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Prehospital Extra-Corporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

International Journal of Paramedicine

The dispatch processes for ECPR teams were varied and included both helicopter and ground-based services. Many eligibility criteria can be determined during emergency call receipt or shortly after resource arrival, highlighting the potential for improved screening by emergency medical dispatchers and non-specialist resources.

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Paramedic Chiefs of Canada – The Preburn Project: Preventing Burnout by Predicting Compromised Wellness in EMS Workers

FirstWatch

This session is designed for EMS directors, EMS administrators, paramedics, dispatchers, mental health professionals and researchers who are committed to improving the well-being of frontline EMS workers.

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Abstract: The Preburn Project: Preventing Burnout by Predicting Compromised Wellness in EMS Workers | 06 February 2025

Paramedic Chiefs of Canada

This session is designed for EMS directors, EMS administrators, paramedics, dispatchers, mental health professionals and researchers who are committed to improving the well-being of frontline EMS workers. Poster (PDF): Click to download Members, login at the top-left for access to the webinar recording, handout and other materials.

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International Prehospital Medicine Institute Literature Review, July 2025

JEMS

The median time between emergency call and thoracotomy was 22 (17-29) minutes. The underlying cause of the TCA was cardiac tamponade in 105 patients (18%), exsanguination in 418 patients (70%), or a combination of both in 72 patients (12%). for all other causes). The duration of TCA was also associated with survival (16% for 10 minutes).

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The Widely Varying Role of the Advanced EMT in Modern EMS

JEMS

In the EMD (emergency medical dispatch) world, they often count as BLS.” His agency has roots in rural EMS but in the past decade or two has through a merger and population increase in the area of coverage become much more suburban. I’m not sure what liability issues anyone would be referring to,” he said. “It Who fills in?

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Wave 2025 Recap: Top 5 Topics in EMS and Fire  

ESO

In To Transfuse or Not to Transfuse: Using ESO Data to Evaluate the Utility of Implementing a Prehospital Blood Product Program, Medical Director of Cincinnati Fire Department, Dustin Calhoun, dove into the current state of prehospital 911 blood product administration and our learnings thus far. There are many uses for data.

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Complexity

NAEMSP

Call was made to the Fire Department (or EMS, as 911 did not exist), a response was dispatched, units arrived on scene, they provided whatever assessment and treatment were appropriate (rudimentary by today’s standards), they notified the hospital, and they transported. It wasn’t simple, but it was fairly linear. We were the innovators.