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All EMS providers can use capnography. Here are 5 things to know about its use for patients in respiratory distress, cardiac arrest and shock.
5 things to know about capnography | CapnoAcademy
Understand the importance of monitoring end-tidal carbon dioxide and the valuable information it provides for patient assessment and treatment
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  • Allen Gemmrig It is out of my scope of practice.. sorry. even if I can read it, and know what is going on.
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Watch the video to learn in less than 5 minutes how to treat a patient in cardiogenic shock.
How to treat cardiogenic shock
These patients are difficult to treat as they have both pulmonary edema and hypotension.
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84% of EMS providers in the patient compartment were not restrained.
Infographic: When ambulances crash
The NHTSA reviewed 10 years of data on ambulance crashes to understand patient and provider safety
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  • Lucy Bailey-WayNo IOWVRS restrains,l their patients all of the time.
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How would handle a difficult clinical scenario if you had a time limit?
Inside EMS Podcast: 70-minute total task time limit, good or bad?
Inside EMS brings expert perspective to hot topics, clinical issues, operational and leadership lessons to EMS personnel and leaders to be safe and successful
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Burnet Fire Department chief discusses the service and death of FF/EMT Hampton, killed in the line of duty.
EMT killed in ambulance collision; medic and patient still in hospital
Daniel Hampton, married and a father of four children, remembered as an outstanding firefighter/EMT
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What makes these recent cases even more worrisome is the fact that to satisfy their addiction, these medics put patients' safety at risk.
Trending: Narcotics theft
In the past few weeks we have had several stories about drug diversion
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  • Dominick Walenczak I think there is an ethical line that providers should not cross.

    Steal pills or vials? Fine. Take waste controlled substances? Fine. Let's do the counselling and treatment route.    ...See More
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  • Nicolai Ginoviev Adelekan simply put YOU CANNOT steal controlled substances. much like money paid to the squad narcotics are the 2nd most watched thing in a station
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How do we protect our people in ground ambulances? What is the impact of our profession on our family members? Watch the video.
'Flowers': a paramedic's survival story
This video is part of the Safety Stories series from The Center for Medical Transport Research
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Law enforcement and EMS should have a set of mutually agreed policies and procedures in place.
Treating detained patients: Two lessons
How to manage patients who are in custody of law enforcement
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16 hrs
Learn about the 3 types of conflict and how you can use them.
Building an effective management team through conflict
The ability of an EMS management team to deal with conflict can either make or break the team's ability to work together productively
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Accountability must occur at all levels of an organization, be tied to strategic goals and involve an ongoing process of evaluation and adjustment.
6 critical elements to build EMS system accountability
In order to be a high-reliability organization, you need to ensure you have accountability at every level.
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“Basically, when the pager goes off, I’m ready,”
Maine 87-year-old EMT still on the job
Edna Mitchell covers some 400 square miles of coastal Maine, handling more than 100 calls a year.
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How to deal with EMS assaults in your own mind, on the street, with media and in the courtroom.
4 ways to prepare EMTs for violent patients
If you’re attacked on the job, be mentally prepared, physically ready, press savvy, and able to justify your actions in court
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  • Nicolai Ginoviev Adelekan since when did EMS become a punching bag? you hit me I'm hitting you back. were all men and women before anything. I value my personal safety and I'm not about to let you attack me
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  • Cory Oaks Yes, you are able to defend yourself to "stop" the attack (ie, pinning, holding, restraining, etc). Anything above am beyond that such as striking or hitting in an offensive manner can land you in hot water. If need be you are much better to retreat th...See More
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True integration means having overlapping roles and responsibilities and working together to help the patient.
Integrating community paramedicine with nursing
Anne Montera, RN, BSN, talks about the importance of the integration of community paramedicine with the rest of the health care system.
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