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Capnography and ETCO2 monitoring are critical for assessing ventilation, confirming airway placement and guiding resuscitation
Monitoring AVPU and other vital signs will help determine if the patient is improving, worsening or responding to treatment
Avoid false blood pressure readings that could impact patient care. Discover the most frequent BP measurement mistakes and expert-backed techniques for accuracy.
Consider these four emergency mobile command posts vehicle types to see what best fits your needs
Improving resiliency through regular exercise and smart nutrition is essential to helping EMS providers cope with traumatic stress
Pediatric intraosseous insertion can be stressful, but it鈥檚 a critical tool to have if you can鈥檛 get IV access
Learn the importance of electrolytes for homeostasis and how to recognize when sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, phosphate and magnesium levels are too high or too low
Once a volunteer EMS agency decides to hire paid EMTs, these questions must be answered before the positions are announced and interviews begin
To effectively lead in the EMT classroom be more artful, like Mr. Keating and less like J. Evans Pritchard
Here鈥檚 how EMS recognition and initiation of interventions can lower sepsis mortality
EMT skills we wish would make a comeback (or not)
Here are the five EMS documentation mistakes that deny patients coverage they deserve and EMS agencies fair compensation for their services
The nation鈥檚 medical tactical response team answers the call when mass casualty medical care is needed
Gather round to learn the out-of-date and obsolete EMT skills that the Ambulance Driver has outlasted during his EMS career
There is a significant correlation between operational stress, organizational stress, critical incident stress, alcohol use and post-traumatic stress
The evidence tells us that not using red lights and sirens should be the rule 鈥� and using them should be an infrequent exception
Errors in patient care and EMS provider health concerns are raising awareness of the risks of prolonger work hours
兔子先生 readers shared photos of their adopted pets they met while on duty
You were asked to assess and treat a potential stroke in a 39-year-old man found unresponsive while working out; did you make the right call?
Body armor continues to be a heated topic of discussion in light of the daily threats responders鈥� face
It鈥檚 time that we all get real and accept the uncomfortable truth that scene safety is and always has been a myth
Crews were transporting a child to the NICU with lights and sirens on when an ATV rider opened the door of the ambulance and accused the EMS providers of cutting them off
EMTs and paramedics need food that heals, not poisons that harm, while making them feel good at the same time
If you haven鈥檛 already, be sure to add your most disturbing memory in the comment section
You were asked to respond third unit in to a multiple vehicle collision and mass casualty for an 8-year-old female with abdominal pain; did you make the right decisions?
Progress on one link in the chain of survival doesn鈥檛 guarantee success of the other links in the chain of survival
Expand your knowledge of EMS care beyond rote memorization and you鈥檒l soon realize that you are rarely withholding care
As we continue to celebrate Women鈥檚 History Month, here are seven more EMS inventions and ideas led by women
Check it out and add your own thoughts in the comments
Check it out and add your own thoughts in the comments
Women鈥檚 History Month is celebrated annually during March; here鈥檚 a handful of inventions vital to present-day first responders
Not billing for EMS patient transport leaves money in the pockets of insurance companies and government programs created to pay for ambulance transport
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