JEMS

JUNE 27, 2025

In some moments of trauma or crisis, blood is life. “Less than 2% of all ground ambulances in the United States are carrying whole blood,” Dr. Sean Keenan, the EMS medical director in Teller County for UCHealth said. “They just hadn’t (previously) had a tool to address it.

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JEMS

JUNE 11, 2025

Enter the Advanced EMT Actually, it’s more complicated. While the reasons for not allowing advanced EMTs to function at their full level of training are complex, the reasons for encouraging them to do so are simple. It’s pretty simple, right? And emergency medical service organizations are structured accordingly, right?

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JEMS

JUNE 27, 2025

million for private EMS contractors to help make up for the change. The… EMS Training News News Feed Georgia Headlines MT EMS Provider Dies Days after Ambulance Crash A senior Montana EMS provider who was involved in a two-vehicle crash earlier this month has died, authorities said. Visit WMAR for more.

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JEMS

JUNE 20, 2025

It is not appropriate for the town to hide behind the state and let them make the decision about EMS. The EMS system we currently have in place works.” For years, WEMSA had held the rights to be Wethersfield’s primary emergency medical provider, even though it didn’t have paramedics trained in advanced life support.

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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. The very low risk calls can typically be satisfied with basic life support (BLS) capabilities.

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JEMS

JUNE 27, 2025

EMS Operations News News Feed England Headlines Must View New Cobb County (GA) Paramedic School Doubles Training Capacity Cobb County will soon have more paramedics thanks to a new partnership between Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services and Metro Atlanta Ambulance Service.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 24, 2020

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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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

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. You need to recognize an arrest and activate your EMS system.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 7, 2018

You are the first provider on scene with Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and start high-quality Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). Jenn Doyle is a paramedic educator at Middlesex-London Paramedic Service. Case: A 51-year-old man experiences a cardiac arrest on the street. He is unsuccessfully shocked.

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International Journal of Paramedicine

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between patient acuity and level of EMS care adjusting for rurality and insurance. Overall, there was a decreased odds of advanced life service use at low acuity EMS responses (OR=0.443, 95% CI=0.440-0.445). Discussion.

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NCOAE

AUGUST 12, 2022

Today we’re taking a more serious look at language, this time highlighting the terminology used by members of the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) community. The post Most EMS Terminology Comes Down to Initials, Abbreviations and Acronyms appeared first on National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education.

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ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

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). In 2015, it introduced Basic Life Support (BLS) training and certification for EMS personnel.

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Unitek EMT

JANUARY 19, 2024

These professionals bridge the gap between standard emergency medical services and acute care, delivering advanced life support through critical interventions […] The post Critical Care EMT appeared first on Unitek EMT.

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EMT Training Station

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Drawing from my extensive experience as an emergency medical technician, I’ll share some of the advanced techniques and tools we use to manage these complex injuries effectively. In cases of severe electrical burns, victims may require advanced life support, which includes securing the airway and providing assisted ventilation.

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Utah's Paramedic and EMS Academy

OCTOBER 23, 2023

As an EMT, your primary focus is patient care and transportation to a hospital for more advanced medical attention. In contrast, Paramedics are trained to provide advanced life support care. Paramedic training might take up to two years, which is more time and money to invest.

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ESO

JANUARY 19, 2024

There are steps to take to work towards closing this gap, such as not prioritizing a set list of symptoms as “normal EKG” and recognizing atypical presentations across different patient populations. EMS services can proactively work to improve how they communicate within their communities.

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Handtevy

APRIL 10, 2019

Data from the AHA and the Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) guidelines consistently report neurologic intact survival from pediatric cardiac arrest to be 3% for infants and 10% for children. On-scene EMS resuscitation. By Peter Antevy, MD. Bystander CPR, 2. Telephone CPR (T-CPR), and 3.

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Irish College of Paramedics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Helicopter EMS in Cork: a paramedicine perspective. Whilst we respect the opinion of other professions we feel it is important to provide an Irish perspective on behalf of members of the Irish College of Paramedics - Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) Paramedics, and Advanced Paramedics (APs). Reproduced from Knox, S. Schneir, A.

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NAEMSP

JANUARY 5, 2023

Panchal AR, Bartos JA, Cabañas JG, Donnino MW, Drennan IR, Hirsch KG, Kudenchuk PJ, Kurz MC, Lavonas EJ, Morley PT, O’Neil BJ, Peberdy MA, Rittenberger JC, Rodriguez AJ, Sawyer KN, Berg KM; Adult Basic and Advanced Life Support Writing Group. Ross EM, Mapp J, Kharod C, Wampler DA, Velasquez C, Miramontes DA.

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Peter Canning

JANUARY 14, 2024

I recerted CPR, ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) and PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) late in December. EMS may transport children with behavioral emergencies aged 4 to 18 directly to urgent crisis centers, provided they meet criteria and the service has sponsor hospital approval.*

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NCOAE

MARCH 8, 2021

For example, in North Carolina you can gain your EMT license by taking the North Carolina Office of EMS Exam or by filing for legal recognition after passing the NREMT exam. Then click the link for your state’s EMS page and look around the resulting web page for information related to certifications and training.

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NAEMSP

APRIL 19, 2023

Part 3: Adult Basic and Advanced Life Support: 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Part 4: Pediatric Basic and Advanced Life Support: 2020 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 11, 2024

8 The 2023 Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) guidelines recommend the following formulas for ET tubes. 8 The 2023 Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) guidelines recommend the following formulas for ET tubes. This increases the risk of the ET tube becoming obstructed or blocked by the vocal folds.

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EMT Training Station

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

In the realm of emergency healthcare, the terms EMS (Emergency Medical Services) and EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) are often used interchangeably, yet they represent distinct aspects of medical response and care. Though they are closely related and often work together, EMS and EMT have distinct roles, training, and responsibilities.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

DECEMBER 6, 2016

In anticipation of EM Cases Episode 90 on the Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) guidelines with the lead author Dr. Allan DeCaen and Dr. Anthony Crocco, Dr. DeCaen tells his Best Case Ever showing us the value of orchestrated team work and a great example of the saying, "they're not dead until they're warm and dead".

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EMT Training Station

MARCH 24, 2023

By choosing a career in Tactical EMS, EMTs and paramedics can take their medical expertise to the front lines of law enforcement, ultimately helping to save lives and ensure the safety of both officers and civilians in some of the most challenging and high-risk scenarios.

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Paramedics Unlimited

APRIL 19, 2018

In Basic Life Support (BLS) emergencies, a single EMS provider can not deliver optimum care, such as when trying to hold direct pressure on a bleeding wound, while preparing bandages, to stop bleeding. In Advanced Life support (ALS) emergencies, a “single” paramedic or ER doctor can not deliver necessary care.

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REBEL EM

MARCH 13, 2023

Does the inclusion of patients pronounced dead on scene and the presence of a physician-based EMS organization affect the pooled mortality rate and survival with favorable neurologic outcomes for prehospital TCA? The search contained terms for (1) prehospital cardiac arrest or prehospital advanced life support, and (2) injuries and trauma.

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High Performance EMS

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

.” There are several very quotable sections including, “The EMS staffing crisis highlights the need for reasonable, evidence-based and data driven system design and response changes to sustain these vital services while addressing the root causes of workforce shortages and economic challenges.

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