First Responders Foundation

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Chief Dittman was recognized with the Lifesaving Award for providing life-saving emergency care or rescue. When he and his partner responded to a call for service involving a drug overdose in December 2023 – This was during his first shift as an EMS provider. Chief Dittman holds a Juris Doctor from St.

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EMDocs

JUNE 2, 2023

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Gold Cross Ambulance Service

JUNE 29, 2022

What Are The Most Common Emergencies? To get a better understanding of why people call emergency services, we’re going to look at data provided by the National Emergency Medical Services Information System , which is a national EMS database.

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NCOAE

MARCH 8, 2021

You may show up for a call only to discover that there is no victim, or the person is okay and refuses help, or a patient simply needs transportation from one medical facility to another. To discover state requirements, conduct an online search for the name of your state followed by “office of emergency medical services.”

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First Responders Foundation

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Chief Dittman was recognized with the Lifesaving Award for providing life-saving emergency care or rescue. When he and his partner responded to a call for service involving a drug overdose in December 2023 – This was during his first shift as an EMS provider. Chief Dittman holds a Juris Doctor from St.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 19, 2019

Justin Morgenstern is an emergency physician and the creator of the excellent #FOAMed project called First10EM.com Case: A 33-year-old man arrives via emergency medical services (EMS) after initially being found unresponsive with an oxygen saturation of 89%, respiratory rate of six, a systolic blood pressure of 75 mmHg, and pinpoint pupils.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 21, 2017

Do heroin overdose patients require observation after receiving naloxone? Guest Skeptic: Dr. Richard Hamilton (@RJHamiltonMD) is Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine. Do heroin overdose patients require observation after receiving naloxone? Clinical Toxicology 2017.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Confounders to the GCS such as seizure and post-ictal phase, ingestions and drug overdose, as well as medications administered in the prehospital setting that impact GCS score should be documented. The guidelines also address issues related to EMS provider skill level, transportation modality, and destination for the patient.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 17, 2024

When emergency medical services (EMS) arrived, she was in asystole with an empty, recently full, bottle of benzonatate 100 mg capsules. What are the treatment options for a benzonatate overdose? Management: The mainstay of treatment of benzonatate overdose is supportive and symptomatic care.

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Peter Canning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Across the nation states are passing initiatives to allow EMS services to leave naloxone kits on scene with at risk patients, their family, friends or bystanders. Each kit contains two 4 mg Naloxone intranasal devices, and instruction card for use, a CPR face shield, and instructions on how to access services.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 16, 2024

Authors: Christian Gerhart, MD (EM Resident Physician, Washington University in St. Louis); Dr. Jessica Pelletier, DO (EM Attending Physician, Washington University in St. You receive a page for a cardiac arrest and take report from emergency medical services (EMS). Per EMS he was very cold to touch.

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Paramedic Training Spot

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Each state has their own challenges, as well as guidelines and laws, to practicing as an EMT, although with the National Registry becoming the norm, EMS will soon have similar protocols throughout the nation. In fact, in 1927, the town of Belmar was one of the the first established volunteer ambulance services in the nation.

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Peter Canning

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

In an article by New England Public Media, Health experts alarmed at new overdose drug marketed to WMass police departments , a police chief in Dalton Mass stunningly poo-poos the experts warnings about the drug, actually saying, The DPH and these people, they’re not in the field, she said. They felt faint, some even passed out.

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