4th of July: Are ‘We the People’ really safe?
A look into what can go wrong during 4th of July celebrations and how EMS personnel can best respond to accidents involving fireworks, heat related injuries, and alcohol related injuries.
Just the basics
A veteran EMS provider discusses the tendency of those in the EMS profession to denigrate their own importance with the phrase, "I'm just a basic."
Percutaneous Translaryngeal Ventilation
There’s a little MacGyver in every good paramedic and may be required for the Needle Cricothyrotomy when the commercially available jet ventilation kit is not available. The attached link provides a few examples. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6PBV5ZDq08&fmt=18 I vaguely remember an old black and white television movie (ask your parents or grandparents what black and white TV is) where [...]
TOP 10 list for Students about to precept
We run through the top ten items EMS students need to know when going to work with an EMS preceptor. Hope they prove helpful!