Technology
The technology topic will keep you up to speed on new EMS technologies including improved emergency communications and high-tech EMS technologies.
Whether it’s navigating a pediatric resuscitation or to the ED entrance that’s blocks away from a hospital’s posted address, these apps should be on every EMT’s smartphone
STAR Ambulance’s journey to enhancing patient care delivery and the employee experience
Key findings from the Verizon Frontline Public Safety Communications survey
An ultrasound machine, while not an exact replacement, gives the soldiers something similar to a CT scan or X-ray machine
The widespread use of body-worn cameras by police is leading some paramedic chiefs to consider cameras for EMS personnel
A Hack for Her team designed the app which syncs with a Microsoft Band to help users report domestic violence
Maximize efficiency gains from an online scheduling application by making sure software has these capabilities
New identification tags used statewide will be able to track first responders by scanning ID badges to organize where first responders should go
Emergency physicians used information from a patient’s Fitbit to determine when his heart arrhythmia started
Memphis is looking at data-driven backing for community paramedicine or even a public-shaming campaign to rein in costs
Our co-hosts discuss the pros and cons of using ultrasound with a podcast listener
Paramedic Dominick Walenczak breaks down why more EMS providers should embrace the use of ultrasound in the field
Our co-hosts discuss devices such as video laryngoscopy, capnography and ultrasound in the field
Our co-hosts talk about the pros and cons of using ultrasound to assess, treat and monitor patients
Review the evidence for nine clinical applications for field ultrasound to assess, treat and monitor critically ill patients
Google “metronome” from any internet connected device to use an adjustable, audible beat during chest compressions
Central EMS in partnership with Forsyth County fire department is adopting video laryngoscopy for endotracheal intubation
The Toronto City Council approved motions to make data from the fire and EMS systems real time calls public; the city hopes the data will lead to innovation
The card was designed by a company that is developing a mobile ECG device
The cameras should improve safety by giving fire truck and ambulance drivers a way to see what is going on outside of their vehicles
Follow this planning process to ensure the benefits of a new EMS software application are fully realized
Answering these questions provides a blueprint for a quality process and product implementation into the EMS agency
A fleet manager equipped 40 ambulances with solar panels, which reduced fuel consumption and extended battery life
Women’s History Month is celebrated annually during March; here’s a handful of inventions vital to present-day first responders
Subjects followed the robot even after it had proven itself unreliable; researchers said the robot became an “authority figure” trusted during pressures of an emergency
Win the airway with prehospital video laryngoscopy for first attempt intubation
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