International Journal of Paramedicine

JANUARY 15, 2025

Approximately 10% of geriatric patients (adults over the age of 65) transported via ambulance will have a mental status altered from baseline, otherwise known as delirium. ED-based protocols have already been created to aid in the treatment of patients with this condition.

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International Journal of Paramedicine

APRIL 3, 2024

Background : Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding limits patient care in the prehospital and hospital system. A program was implemented to decrease the time to patient handoff from EMS arrival to ED staff, also known as the delivery interval and total turnaround interval.

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International Journal of Paramedicine

JULY 8, 2024

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of agitated patients with an initial Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) score of at least 3, who were sedated and transported by ambulance to Hartford Hospital. IM ketamine resulted in deeper sedation without increasing intubation rate.

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Paramedic

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Those drawn towards more mobile, emergent, autonomous roles found their place in paramedicine. National industry insight reporting from the Australian Industry and Skills Committee suggests that, in 2019 alone, Australia wide, there were over 4,500 enrolments in ambulance and paramedic qualifications1.

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Peter Canning

DECEMBER 26, 2023

So you are an expert on paramedicine, but isn’t it true that you yourself are guilty of (long list of failures)…” They still wanted me, so I then sent them a blog post titled “ Your Hono r” which detailed a call I was on where I dropped a patient and one where I found myself with an empty oxygen tank. The ambulance responded.

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The Overrun

MAY 18, 2020

Signs entering ambulance bays around the US, and the world for that matter; point out in no uncertain terms that “HEROES WORK HERE”. Nor does it improve ED throughput, ICU stay, acuity, or a half-dozen other measurements. Since the entry of COVID-19, EMS has noticed a difference. People wave. And that’s wrong.

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