Dec 5, 20222 minThe EMS Workforce: It's a Complicated and Dynamic IssueDecember 4, 2022 Author: Joshua Ishmael, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM, NRP It’s no question that Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is a vital public...
Nov 28, 20222 minRSV: The Other Viral Illness Making HeadlinesNovember 28, 2022 Author: Joshua Ishmael, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM, NRP Respiratory Syncytial Virus [RSV], is the most common causative agent...
Jul 7, 20222 minMaking 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...
Apr 27, 20223 minPulmonary 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...
Mar 2, 20223 minNSTEMIs"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...
Feb 9, 20222 minApneic 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)...
Feb 5, 20222 minABG'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...
Feb 2, 20222 minLeft 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...
Jan 26, 20221 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...