1961, Dr. Jack Fishman and Dr. Mozes Lewenstein applied for one of the first patents for naloxone. 1971, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved using naloxone to treat overdoses. 1995, the FDA has granted OxyContin drugmaker Purdue Pharma, fast track designation for opioid overdose antidote Revex nalmefene hydrochloride (HCl) injection. However, the besieged firm [...]
As a paramedic or AEMT, you are on the frontlines of Sepsis care, providing crucial care in emergency situations. One condition that requires swift recognition and immediate action is sepsis. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that can develop rapidly, making early detection and intervention essential. In this blog, we will explore what sepsis is, its [...]
End-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) has been around for a while now. We started with the main-stream (BVM/ ET tube attachment) that we can use on our mechanically ventilated patients, and then we progressed to having the side-stream (nasal cannula type device) that we can use on all of our breathing patients. End-tidal has become the gold [...]
The term “Special Healthcare Needs” means different things to different people. Collectively, patients with special healthcare needs encompasses the geriatric, bariatric, pediatric, sensory impaired, technologically dependent patients, behaviorally challenged patients and many others. Every group has special challenges, risk factors and needs as well as the fact that our approach to them as health care providers [...]
As a medical professional, have you ever wondered why we have to do a CPR refresher class every two years? It seems like you just took the class, and now it’s time to do it again. While in the class, you might even be thinking “this is the exact same information from two years ago”. Well, [...]
Morphine, Dilaudid, Fentanyl… these are medications that we have been giving our patients for years, to treat their pain. Chest pain, give an opioid. Broken bone, give an opioid. Abdominal pain, give an opioid. Back pain, give an opioid. For many years, these were our only pain medication options in an ambulance. That is finally starting [...]
In the medical profession, it is not unthinkable that we might have to triage people during a mass casualty incident, or MCI. From multi-vehicle car crashes, mass shootings, terroristic attacks, and even weather-related incidents, such as tornados, earthquakes, or hurricanes. Within just a matter of moments, we can easily become overwhelmed by patients, all begging for [...]
The body’s Nervous System is a very complex system that controls all functions of the body from purposeful movement to regulation of homeostasis and everything in between. We will be dividing it into the Central nervous System (CNS) and the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) for the purposes of this discussion. These two subdivisions [...]
ASD-If you meet just one person on the Autism Spectrum, you’ve met only one person on the Autism Spectrum Donald Gray Triplett. (Born September 8, 1933, Forest, Mississippi, U.S.—died June 15, 2023, Forest, Mississippi), American male who was the first person diagnosed with autism. His parents, unable to cope with some of his developmental delays, committed him [...]
As medical professionals, when we are assessing our patients, one of the most common questions that we ask, is “what medications are you taking?” A lot of medics think that we only need to know about prescriptions medications, but this is not true. We need to know all of the patient’s prescription medications, all of their [...]
