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Paramedic Chiefs of Canada – The Preburn Project: Preventing Burnout by Predicting Compromised Wellness in EMS Workers

FirstWatch

February 6th, 2025 | 9:00 am PST (12:00 pm EST) Join us for an in-depth exploration of the innovative Preburn Project: Preventing Burnout by Predicting Compromised Wellness in EMS Workers. Key Takeaways: Insights into the characteristics of EMS workers most vulnerable to compromised mental wellness.

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Abstract: The Preburn Project: Preventing Burnout by Predicting Compromised Wellness in EMS Workers | 06 February 2025

Paramedic Chiefs of Canada

Join us for an in-depth exploration of the innovative Preburn Project: Preventing Burnout by Predicting Compromised Wellness in EMS Workers. Key Takeaways: Insights into the characteristics of EMS workers most vulnerable to compromised mental wellness. Practical approaches to improving the mental health resilience of EMS teams.

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Examining the 2020 Vision of EMS

High Performance EMS

The NHTSA Office of EMS released a significant document last year called the EMS Agenda 2050 that was carefully crafted to set a bold vision for the next 30 years of paramedicine by clearly differentiating the focus of care from its original definition in the 1996 EMS Agenda for the Future.

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NEMSQA Wins Nicholas Rosecrans Award for Reducing Ambulance Crashes with Lights and Siren Initiative

FirstWatch

NEMSQA Wins Nicholas Rosecrans Award for Reducing Ambulance Crashes with Lights and Siren Initiative LAS VEGAS, NV (September 18, 2024) – The National EMS Quality Alliance (NEMSQA) was honored as this year’s prestigious Nicholas Rosecrans Award winner for their exceptional work on the Lights and Siren Collaborative.

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Telemedicine for Ambulance Crews Has a Future, Despite Fiasco of ET3

Pulsara

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from an article by Larry Beresford, originally published on EMS World on April 3rd, 2024. Check out the full article here.

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A prehospital protocol for geriatric agitation

International Journal of Paramedicine

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. Many of these patients will be agitated, posing a management challenge for EMS practitioners.

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The Effect of Paramedics in Emergency Department Triage on Ambulance Patient Offload Times

International Journal of Paramedicine

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. Paramedics were added to the ED ambulance triage staff to receive verbal reports and perform certain tasks done traditionally by nurses.