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Weekly posts about EMS education, patient treatment and whatever else comes to mind!

RSV: The Other Viral Illness Making Headlines

November 28, 2022 Author: Joshua Ishmael, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM, NRP Respiratory Syncytial Virus [RSV], is the most common causative agent...

Making Push Dose Epi

For quite some time, Dopamine has been taught in paramedic programs across the country as the "Gold Standard" as a vasopressor in...

Pulmonary Embolisms - What are they?

It's been a while since we've left you with a blog post, so hopefully this one was worth the wait. In this post, we are going to cover...

NSTEMIs

"Some good news, sir...you're not having a heart attack..." How many of us have either said that or have overheard someone else telling...

Apneic Oxygenation: What is it and how do we do it?

What is it? Apneic oxygenation (ApOx) is a passive flow of oxygen into the alveoli during apnea, typically at 15 liters per minute (LPM)...

ABG's and ROME?

ABGs we got several requests for today's post to be about ABGs and ABG interpretation, so here we go! ABGs have always been a stumbling...

Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH): What is it and how do we identify it?

Under normal conditions, the left ventricle is larger than the right ventricle, because it carries more of a workload (thanks to...

"Tugging At My Heart Strings..."

The papillary muscles protrude off the inner lining of the heart (the endocardium); off of these muscles, are the chordae tendineae. The...

Jugular Vein Distention

Some of the most notable causes of JVD in the pre-hospital setting are right sided heart failure, cardiac tamponade (think Beck's ️),...

How to pass (or fail) the NREMT exam

At the end of your EMT class or Paramedic Program you will start to hear your classmates talk about the number of questions they took on...

"Play Ball" - Commotio Cordis

Commotio Cordis occurs when there is a sudden blunt impact to the chest that causes sudden death. This is also known as an "R on T...

RVI: Who Am I?

When an Inferior Wall MI is identified (ST segment elevation in II, III, aVF) perform a right-sided 12 lead EKG. To do this, move V4 to...

Tips to Pass the NREMT

You will hear a lot of "tips and tricks" to pass the NREMT exam on the first-time. Some will be helpful, some...not so much. Here's ours,...