Sep 19, 2018 | Emergency Response, EMS Responders
A key challenge for the EMS community is to build stronger partnerships with the emergency department and more effective communication, especially during the critical period before arrival. If EMS communication with the ED is ineffective, these three problems may...
Aug 30, 2018 | Emergency Response, EMS Responders
The advent of increased violence against EMS providers by patients, caregivers or bystanders have lead EMS leaders to seriously consider the use of body-worn cameras (BWCs). Since the officer-involved shooting death in Ferguson, Missouri many law enforcement agencies...
Feb 15, 2018 | Emergency Response, EMS Responders
Emergency medical services can have an increasing role in clinical medicine, and how services are delivered in the community during the coming year. Here are some of the biggest challenges facing emergency medical services in 2018: Preparation and responses for...
Sep 14, 2017 | Patient Tips, Trauma Care, Uncategorized
When seconds count will you be prepared to help a victim who is bleeding profusely? Even if emergency responders are on the way, it is important to stop the bleeding during these critical minutes. It is a matter of life and death since a person can die from blood loss...
Jul 14, 2017 | Emergency Response, Medical News, New Technology
The future may have arrived with the help of drones carrying heart defibrillators that can swoop down to help bystanders revive individuals in cardiac arrest. Researchers have been working on this concept and tested it out on 18 people stricken by cardiac arrest. The...
