EMS

Emergency Medical Dispatch: The True First Responder

8/17/2020 Bryan Everitt, MD, NRP , Katherine K. Raczek, MD

Each year, an estimated 240 million calls are made to 911, mostly by people with no previous EMS interaction. At the other end of the call is often a specially trained call-taker who - without ever se

COVID-19 , EMS

PPE in the Field During the COVID-19 Pandemic

6/28/2020 Hajirah Ishaq, DO, MS , Caity Friend

Prehospital personnel are truly on the frontlines of medicine, and they have been dramatically affected by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. As protocols shift according to supplies and emerging research, how

EMS , Disaster Medicine , Prehospital Care

Until Help Arrives - Prehospital Emergency Medicine All Citizens Should Have

6/10/2020 Luke Wohlford

For a long time, prehospital emergency medicine education was limited to those training for jobs in the field. Only in the last several decades have mass education initiatives emphasized emergency med

EMS

EMS Ride-along Etiquette

4/23/2020 Christopher D. Laube, EMT-B

Riding along with an ambulance crew is a great way to see the side of emergency medicine most ED-based physicians don't get to see. Just know your role and follow the code of the road.

Disaster Medicine , Prehospital Care

Tactical Medicine: An Evolving EM Subspecialty

2/12/2020 Cameron B. Justice

A Q&A with a tactical medicine pioneer, Dr. John Wipfler III.

Toxicology , Disaster Medicine , Trauma

So I Watched CHERNOBYL… Now What? Revisiting Acute Radiation Syndrome

10/10/2019 Leslie Crosby, MD , Laura Roper, MD , Dorian Jacobs, MD

A targeted look at the effects of radiation sickness and what measures to take for decontamination and initial treatment.

EMS

Firefighter Down! Sudden Cardiac Events and Risk Mitigation for Emergency Responders

4/11/2019 Catherine Divingian, MS, MBA, PhD

The top cause of line-of-duty deaths among firefighters is not trauma, burns, or asphyxiation from smoke. It is sudden cardiac events. EMS directors can have a profound impact on the health and longev

Prehospital Care

Extending the Window: Updates in Prehospital Stroke Alert Identification Clinical Scenario

4/9/2019 Brittany Beel, MD

The DAWN and DEFUSE trials have expanded the window for stroke intervention. How is that affecting prehospital care?

EMS , Prehospital Care

From Bedside to Curbside: Prehospital Clinical Research Update

2/5/2019 Jeremy Lacocque, DO , Clifford Freeman, MD , Seth Kelly, MD, MBA, FF-(W)EMT

Clinical research guides the care your patients are receiving before they reach you. It pays to stay up to date with out-of-hospital evidence-based practices.

Medical Education , EMS

Understanding EMS Provider Education and How to Participate as a Resident

10/17/2018 Geoff Comp, DO, FAWM , Rachel Munn, DO , Vishnu Mudrakola, MD , Eric Cortez, MD, FACEP

The most effective medical education is designed with specific learners in mind. Using that as a guiding principle, the emergency medicine faculty and residents at Doctors Hospital came up with an eng

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Emergency Medical Dispatch: The True First Responder

PPE in the Field During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Until Help Arrives - Prehospital Emergency Medicine All Citizens Should Have

EMS Ride-along Etiquette

Tactical Medicine: An Evolving EM Subspecialty

So I Watched CHERNOBYL… Now What? Revisiting Acute Radiation Syndrome

Firefighter Down! Sudden Cardiac Events and Risk Mitigation for Emergency Responders

Extending the Window: Updates in Prehospital Stroke Alert Identification Clinical Scenario

From Bedside to Curbside: Prehospital Clinical Research Update

Understanding EMS Provider Education and How to Participate as a Resident

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EMIGcast Episode 42: Helicopter EMS

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Telehealth Triage for EMS

To the Choppa! Best Practice in Air Ambulance Utilization

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