High Performance EMS
AUGUST 9, 2024
The very low risk calls can typically be satisfied with basic life support (BLS) capabilities. Given the time, a BLS crew can begin life-sustaining measures or conduct an assessment for proper hand-off to the paramedics upon arrival. If available, the supervisor is added to effectively create an ALS transport ambulance.
Chicago EMT Training
AUGUST 12, 2021
The EMS program even had an ambulance at one point. For a variety of reasons, the department got rid of the ambulance. We continued providing non-transport BLS to events on campus. We continued providing non-transport BLS to events on campus. It was servicing a mile radius around UIC's campus.
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High Performance EMS
JUNE 12, 2023
With expected delays beyond that time limit, it may be acceptable to dispatch a BLS unit to begin care while still allowing the ALS resource to join the response from a longer distance. A Bravo request could be most efficiently served in a BLS capacity with longer response times before it would be deemed late.
Peter Canning
OCTOBER 30, 2023
I am in the fly car and a BLS crew is in the ambulance. I don’t see anyone on two passes, but then I hear the BLS unit radio they’ve found him. They overdose behind the dumpster where I give them naloxone and put them in the ambulance. We’re dispatched to an overdose on Ashley Street.
NAEMSP
OCTOBER 9, 2024
The responding BLS crew was unable to initiate adequate resuscitation, despite signs of shock. Steroids such as methylprednisolone (Solu-Medrol) and dexamethasone (Decadron) are commonly available in ALS ambulances and are appropriate for preventing or treating adrenal crisis.
High Performance EMS
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Figure 2 Sample data demonstrating ALS (green) and BLS (blue) call volume comparisons by hour-of-the-day and day-of-the-week. It is also common for ambulances to be busy longer than an hour in our post-pandemic world. Notice the similarity in daily patterns although total volume (represented by 90th percentile) is unique.
The Overrun
DECEMBER 13, 2021
We moved them onto the stretcher and brought them out to the ambulance so we could start CPR and using a BVM. I remember as we were bringing the patient out to the ambulance to do CPR, the family was standing in the doorway. They didn’t teach us THIS.
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