High Performance EMS

OCTOBER 11, 2024

October is Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness month, so High Performance EMS and PulsePoint are encouraging everyone to locate and register Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs). Read on to find out how you can be a part of building informed communities and activating citizen responses. View live stats for the registry here.

Public Safety 317

Public Safety Defibrillator EMD CPR 317

ALiEM

AUGUST 19, 2024

Sara Krzyzaniak, EM Match Advice Podcast Host and Stanford University PD, discusses key changes in the 2024 MyERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service) application that all EM applicants should know about. Take a listen to this short 14-minute, high-yield episode before submitting your application.

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EMS OR 152

ALiEM

JANUARY 5, 2024

Read and Listen to the Other EM Match Advice Episodes Blog posts: [link] Author information Sara M. Association of American Medical Colleges. PMID: 31913827 ; PMCID: PMC6948692.

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EMS ALS OR 177

SSCOR

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Remember: The first few seconds when you approach your patient will likely give you the most clinical information about your patients condition, bombarding you with information rapidly, sometimes instantaneously.

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EMS 71

American Ambulance Association

DECEMBER 20, 2023

From Regulations.Gov NHTSA published a request for information on October 13, 2023, seeking comments from all sources (public, private, government, academic, professional, public interest groups, and other interested parties) on […] The post NHTSA Request for Information: Emergency Medical Services Education Agenda 2050 appeared first on American (..)

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Emergency Medical Services Ambulance EMS 130

American Ambulance Association

MAY 12, 2024

What Are the Potential Applications for AI in EMS and Transportation? DOT’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Infrastructure Requests Information What are the potential applications, opportunities and challenges of artificial […] The post NHTSA | What Are the Potential Applications for AI in EMS?

EMS 130

EMS Ambulance 130

ALiEM

APRIL 14, 2023

Highlighted Quality Posts: Procedures Site Article Author Date Label Rebel EM Intra Articular Lidocaine vs Sedation in Shoulder Reductions Nordia Matthews, MD 30 Jan 2023 AIR EM Docs Video Laryngoscopy in the ED Cameron Jones, MD 8 Aug 2022 AIR First 10 EM Lacerations: Does closure technique matter?

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EMS Emergency Department ED OR 246

Emergency Medicine Cases

JANUARY 18, 2022

A few select videos from EM Cases Summit 2021 have been made FOAMed and available here and on our youtube channel.

EMS 130

EMS 130

ALiEM

JULY 24, 2023

Sara Krzyzaniak (EM program director at Stanford) hosts this episode with Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM/UCSF) featuring all-star guests Dr. Alexis Pelletier-Bui (EM associate program director at Cooper University Hospital) and Dr. Elizabeth Werley (EM program director at Penn State Hershey).

EMS 130

EMS 130

NVFC

MAY 21, 2024

May 19-25 marks the 50th anniversary of EMS Week with the theme “Honoring Our Past, Forging Our Future.” The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) recognizes and gives thanks to all EMS providers for the lifesaving work you do every day. Here are resources to focus on EMS this week and throughout the year.

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EMS Emergency Medical Services Firefighter First Responder 111

ALiEM

MAY 17, 2023

There were 132 (46%) EM residency programs with at least one unfilled PGY-1 position, and there were 554 (18.4%) overall unfilled EM positions. Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (EM program director at Stanford) hosts this important episode with Dr. Michelle Lin (ALiEM/UCSF), reflecting on the whys, hows, and what nexts.

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EMS ALS 130

Pulsara

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Editor's Note: In August 2024, EMS1 and Fitch & Associates released their annual EMS t rend survey, What Paramedics Want, proudly sponsored by Pulsara. Read, enjoy, share, and take to heart the following information brought to you by the most prestigious thought leaders in EMS. com and FireRescue1.com.

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EMS Paramedic 102

High Performance EMS

MARCH 18, 2021

While response is a simple and common measure, it clearly does not evaluate EMS well and certainly fails to encapsulate many of its complex needs and values. Better information on traffic conditions makes for more efficient and safer route selection. EMS agencies typically target a UHU of between 0.30

UHU 130

UHU EMS Ambulance Unit Hour 130

Pulsara

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Editor's Note: In August 2024, EMS1 and Fitch & Associates released their annual EMS t rend survey, What Paramedics Want, proudly sponsored by Pulsara. Read, enjoy, share, and take to heart the following information brought to you by the most prestigious thought leaders in EMS. Territories, and Canada.

EMS 98

EMS Paramedic ALS 98

ALiEM

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Case A patient arrives via EMS from the bus station complaining of fever, vomiting, and back pain. Our experience: It was not long ago that we instructed our staff that: ‘COWS >8, give ’em 8 (mg of buprenorphine).’ The Necessity of a Trauma-Informed Paradigm in Substance Use Disorder Services. Cureus 16(9): e69274.

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E-9-1-1 Naloxone Emergency Department ALS 161

ALiEM

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Problem: Emergency Medicine (EM) in Pakistan has moved from developing to developed stage in the last decade [1]. It is an innovation that is based on a community of practice merged with the need-based assessment of a young EM residency program in a developing country. The Information Society. 2003;19(3):257-70.

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EMS Emergency Department ALS ED 161

High Performance EMS

JUNE 20, 2024

Sadly, this is not an adventure story of heroic first responder actions on the scene of an emergency incident but rather about how current EMS operations are failing us and their missions. Recent annual surveys also show that over 10% of EMS clinicians will leave the field entirely each year.

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EMS First Responder Emergency Response OR 240

EMDocs

MAY 11, 2024

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A 74-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension, diabetes, recent basilar artery stent placement with a 20 pack-year smoking history presents to the ED via EMS for altered mental status and episodes of apnea. Vital signs include BP 168/89, HR 96, T 98.3,

EMS 110

EMS E-9-1-1 ALS OR 110

ALiEM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

2023.02.011 , PMID 36967275 Author information Chris Belcher, MD Editor, ALiEM AIR Series Assistant Professor and Assistant Program Director Department of Emergency Medicine University of Kentucky College of Medicine | Twitter | The post ALiEM AIR Series | Toxicology Module appeared first on ALiEM. Alex Rogers MD, J.D. Ann Emerg Med.

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Overdose Critical Care EMS Emergency Department 215

EMS 12-Lead

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

We will be using information from different cases where paramedics attempted TCP in the field. He was hospitalized one week prior to EMS arrival for a seizure with no other recent illnesses or injuries. Unfortunately, no information is available about the in-hospital portion of this patient’s care.

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Paramedic EMT EMT EMS 230

ACEP Now

JUNE 21, 2023

emergency medicine (EM) residency training length has been a decades-long dilemma: four vs. three years. First, is three years enough time to become an EM physician? But critical questions remain unanswered when it comes to specialization, career trajectory, and actual competence as an EM physician. 11 What should we take away?

EMS 114

EMS ALS Emergency Medical Services OR 114

ALiEM

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

2023.02.011 , PMID 36967275 Author information Chris Belcher, MD Editor, ALiEM AIR Series Assistant Professor and Assistant Program Director Department of Emergency Medicine University of Kentucky College of Medicine | Twitter | The post ALiEM AIR Series | Trauma 2023 Module appeared first on ALiEM. Ann Emerg Med. 2023;82(1):55-65.

Critical Care 211

Critical Care EMS Emergency Department ALS 211

ALiEM

JULY 20, 2023

More in-depth information regarding the Social Media Index. More in-depth information regarding the Social Media Index. Thank you to the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) and the Council of EM Residency Directors (CORD) for jointly sponsoring the AIR Series!

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Emergency Department EMS OR 188

ESO

JANUARY 27, 2025

The first phase of our Auto-Generated Narrative uses the DCHARTE format, which allows you to request AI-generated narratives for Transport records with a transport by this EMS unit disposition. For more information, visit our FAQs About NERIS. Our beta period will extend through the beginning of February.

MIH 98

MIH Community Paramedicine Paramedicine Paramedicine 98

EMDocs

JUNE 8, 2024

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. In: PDQ Cancer Information Summaries [Internet]. The post EM@3AM: Traumatic Iritis appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. Merck Manuals Professional Edition , Merck Manuals, 12 Nov. query=Traumatic+Iritis+and+Chemical+Iritis. 2021 Oct 7. and John O.

EMS 98

EMS Allergic Reaction Emergency Department ED 98

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 27, 2024

He is also an assistant medical director for EMS at the Centre for Paramedic Education and Research in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. I was not surprised by this information. Case: You are an advanced care paramedic dispatched to the scene of a 53-year-old female with chest pain. They found 26 guidelines with 2,930 recommendations.

Paramedic 317

Paramedic ALS EMS OR 317

EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. The demographic information in the above explanation follows AMA Manual of Style terminology and may not match the language used in the references. The post EM@3AM: Brugada Syndrome appeared first on emDOCs.net - Emergency Medicine Education. Heart Rhythm. 2019.01.008.

E-9-1-1 105

E-9-1-1 EMS ALS Defibrillator 105

ESO

APRIL 19, 2024

From April 2-5, the top fire services and EMS industry thought leaders and data analysts gathered at Wave 2024 to share what trends they’re forecasting for both fields and how they’re enacting change within their own organizations through the power of data-driven insights. Fire Administration.

MIH 105

MIH EMS Paramedic Firefighter 105

ESO

DECEMBER 16, 2024

By connecting systems and sharing information in real time, hospitals can improve the accuracy of their records, simplify compliance processes, and prioritize better patient outcomes. Interoperability solutions like ESO Health Data Exchange (HDE) build on this by securely connecting EMS and hospital systems.

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EMS OR 52

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 19, 2023

Mike Pallaci is a Professor of Emergency Medicine (EM) for the Northeast Ohio Medical University, and an Adjunct Clinical Professor of EM for the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. The tweet said: “I am sick and tired of some non-EM docs/specialists slamming EM when we don’t aggressively lower BP in ICH.”

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EMS ALS Emergency Department OR 186

FOAMfrat

DECEMBER 26, 2024

WE, AS EMS PROFESSIONALS, SHALL PROVIDE COMPASSIONATE, APPROPRIATE CARE TO ALL PATIENTS. The ability to mix and match chemicals that are toxic and/or fatal is expansive, and in todays information age, its unfortunately at everyones fingertips. EMS must rely on the hazmat team to monitor the air and not rely on their sense of smell.

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Epinephrine First Responder OR Emergency Management 116

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. Even that, however, was a step beyond the simpler model of a predetermined “ run card ” that often lacked any automated vehicle location (AVL) information at all.

BLS 264

BLS CAD Advanced Life Support Life Support 264

ALiEM

AUGUST 7, 2023

A 10-year-old male with no past medical history presents to the Emergency Department (ED) by EMS for evaluation of an injury sustained while playing tackle football. The patient was forcibly hit by another child against a tree. View other cases from this Clinical Image Series on ALiEM.

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Emergency Department OR EMS ED 246

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

Written by Pendell Meyers A woman in her 70s had acute chest pain and called EMS. On arrival, EMS recorded relatively normal vital signs and this EMS ECG: What do you think? The EMS crew recorded another ECG about 10 minutes later (unknown if pain changed): New LAFB. So the cath lab was not activated. Ongoing OMI.

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STEMI EMS ED OR 103

EMDocs

MARCH 30, 2024

We’ll keep it short, while you keep that EM brain sharp. A 27-year-old man was brought into the emergency department via EMS after being stabbed. However, it does not provide detailed information about the specific neurologic changes associated with Brown-Séquard syndrome. Diagnosis includes imaging. Jpn J Radiol.

EMS 105

EMS E-9-1-1 Emergency Department Ambulance 105

ESO

DECEMBER 26, 2024

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. ESO Insights and Dashboards New ESO Insights dashboards brought reporting features to the forefront for fire, EMS, and hospital teams.

First Responder 105

First Responder Emergency Medical Services EMS Critical Care 105

The EMS Show

MARCH 26, 2025

In this episode of The EMS Show, Dr. Hayden Smith joins us to discuss the recent resurgence of measles cases, particularly focusing on the outbreak in Texas that has affected over 150 individuals and resulted in the tragic death of a child.

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EMS 40