Mon.Jul 14, 2025

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Thinking “Appropriately” About Dispatch

High Performance EMS

The traditional method for planning EMS responses has always been a static process developed with simplistic rules using arbitrary times as the primary goal. Yet every dispatch decision must be made in real-time from a changing list of possibilities focusing on the potential impact of each option. Matching the rules of your decision logic with the actual process shifts the focus toward system efficiency and effective patient-centric outcomes.

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How to Become an Ambulance Driver

Unitek EMT

From driver to emergency responder: the changing role of ambulance professionals. The role of an ambulance driver has evolved significantly over the decades. Once viewed primarily as someone tasked with rushing patients to the hospital, today’s ambulance drivers are highly trained professionals who play a critical role in emergency medical services (EMS).

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Degrees of Ignorance

JEMS

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Airway Assistant

Life in the Fastlane

Chris Nickson Airway Assistant Description of the airway assistant role in the ANZ critical care setting, including responsibilities, tips and pitfalls for newcomers to the role.

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New Buchanan County (MO) EMS Facility Opens

JEMS

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Casting Doubt: The SUSPECT Trial — Bandaging Vs. Casting for Suspected Occult Scaphoid Fracture

REBEL EM

🧭 REBEL Rundown 📌 Key Points 🧠 Clinical Uncertainty: Snuffbox tenderness with normal X-rays creates a gray zone—fracture risk is low, but fear of missing one drives over-treatment. 🩹 Bandage vs. Cast: The SUSPECT Trial tested whether simple bandaging could safely replace casting in patients with suspected occult scaphoid fractures.

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National EMS Weekend of Honor Honors Lives Lost in the Line of Duty

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Insurers Fight State Laws Restricting Surprise Ambulance Bills

JEMS

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Rapid Acute Coronary Syndrome Evaluation Over One Hour With High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I: A United States-Based Stepped-Wedge, Randomized Trial

EMOttawa

Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3.5/5 Miller J, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 Oct;84(4):399-408. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.04.024. Question and Methods: The Authors assessed whether a 0/1-hour high-sensitivity troponin protocol increased safe ED discharges compared to standard 0/3-hour care, using a stepped-wedge, randomized trial across 9 US EDs. Findings: The accelerated protocol did not significantly increase safe discharges (57.8% […] The post Rapid Acute Coronary Syndrome Evaluation

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Two Dead and Four Injured, Including Two Children, in CA Crash

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Fifth disease

Life in the Fastlane

Mike Cadogan Fifth disease Erythema infectiosum (fifth disease), is a common manifestation of infection in children characterized by low-grade fever, malaise, facial rash, and later by the spread of a lacy maculopapular rash involving the trunk and limbs.

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Groundbreaking ME Mobile Medical Program to Shift Focus

JEMS

After Kennebec County budget officials cut an emergency medical program from their budget in April, a grant from the Maine Recovery Council could give it a second life.

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Multi-Car Crash in the Bronx (NY) Kills 71-Year-Old Woman, Injures Seven Others

JEMS

A 79-year-old driver crashed into two cars in the Bronx before hitting a light pole — killing his passenger and injuring himself and six others, police said.

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Suspect Kills Two Women in KY Church After Shooting State Trooper

JEMS

Two women died Sunday at a church in Lexington, Kentucky, in a shooting rampage that began when a state trooper was wounded after making a traffic stop, police said.

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