2016 EMS Trend Report: The forces shaping the present and future of EMS
By Jay Fitch and Greg Friese As the EMS adage goes, "If you’ve seen one EMS system, you’ve seen one EMS system." While that statement reflects the diversity of EMS systems across the United States, it...
View ArticleStudy: Trampoline parks tied to jump in emergency room visits
HARTFORD, Conn. — A new study says that indoor trampoline parks are more likely to result in ER visits than home trampoline sets. The study, published in Pediatrics, also found that trampoline parks,...
View ArticleCommunity paramedicine program proves potential value
Northwell Health (N.Y.) has published preliminary results of the impact their community paramedicine program had within an advanced illness management program. "Providing Acute Care at Home: Community...
View Article2017 EMS Trend Report: The forces shaping the future of EMS
EMS1 and Fitch & Associates take an in-depth look at EMS trends in the United States and set a foundation for assessing how the EMS profession is changing
View ArticleHalloween: Is it the most dangerous day for kids?
Analysis of the 56 million ePCR records in the NEMSIS national dataset shows days with the most traumatic pediatric cardiac arrests in 2013 and 2014
View ArticleResearch Analysis: Intubation curriculum increases first pass success
A study of over 5,000 intubations demonstrates the value of continuous quality improvement
View ArticleWhy heads-up CPR is NOT ready for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest care
EMS clinical leaders need to review and consider the research before implementing a new CPR technique
View ArticleCommunity paramedicine isn't a fire department cash machine
Dallas' program is under fire for not making money, and that's OK; here are 5 steps to a successful community paramedicine program
View ArticleOverdoses now top killer of Americans
Drug overdoses, accidental poisonings are up 78 percent over a decade and now exceed vehicle crashes as the top accidental killer in the U.S.
View ArticleProve it: Is it asthma or COPD?
A single prehospital treatment protocol for respiratory distress from asthma or COPD is reasonable
View Article2016 EMS Trend Report: The forces shaping the present and future of EMS
EMS1 and Fitch & Associates take an in-depth look at EMS trends in the United States and set a foundation for assessing how the EMS profession is changing
View ArticleStudy: Trampoline parks tied to jump in emergency room visits
Trampoline parks are hotspots for injury because multiple people will bounce at the same time
View ArticleCommunity paramedicine program proves potential value
Preliminary data published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society demonstrates early successes of a N.Y. community paramedicine program
View Article2017 EMS Trend Report: The forces shaping the future of EMS
EMS1 and Fitch & Associates take an in-depth look at EMS trends in the United States and set a foundation for assessing how the EMS profession is changing
View ArticleResearch Analysis: Intubation curriculum increases first pass success
A study of over 5,000 intubations demonstrates the value of continuous quality improvement
View ArticleWhy heads-up CPR is NOT ready for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest care
EMS clinical leaders need to review and consider the research before implementing a new CPR technique
View ArticleHalloween: Is it the most dangerous day for kids?
Analysis of the 56 million ePCR records in the NEMSIS national dataset shows days with the most traumatic pediatric cardiac arrests in 2013 and 2014
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