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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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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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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

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Wave 2025 Recap: Top 5 Topics in EMS and Fire  

ESO

More than ever before, data and strategic partnerships are being used as tools for empowering first responders to get to the root of patients’ issues through Mobile Integrated Healthcare/Community Paramedicine programs. These programs can be incredibly impactful for both the agencies and the patients they treat.

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Complexity

NAEMSP

EMS Perspectives: An OpEd Page on the History and Future of EMS By Clayton Kazan, MD, MS, FACEP, FAEMS So we are about 54 years into the pilot project that is EMS and paramedicine. That we would even exist, much less thrive, years later, was viewed by many as highly improbable at the time. It wasn’t simple, but it was fairly linear.