The Sick Asthmatic
The sick asthmatic is one of the scariest calls you may run. You need to understand this is different from other respiratory distress. Your treatments can have a profoundly negative impact on the patient if you don’t understand the physiology. But if you do understand what is going on, you can make a real difference and save a life.
Novel Drugs of Abuse
It seems like there are new drugs hitting the streets every month. That’s because there are and there’s a reason for that! Come learn why and what we need to look out for and be aware of on the streets. Welcome back Dr. Nik Matsler who’s going to take us through how novel drugs escape our legal system and what the dangers are. And a new update on good ol’ meth too!
Your Run Report Matters More Than You Think
Ben Fisher, paramedic and NEMSIS guru, joins us to talk about what NEMSIS is and it’s importance to the career field. The National EMS Information System is the nation’s EMS data repository. NEMSIS is also the data standard for EMS ePCR’s. National EMS data and information about the NEMSIS program is available at https://nemsis.org, including […]
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Dr. Wright joins us to discuss acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). There has been a lot said about ARDS recently given some of it’s similarities to the COVID-19 disease process. That being said ARDS has been around for a long time and is very much its own disease process. We discuss how to define it, […]
Making the Call
Tips on calling medical control. Assistant Medical Director Whitney Barrett discusses the dos and don’ts of calling in for medical control.
Approach to the Tracheostomy
This is still included in the A of ABCs but I got essentially no training on this in paramedic school. Airway problems are terrifyring without an approach to solve them. But when you have an approach you can fall back on that with a calm confidence. It’s like we’ve always heard: we don’t rise to the occasion, we fall to the level of training. With trach’s, we unfortunately have to train ourselves.
Communication Pitfalls
We have important information to share. Where do our communication skills fail us and how can we be better?
The Sick Kid
Caring for the critically ill pediatric patient is scary for all emergency providers. We discussed our approach to these calls with attending EM/EMS physician Dr. Whitney Barrett.
Happy EMS Week!
Happy EMS week! First, we would like to thank you for everything you do. You are available for your community in its most desperate times.
Penetrating Neck Wounds
Maria “The Hammer” Moreira breaks down our approach to penetrating neck wounds.
Large Vessel Occlusions
Dan Willner breaks down the latest and greatest endovascular therapy since PCI.
Toxidromes
Toxicology specialist, Dr. Janetta Iwanicki, joins us to discuss toxidromes and all the fun they bring us.