BLS EMS Paramedic 
High Performance EMS
AUGUST 9, 2024
Dispatching the right unit to an EMS call was much simpler when all resources had the same capabilities and a response time was the primary measure of success. The very low risk calls can typically be satisfied with basic life support (BLS) capabilities. It was a matter of determining which crew was available closest to the scene.
Peter Canning
AUGUST 24, 2024
Connecticut recently added supraglottic airways to the BLS scope of practice. That means basic EMTs (emergency medical technicians with considerably less training than paramedics) with the approval of their sponsor hospital medical director, no longer have to rely on bag-valve-mask ventilation to breathe for patients in cardiac arrest.
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The Skeptics' Guide to EM
SEPTEMBER 29, 2018
Annals of EM May 2018 Guest Skeptic: Andrew Merelman is a critical care paramedic and first year medical student at Rocky Vista University in Colorado. Annals of EM May 2018 Guest Skeptic: Andrew Merelman is a critical care paramedic and first year medical student at Rocky Vista University in Colorado.
NAEMSP
OCTOBER 9, 2024
However, a recent survey revealed that many patients with adrenal insufficiency are hesitant to give themselves their injections, and many Emergency Medicine and EMS Clinicians are unaware of the appropriate treatment for this condition. The responding BLS crew was unable to initiate adequate resuscitation, despite signs of shock. .”
High Performance EMS
JUNE 12, 2023
One of the more challenging issues that has become as endemic as the disease itself is the recruitment and retention of EMS professionals. This shortage has disproportionally impacted paramedics, as evidenced in the NAEMT survey results published in May of 2022. That ideal response might be within, say, 15 minutes.
Chicago EMT Training
AUGUST 12, 2021
We got in touch with someone on campus that shared a passion for EMS, and he was the key to legitimizing the program through the Environmental Health and Safety Office. I was a fresh paramedic with a passion to share my new found knowledge and skills. The EMS program even had an ambulance at one point.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
AUGUST 14, 2021
Circulation 2020 Guest Skeptic: Missy Carter is a PA practicing in emergency medicine in the Seattle area and an adjunct faculty member with the Tacoma Community College paramedic program. This was a critical appraisal of an observational study published in Annals of EM ( Kawano et al 2018 ).
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