ve picked up from the river in a week! EMS Week must be right around the corner!’'
Understand the four phases of the Valsalva effect and how those phases effect a stable supraventricular tachycardia
What are the potential causes, assessments and treatments for a neonate with refractory hypoxemia?
Just because you are trained and authorized to give a drug, doesn’t mean you should give that drug
Use the AEIOU TIPS mnemonic, along with 12-lead EKG interpretation, to identify possible causes of reduced level of consciousness
‘May’ and ‘consider’ open up EMS protocols to allow for judgment calls and encourage critical thinking
What’s your assessment and care for a patient who had a headache the night before and now has a GCS of 9?