Kan. EMS agency limits use of lights and sirens
Statistics show running lights and siren only saves seconds, sometimes minutes.
View ArticleTFAH Releases Annual Public Health Preparedness Report
The Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) has released the fifth annual “Ready or Not" Protecting the Public’s Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bioterrorism” report, which found that while important...
View ArticleNCSL Publishes Report on EMS in Rural America
The National Conference of State Legislatures has published a report on "EMS in Rural America" that summarizes its 2007 conference to inform policymakers about the challenges facing emergency medical...
View ArticleNational Registry Exam Item Writers Needed
The National Registry of EMTs is seeking EMS professionals to participate in Item Writing Committees. Item writers are needed at the Emergency Medical Responder (EMR), Emergency Medical Technician...
View ArticleCDC Provides Annual Report on US Health Trends
Health, United States, 2007, is the 31st annual report on the health status of the Nation prepared by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services for the President and Congress. In a...
View ArticleChina-U.S. Conference on Emergency Medical Services Call for Papers
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View ArticleEmergency Response Guidebook training for EMS and fire
Before you do anything, make sure you have the most current copy of the ERG.
View ArticleProve it: Early use of therapeutic hypothermia improves cardiac arrest outcomes
Introduction The review Results What it means for you Limitations Introduction Engine and Medic 42 arrive at a local residence to find a male age 66 lying in the front yard with neighbors performing...
View ArticleProve it: Giving epinephrine early during cardiac arrest improves...
Mechanism that inhibits long-term favorable neurologic outcome after epinephrine despite initial hemodynamic improvement remains unexplained
View ArticleProve it: Can a vacuum device during CPR improve cardiac output?
Although it resulted in greater blood flow back to the heart, a small sample size was just one of the study's limitations.
View ArticleAHA CPR guidelines: What the 2015 PALS updates mean for EMS providers
In-depth insights into the expert recommendations for chest compressions, defibrillation, medications and post-arrest care
View ArticleProve It: Are continuous chest compressions more effective?
Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) randomized, controlled trial compared interrupted CPR and continuous-chest-compression CPR
View ArticleWhat the OIG report on questionable billing means for ambulance transports
By Kevin Fairlie In September of 2015, the Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report titled "Inappropriate Payments and Questionable Billing...
View ArticleEnd of the ROC groundbreaking EMS research
SAN DIEGO — Researching the myriad of details that surround the management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and severely injured patients requires time, patience and resources. It was that complexity...
View ArticleStudy: Medics assaulted more often than firefighters
By Frank Otto Drexel University PHILADELPHIA — Research out of Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health determined that EMTs and paramedics are 14 times more likely to be violently injured...
View ArticleShould medics intubate out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients?
By Christopher T. Boyer The American Heart Association 2015 guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiac Care are somewhat inconclusive about advanced airway management for patients in cardiac arrest. The...
View ArticleProve It: Oxygen therapy improves outcomes following AMI
Medic 12 and Engine 46 receive a report of chest pain on the 12th floor of a local office building. Engine 46 arrives on the scene first and finds a 42-year-old male sitting at his desk. The patient...
View ArticleSedate cardiac arrest patients who attain awareness from high-quality CPR
LINCOLN, Neb. — EMS leaders and clinicians warn that patients receiving high-quality CPR, especially from mechanical CPR devices, can achieve some level of consciousness or alertness without a...
View ArticleUse of ECMO in cardiac arrest
The use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for treatment of refractory cardiac arrest from ventricular fibrillation is explained. Learn more about ECMO here.
View ArticleOverdoses now top killer of Americans
Seth Borenstein Associated Press WASHINGTON — Accidents are killing more Americans each year, increasingly from overdoses and falls. A new report from the National Safety Council said that in 2014,...
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