Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation-Prehospital Implementation-American Heart Association

Delayed Prehospital Implementation: EMS Research Episode 1

Bigham BL, Koprowicz K, Aufderheide TP, Davis DP, Donn S, Powell J, Suffoletto B, Nafziger S, Stouffer J, Idris A, Morrison LJ; ROC Investigators. Delayed prehospital implementation of the 2005 American Heart Association guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiac care. Prehosp EmergCare. Jul-Sep;14(3):355-60, 2010. Followup discussion regarding the guideline development process. Panelists: Harry Mueller [...] read more..

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Emergencies-Pedestrians-Ambulances-Episode

EMS Heat Related Emergencies Revisited and Episode 294

Ambulances versus pedestrians, ambulances and mass casualty incidents, and ambulances and research, plus we’re going to take a look and revisit some information on heat related emergencies. If that’s what you’re looking for you found  it right here on the MedicCast.Read more on EMS Heat Related Emergencies Revisited and Episode 294… read more..

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Aaem Position Paper-Psychic Ability-Opinion Paper-Epinephrine

A Critic Reads My Mind, But Does He Read What I Write

"You have based your whole position on this epi debate on an OPINION paper."How do you know what I have based my conclusions on? Please provide some evidence of your psychic ability.I have been writing about epinephrine since long before the editorial by Dr. Callaway. I was also teaching about the problems with epinephrine before the AAEM Position statement and AAEM Working Group Report, but I was not writing a blog at that time.Perhaps you are referring to the AAEM Position Paper, which includes a review of the literature and analysis by Amal Mattu, MD FAAEM, Carey Chisholm, MD FAAEM, and Jerome R. Hoffman, MA MD FAAEM. read more..

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Gathering Of Eagles

Images from Gathering of Eagles Presentation on RAMPART

Some images from the Gathering of Eagles presentation on RAMPART[1] can help to give an idea of what was done to blind EMS to the treatment being given, while minimizing any delay in care that might result from being part of a study. Thank you to Happy Medic for clarifying some of the information not spelled out in the paper. read more..

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Standard Of Care-Spinal Fracture-Expiration Date-Owsley County-Wilson County

Immobilization or not that is the question – EMS Garage Episode 156

Any standard of care that does not have evidence of benefit needs to have an expiration date. What do we do that causes the most stress on an unstable spinal fracture?Placing a cervical collar and strapping them to a board increases the stress on any unstable spinal injury. read more..

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Pedestrian hit and killed by an ambulance

BOONEVILLE, KY  – Only the markings remain on Kentucky 30 west, showing the accident scene where earlier today an ambulance hit an Owsley County man, killing him. It happened around 4:30pm in the Vincent community,just a few miles outside of Booneville. Alex Neely couldn’t believe his neighbor, Billy Smith, was gone. “I know the family [...] read more..

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And That’s Why We Lock Our Ambulances

MT. JULIET, Tenn.–A man hopped into a Wilson County ambulance that was blocking his car and tried to move it while paramedics were loading a patient. http://www.jems.com/article/news/blocked-tenn-man-tries-move-ambulance Ambulances get stolen all the time, and yet many of us still think it’s OK to leave them unlocked. If someone truly wants inside your ambulance – or [...] read more..

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