Medical Monitoring
The Medical Monitoring topic contains news and information about medical monitoring, outlines the current trends and what the future may hold for EMS providers.
Understand how continuous waveform capnography and ETCO2 monitoring during CPR can improve cardiac arrest outcomes
Learn how to differentiate supraventricular tachycardia from sinus tachycardia on ECGs by examining P wave visibility, heart rate, and rhythm regularity.
State regulators’ account in the case of a woman who was found alive at a funeral home differs from what Southfield’s fire chief said in a news conference last week
The state has also served letters of intent to suspend the licenses of the two firefighter-EMTs who were at the scene
Southfield Fire Chief Johnny Menifee said Wednesday the four providers “feel terrible” and disputed claims that first responders placed the woman in a body bag
Use of capnography is charging ahead for more accurate prehospital diagnoses and care
The ET3 model and the COVID-19 are influencing a move away from 911 transport to the ED, and toward autonomy for EMS providers
How do you assess and manage a patient with bradycardia?
The new point-of-care ultrasound system includes embedded workflow, an adaptable form factor and improved image clarity
Understanding the pathophysiology of difficulty breathing and different methods of delivering airway pressure
Three significant consequences of routine, excessive oxygen administration
Providing accurate ventilations and oxygenation in concert with effective chest compressions and timely defibrillation contributes to saving lives in the BLS setting
In some cases, our medical monitoring equipment alert is the precursor to a rapidly deteriorating patient who appears normal
EMS providers have a key role in initial emergency care for pediatric patients with sepsis
The man also allegedly threatened EMTs and assaulted a sheriff’s deputy
Targeting the most common chief complaints and deadly diagnoses to consider in prehospital medicine
Conduct a needs assessment to establish how accessories will be used to save time and protect providers
Mayor Bill de Blasio said “the whole FDNY family” will be the first to receive the tests
Scenario: EMS work through resuscitation and management strategies when they respond to a call for pediatric drowning and find the child in cardiac arrest
City leaders plan to test as many first responders as possible to prevent those without symptoms from unknowingly spreading the virus
As EMS agencies move toward multi-function devices, they are poised to save more than equipment costs. Here are 5 benefits that may surprise you.
About 200 tests will be administered for free each day in the parking lot of the stadium
The city has entered into an agreement with Abbott Laboratories to receive 5,000 kits that can produce results within 15 minutes
More than half the city’s EMS providers have been exposed to COVID-19 but only those showing symptoms are required to self-isolate
The testing site at the city fire station is open to anyone and can provide same-day or next-day results
A Seattle Police Department warehouse will serve as the first testing site in the country reserved for first responders, officials say
Use these tips to get an accurate oral temperature on patients with infection, COVID-19, influenza, hypothermia or hyperthermia
In this episode, our co-hosts welcome Medtronic’s Holly Stewart, who explains the history of capnography and offers insight into its use for DKA and sepsis monitoring
Our co-hosts discuss a news story out of Tennessee that could have implications for EMS providers who administer medication
The department plans to provide nontransport advanced life support in anticipation that their county’s ambulances will be taxed responding to the next county over
The device is implanted under the skin and automatically releases naloxone when it detects a drop in blood-oxygen level
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