Prehospital Care , Administration & Operations

Using Home-Based Community Paramedics to Optimize Emergency Department Utilization for High-Risk Elderly Patients

2/12/2022 Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA , Gilbert Nelson, DO , Michael J. Rushton Jr., DO , Philip M. Fennema, EMT-P, CCP , Chad Barnhart, MD, EMT-P , Sean Anderson , Todd Chassee, MD, FACEP , Jeffrey S. Jones, MD, FACEP

Community paramedicine and mobile integrated healthcare are forming a new paradigm. Using paramedics to evaluate and treat medically complex elderly patients in the home setting could have wide-reachi

Prehospital Care

Event Medicine and Mass Casualty Response with Matt Friedman

2/12/2022 Jessica Andre , Matt Friedman, MD, FACEP

Matt Friedman, MD, FACEP, serves as Associate Medical Director of Prehospital Care and Director of Event Medicine at Maimonides Medical Center and Medical Director of CrowdRx, which provides physician

Prehospital Care , Cardiology

A Revamping of an Old Practice: Head-Up CPR

10/7/2021 Glenn Goodwin, DO, EMT-P , Charles Latimore, MD

From intravenous drugs and genetic engineering to highly advanced equipment to mind-blowing surgical techniques, medicine continues to evolve at an exponential pace. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR

Career Planning , Practice Environments , Community , Prehospital Care

Tactical Medicine Q-and-A: Life as a SWAT Doc

10/7/2021 Sriram Venkatesan, FAWM , Capt. Yev Maksimenko, MD, MA, DiMM, FAWM, FP-C

With > 50,000 yearly SWAT deployments in the U.S. alone and tactical environments that are not optimized for medical care, the need for well-trained physician-led tactical medical teams is clear. What

EMS , Disaster Medicine , Toxicology

Hydrofluoric Acid Related Injuries and Illness for First Responders

8/10/2021 Jett MacPherson, MSII

Emergency physicians, tactical medical providers, and other first responders are tasked with taking care of those who become injured or ill in mass gatherings that turn violent. Hydrofluoric acid expo

Trauma , EMS , Disaster Medicine

Stop The Bleed: Why It Matters Now

8/10/2021 James Nardini, MS, NRP

Hemorrhage control programs such as Stop The Bleed remain a versatile option for responders of all backgrounds.

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Advocacy , Health Care Administration , EMS , Palliative Care

Health Policy Journal Club: The Comforts of Home

6/6/2021 Logan Ramsey, MD , Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP

Collaboration between hospice staff and EMS can reduce patient transport to the emergency department, according to a study termed Mobile Integrated Hospice Healthcare.

Opinion-Editorial , Prehospital Care , EMS

A Letter from a Paramedic to an EM Doc

4/9/2021 Rob Canning Jr., JD, MBA, NRP

Whether waiting to unload a patient at the hospital or sitting in the ambulance after clearing a call, EMTs and paramedics (and increasingly social workers, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician

Administration & Operations , Admin Ops Literature Review , EMS

The Impact of Prehospital Imaging Modalities: Literature and Strategies Review

12/17/2020 Davis Cho , Jared Ditkowsky, MD , Vineet Kumar Sharma, MD, MS

Prehospital imaging modalities have the potential to change the way we deliver prehospital care. However, the cost effectiveness of equipping EMS with portable imaging modalities has yet to be seen.

EMS , Consults , Medical Education

The Physician's Role in Providing EMS Feedback

12/1/2020 Courtney Shay, MD

As resident doctors, we are tasked with leading resuscitations, explaining our thought processes, and debriefing our team. All too often our pre-hospital peers are forgotten members of this team. We m

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Using Home-Based Community Paramedics to Optimize Emergency Department Utilization for High-Risk Elderly Patients

Event Medicine and Mass Casualty Response with Matt Friedman

A Revamping of an Old Practice: Head-Up CPR

Tactical Medicine Q-and-A: Life as a SWAT Doc

Hydrofluoric Acid Related Injuries and Illness for First Responders

Stop The Bleed: Why It Matters Now

Health Policy Journal Club: The Comforts of Home

A Letter from a Paramedic to an EM Doc

The Impact of Prehospital Imaging Modalities: Literature and Strategies Review

The Physician's Role in Providing EMS Feedback

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EMIGcast Episode 42: Helicopter EMS

Please Listen re EMS

Telehealth Triage for EMS

To the Choppa! Best Practice in Air Ambulance Utilization

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