On tonight’s Olympics edition of the EMSEduCast co-host Greg, Rob, and Bill have a conversation regarding how each of us prepare to present at an EMS conference. Articles Post–Cardiac Arrest Mortality Is Declining: A Study of the US National Inpatient Sample 2001 to 2009 Implementation of the Fifth Link of the Chain of Survival Concept [...] read more..
Service Profiles Jeff, the theme park EMT, shares insider information about Reedy Creek Emergency Services in a service profile on the Other Side of EMS blog. I am looking forward to seeing Jeff, Mickey, Goofy, and the whole WDW gang in August at the NAEMSE symposium. Products EMS and Fire author Ed Mund sent me [...] read more..
You’ve heard the claim before. A well meaning partner or supervisor may have warned you. Or perhaps a field instructor or even an EMT instructor made the dubious claim. It sounded something like this, “We need to be careful about taking people to the hospital against their will. If they have the right to refuse [...] read more..
SUNSET PARK, NY — A Brooklyn man died Saturday evening after colliding with an ambulance on his motorcylce just blocks away from his home. Jesus Santiago, 46, was riding his motorcycle in the vincinty of Fourth Avenue and 63rd Street, when he was struck by an ambulance around 6:21 p.m., police said. Officers found him [...] read more..
The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation (www.SCA-Aware.org) is one of those groups who support EMS and emergency health care systems by calling attention to the things that can be done to improve cardiac arrest rescue rates. Carissa Caramanis O’Brien returns with a special interview with two “rescuers” responsible for saves using prompt and high quality CPR, AEDs, and 911 rescue services.Read more on Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation Features Rescuers and AED Saves… read more..
Bristol paramedics are set to take part in a study to find the best way of resuscitating patients whose hearts have stopped. Less than a fifth of patients who suffer a cardiac arrest out of hospital currently survive and a study is being held in the city to establish how paramedics might improve rates of [...] read more..
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Schertz police have accused a man of rear-ending an ambulance while driving drunk. Mario Alberto Torres, 27, was held in the Guadalupe County Jail on one count of accident involving damage to a vehicle greater than $200 and driving while intoxicated. A judge set bail at $4,000. Torres had brought his car [...] read more..
We enter a time where the EMS Career field changes with every passing day. To have a successful organization we need to change with the times. It’s this change that always seems to bring stress even into the best of organizations. Join Chris Cebollero as he discusses Change Management with Don Lundy, Patrick Pianezza, JB Guiton and [...] read more..
Firefighting students at College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, MO, responded to the sound of a fall to find senior Walter Watts unresponsive on the floor in cardiac arrest. With the use of their CPR training and a nearby AED, Watts was successfully revived. [Read the whole story here...] read more..
