Patient Handling

Helping a fall patient back into bed, a chair or onto the ambulance cot should launch risk mitigation in the patient’s home to prevent future falls

“In my work as an EMS chaplain, I’ve ridden in the back of an ambulance hundreds of times, but this was the first time I was on the stretcher”

The two Warwick firefighters underwent investigation following a patient's death

Partnership between St. Charles Health and Crook County Fire & Rescue continues to meet local need

EMS providers need to understand anchoring, a type of cognitive bias, to prevent errors in prehospital patient assessment and care

How to use the lost art of auscultatory percussion to evaluate suspected long bone fractures

Trendelenburg is taught to all EMS students, but does it still have a place in prehospital care?

First responders can use their status as respected community figures to reduce the risk for drowning

You are dispatched to a factory for a report of a man with his arm caught in a hydraulic press

Learn how real-time BVM feedback can help you improve patient care for cardiac arrest, TBI and other critical conditions

The 71-year-old driver, who is now in custody, was heading through a tunnel when he drove his Volvo station wagon onto the sidewalk

The clinical, cognitive and potential risk considerations in lift-assists, which are more complex than we realize

Test your airway management knowledge with these 10 questions