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Factors Associated with Caregiver Decision Not to Transport Pediatric Patients Assessed by Emergency Medical Services

International Journal of Paramedicine

Objectives: Almost one third of pediatric 9-1-1 calls result in non-transport by Emergency Medical Services (EMS). The primary outcome was caregiver decision not to transport patient (per EMS documentation) compared to EMS-initiated non-transport. We included 9-1-1 responses for children <18 years.

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On the Scene: Prehospital Care for Electrical Burns for EMTs

EMT Training Station

In the world of emergency medical services, encountering victims of electrical burns presents a unique set of challenges. As a veteran emergency medical technician (EMT), I’ve seen firsthand the critical importance of prompt and effective prehospital care in these situations.

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Brain Trauma Guidelines for Emergency Medicine

ACEP Now

In April 2023, the third edition of the Brain Trauma Foundation’s evidence-based guidelines for the prehospital management of traumatic brain injury (TBI) was published in Prehospital Emergency Care. This document is an update of guidelines first published in 2000, and then updated in 2007.

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PEM Currents – Agitation in Children – Episode 4: Safe prehospital transport

EMDocs

There are protocols in place that assist highly trained Emergency Medical Service providers in assuring that agitated children are safely transported to their destination. We’re defining “protocol” here as a written document that provides oversight from the medical director about how to assess and treat patients.

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EMT Essentials: Mastering SAMPLE History and OPQRST Pain Assessment Techniques

EMT Training Station

In the fast-paced and critical world of emergency medical services, EMTs are often the first healthcare professionals to interact with patients in distress. It stands for signs or S ymptoms, A llergies, M edications, P ast medical history, L ast oral intake, and E vents leading up to the present illness or injury.

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Article Bites #48: Clinical Care and Restraint of Agitated or Combative Patients

NAEMSP

Clinical care and restraint of agitated or combative patients by emergency medical services practitioners. Prehosp Emerg Care 2021 Sep-Oct;25(5):721-3. Commonly used medications are ketamine, benzodiazepines, and/or a butyrophenone. doi: 10.1080/10903127.2021.1917736. Epub 2021 Jun 7. PMID: 33877949.

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Year in Review: Product Innovation and Progress from 2024

ESO

The EMS, fire services, and hospital organizations that use our platform arent just our customers, but our partners in working towards that mission through their own achievements. iOS for EHR Coming soon, the new native ESO EHR iOS app is designed to make documenting patient data even easier and more efficient.