March 2017
Maintaining compliance within an EMS service
A discussion of the difficulties that EMS face when it comes to compliance and six things EMS professionals can do to help make meeting compliance standards easier.
December 2016
Cold related injuries can burn you this winter
As pre-hospital providers go forth to save lives in the winter, every provider should keep cold related injuries in mind. Let's take a look at some of the most common cold related injuries and preventive measures we can take.
July 2016
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.
June 2016
Anaphylactic reaction from eating meat? What the what?!
A discussion of how anaphylactic reactions can be caused by meat comsumption if you've recently been bitten by a tick. Just another reason to hate ticks.
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."
April 2016
Percutaneous Translaryngeal Ventilation
There’s a little MacGyver in every good paramedic and may[...]