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Simulation Training as a Strategy for Workforce Retention in EMS

JEMS

7 Abelsson notes how simulations, particularly those involving life-threatening scenarios like trauma or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), offer invaluable opportunities for repeated practice in safe environments, where mistakes become learning moments rather than life-threatening errors.

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SGEM#306: Fire Brigade and the Staying Alive App for OHCAs in Paris

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

You abandon your coffee order and quickly head next-door, where you are able to start cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and direct a bystander to find the store’s automated external defibrillator (AED) while waiting for emergency medical services (EMS) to arrive. SGEM#64 : Classic EM Papers (OPALS Study) * SGEM#136 : CPR – Man or Machine?

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SGEM#189: Bring Me To Life in OHCA

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Case: You are the medical director of an EMS system in a large city deciding on whether to respond to all out of hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) with ACLS capabilities, or if resources should be directed to those candidates for extracorporeal CPR. Bystander high-quality CPR can buy you some time until defibrillation.

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SGEM#238: The Epi Don’t Work for OHCA

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

You are the first provider on scene with Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and start high-quality Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). Case: A 51-year-old man experiences a cardiac arrest on the street. A cardiac defibrillator is hooked up and the patient is in ventricular fibrillation. He is unsuccessfully shocked.

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AHA and Red Cross Life Support Certifications Should Both Be Accepted

ACEP Now

For decades, only one major organization—the American Heart Association (AHA)—provided standardized training and certifications in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). It also offers a comprehensive “CPR for the Professional Rescuer” course.

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Special Event Medical Standby

Mile High Ambulance

Knowing who will provide Basic Life Support, such as CPR, First Aid, and Bleeding Control is a key precaution when planning events. Mile High Ambulance also offers Advanced Life Support for individuals needing further medical attention.

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Systemic Steroids: An ED Focused Overview

EMDocs

1 Though hydrocortisone is often included in ‘crash carts,’ the most recent consensus on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has a weak recommendation against the use of corticosteroids during CPR. Given its mineralocorticoid properties, hydrocortisone is traditionally used for adrenal insufficiency. 2015;116(6):960-975. Circulation.

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