Technology
The technology topic will keep you up to speed on new EMS technologies including improved emergency communications and high-tech EMS technologies.
A back-to-basics review of communication center types and facility equipment, plus must-have dispatcher skills
The artificial intelligence revolution has arrived; learn how OpenAI’s most popular innovation can add value to EMS
Proper inventory, tracking and reporting on the use of these drugs protects both practitioners and patients
Understand the advantages and challenges of community-created content and where to find it to improve your clinical practice and system operations
The game sends players to real-world locations to capture virtual creatures
The viral “augmented reality” app layers gameplay onto the physical world and players — eyes glued to their smartphone screens — in search of digital monsters are wiping out in a variety of ways
The man felt a sharp pain in his thigh when he realized he was on fire and tossed off his pants
Chris Cebollero and Greg Friese, MS, NRP, discuss EMS MCI response lessons learned from protests turned violent in Ferguson and Dallas
Here are the five EMS documentation mistakes that deny patients coverage they deserve and EMS agencies fair compensation for their services
Write a compelling narrative with passion, conflict and resolution to engage grant application reviewers in your project
Tesla and government statements say Joshua D. Brown, 40, was killed May 7 in Florida, when his Tesla’s cameras failed to distinguish the white side of a turning tractor-trailer from a brightly lit sky
Gather round to learn the out-of-date and obsolete EMT skills that the Ambulance Driver has outlasted during his EMS career
STARS in Manitoba helicopters will fly with two units of O-negative blood for patient use on scene or during transport to a trauma center
Modern and legacy 911 telecommunication systems have weaknesses and potential failure points, which puts civilians and responders at risk
The system, called ResQCPR, is proven to improve the likelihood of survival in adults who have experienced a non-traumatic, sudden heart attack by making CPR more efficient
Here’s how to understand the role of EMS in unraveling the pre-puncture problem for patients with large vessel occlusive stroke
The video shows the EMTs choosing to continue to wait for their food at a White Castle location instead of answering a call from dispatch
An off-duty paramedic used a radio traffic app to update a comment on the Pulse Facebook page throughout the incident
The New Jersey hospital-based crew is on unpaid administrative leave pending an investigation into their behavior
Brothers, Stan and Dominique Larkin, relied on external total artificial hearts before successful heart transplants
The customized ambulance is built to transport the four-person team and equipment to care for a patient receiving ECMO
Research shows sitting is the new smoking and for EMS providers who sit a lot more movement is needed
The new equipment includes “fly cars,” ambulance charging stations and rescue boats
Corey Showers’ stroke symptoms were recognized by a fellow firefighter and confirmed by a remote neurologist using a telemedicine robot
Patients who received CPR with the ResQCPR system had a 9 percent one-year survival rate, versus a 6 percent without it
‘Last Week Tonight’ segment confronts the inability of 911 systems to find callers as easily as a pizza delivery app or an Uber driver
It is important to differentiate tension pneumothorax from conditions with similar symptoms, and to avoid performing inappropriate needle decompression
Taylor Rosenthal recently turned down a $30 million offer to buy RecMed, which started as an eighth-grade project
The new EMS body armor will protect providers when they are in the field
All personnel need appropriate access to information, forms and schedules from any device which connects to the Internet
Pay for training, regardless of on-duty or off-duty, depends on the requirement and intent of the training course
The director aims to have 94 percent of the state access to an air ambulance within 30 minutes
