JEMS

JUNE 11, 2025

His agency has three levels of gear when appropriate, for instance there is an ALS, BLS, and AEMT drug bag in each ambulance, but there is, of course, a great deal of cross over and this is simply not necessary for most of the equipment. In the EMD (emergency medical dispatch) world, they often count as BLS.” It’s pretty simple, right?

AEMT 98

AEMT EMT EMT Mobile Integrated Health 98

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Treatment of cardiac arrest and life-threatening toxicity due to poisoning often requires specialized treatments that most clinicians do not use frequently such as antidotes and venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, in addition to effective basic and advanced life support. COR 2a, LOE C-LD. COR 2a, LOE C-LD.

Naloxone 105

Naloxone OR BLS Advanced Life Support 105

Paramedics Unlimited

APRIL 19, 2018

What is the difference between ALS and BLS Medical Care? 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.

BLS 52

BLS ALS Emergency Medical Technician Advanced Life Support 52

Paramedic Training Spot

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Before BLS, or Basic Life Support, was able to administer Narcan, agencies would have to wait for a MICP unit to arrive on scene to administer the lifesaving medication. They had overdosed, and this was before the widespread use of Narcan. My First Call I became an EMT when I was sixteen.

EMT 52

EMT EMT EMR Emergency Medical Technician 52