PEEP - More than a Marshmallow Confection
Source: The Chicken Hub Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) is intrinsically present in all of us. Variations in this physiological...
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The Blog
Weekly posts about EMS education, patient treatment and whatever else comes to mind!
- Mar 13
- 3 min
Clinical Documentation Improvement
Documentation improvement practices are vital to our profession and the patients under our care. Most would agree this topic doesn't get...
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- Mar 6
- 3 min
Telemedicine: Enabling Better Health Outcomes
Telemedicine was well on its way to becoming mainstream prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the global health crisis certainly...
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- Feb 27
- 3 min
Autism Spectrum: Atypical and Beautiful Minds
As EMS professionals, we encounter all kinds of situations + patients. Every shift brings about unique challenges, but we must always be...
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- Feb 20
- 4 min
LEADERSHIP: It Takes ALL of Us
Leadership in EMS is not simply about the select few whose collars are branded with brass-colored pins. Let's face it - the problems in...
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- Feb 13
- 2 min
Access Denied? IO Clinical Pathways Revisited
Source: bbraunusa Thumb through your local protocols and you will find that after you "zero in" on a differential diagnosis -- the work...
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- Feb 6
- 3 min
Ketamine: Just for the OR??.....Nope!
Ketamine was first synthesized six decades ago as a PCP derivative, but the medication has just recently become a hot button topic in EMS....
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- Jan 30
- 2 min
Research in EMS: An Iterative & Dynamic Process
Source: Active Wizards The topic of medical research has been around for centuries, but many times we forget that EMS [while a...
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- Jan 23
- 3 min
CANCER: The Battle Over Words
Communication is a cornerstone of our profession, but what does that have to do with cancer. Let's set the stage. The human burden of...
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- Jan 16
- 3 min
Geriatrics & Frailty Syndrome: The Wisdom of the Aged
It's wonderful to know you're aging, because that means you're still on the planet and thriving...right? It comes as no surprise that...
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- Jan 9
- 2 min
Death Notifications: Life is Not Survivable
“Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes” – John Donne We are all on the same trajectory. Death is...
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- Jan 2
- 2 min
Health & Wellness: A Time for Reflection
Service above self, is a statement that resonates with all of us, after all, our profession is centered around service to others. At...
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- Dec 26, 2022
- 2 min
Roadway and Traffic Debacles: EMS Is Vulnerable!
As we settle into the holiday season, many regions of the country are in the grips of a polar vortex. The artic wind chill is dangerous...
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- Dec 19, 2022
- 2 min
Winter Blues: Broken Heart Syndrome
The advent of winter, the holidays, and the celebration of a New Year brings joy, hope, and renewed optimism to many across the globe. ...
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- Dec 12, 2022
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Hemostasis Pendulum: A Delicate Balance of PRO and ANTI-Coagulation Forces
We are all aware of the intimate relationship between hemorrhage and trauma mortality. In our initial education we also find out how...
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- Dec 5, 2022
- 2 min
The EMS Workforce: It's a Complicated and Dynamic Issue
December 4, 2022 Author: Joshua Ishmael, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM, NRP It’s no question that Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is a vital public...
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- Nov 28, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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- Jul 7, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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- Apr 27, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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- Feb 9, 2022
- 2 min
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)...
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- Feb 5, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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- Feb 2, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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- Jan 26, 2022
- 1 min
"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...
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