Paramedics Unlimited

APRIL 19, 2018

What is the difference between ALS and BLS Medical Care? In Basic Life Support (BLS) emergencies, a single EMS provider can not deliver optimum care, such as when trying to hold direct pressure on a bleeding wound, while preparing bandages, to stop bleeding. Paramedics provide pain management treatment in the field.

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BLS ALS Emergency Medical Technician Advanced Life Support 52

Peter Canning

JANUARY 15, 2024

When I started as a paramedic, others told me about the junkies and addicts I would encounter. They treated me like s**t the time I overdosed. One day I was dispatched to an overdose. I was in the paramedic fly car and a BLS crew was in the ambulance. You have just overdosed. But she’d just shake her head.

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Overdose BLS EMT EMT 52

Paramedic Training Spot

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

MICPs, or Mobile Intensive Care Paramedics, are a step above EMTs; They are covered under the same laws as an EMT, but have more responsibilities. Before BLS, or Basic Life Support, was able to administer Narcan, agencies would have to wait for a MICP unit to arrive on scene to administer the lifesaving medication.

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EMT EMT EMR Emergency Medical Technician 52