Triage
“Instead of responding to the majority of 999 calls we receive every day, we want to flip that so we only go to those patients who really, really need a double staffed paramedic emergency ambulance quickly.”
Learn from a real-world use case of the rescue strike team and the three phases of deployment
Revamped triage criteria streamline decision making and relieve the burden on hospital systems
A passenger from the Missouri Amtrak derailment shares details of the response involving nearly 20 local and state agencies
Be prepared for the unique challenges of law enforcement officers wounded on the job
Focusing on swift triage, being good at the basics and having a plan for exfiltrating the wounded are essential steps to immediate lifesaving measures
Learn what’s changed in the 2021 ACS FTG and how to implement the trauma triage guidelines
The National Guideline for the Field Triage of Injured Patients was updated to help providers make more accurate judgments about the level of care an injured patient may need
The new content covers field triage, acute events in infants, cardiac arrest and trauma MCIs
Oscar Monterossa served in the U.S. Army for four years as a combat medic, but it was the Route 91 Harvest music festival shooting where the paramedic felt most vulnerable
Some U.S. medics have deployed with Team Rubicon, and one started his own nonprofit
Arthur Curry, a 27-year-old from San Diego, signed up with the International Legion of Defense of Ukraine
In the wake of three deadly MCIs in November, only 11% of poll respondents said their agency is fully staffed and trained for a mass casualty incident
This app helps EMS providers triage symptoms more accurately and quickly – and get the patient to the right facility without delay
Robert Kelley was a paramedic with the Killeen Fire Department when a gunman killed 23 people and injured 20 more at an area restaurant
Empire BlueCross BlueShield and Mount Sinai Health System have reached an agreement to offer community paramedicine, ET3 and treat-in-place options
Pigeon Forge first responders triaged and transported two patients by ambulance, while the third was airlifted to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville
Alternative plans were made by Springfield-Greene County Health Department officials to combat spread of the virus
After a successful pilot program in DeKalb County, AMR becomes the largest group included in the CMS ET3 model
The Volusia County program allows dispatchers to transfer non-emergency 911 calls to a nurse for remote assessment and home care guidance
As the winter’s surge of coronavirus cases overwhelmed Los Angeles hospitals, EMTs like Michael Diaz were forced to take previously unthinkable measures
The program seeks to determine which calls require a police response and which can be handled by firefighter-medics or others
The bill aims to ensure stroke patients are transported to the most appropriate medical facility rather than the nearest hospital
MD Ally allows first responders to conserve resources by triaging non-emergency patients to virtual care
Rob Lawrence and guest Dr. Fivaz discuss heroes in headsets and prehospital emergency triage
Officials said about 500 people were at the house and emergency vehicles were hampered by a large number of parked cars on the street
The Chicago Fire Department called an EMS Plan 3, dispatching 15 ambulances, a district chief and chief paramedic
A paper from the Prehospital Stroke System of Care Consensus Conference offers guiding principles for triage and transport destinations
The two Arlington County firefighter-medics were among the first mutual aid teams at the scene
5 Texas EMS medical directors recount the operational and 911 triage challenges recent weather posed as power outages afflicted the region
MedStar’s Matt Zavadsky and NASEMSO’s Dia Gainor discuss traffic incident management and EMS’s role in multi-agency response after 133 vehicle pileup
