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Fluid Resuscitation in the Prehospital Setting

International Journal of Paramedicine

Urban Emergency Medical Services benefit from an increased number of higher-level personnel (Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics) responding to all calls that are trained to obtain intravenous access. EMS clinicians must be comfortable with the various fluids available to them in the field.

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Simulation Training as a Strategy for Workforce Retention in EMS

JEMS

Keywords: Simulation-based training, Emergency Medical Services, Workforce retention, cognitive load, self-efficacy, personality traits, training, professional development, job satisfaction A Common Scenario “What?! What do you mean the paramedics are 45 minutes away? 4 SBT is divided into high and low fidelity.

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Lifesaving Whole Blood Program Begins in CO

JEMS

In some moments of trauma or crisis, blood is life. Paramedics with Ute Pass Regional Health Service District are now bringing another pathway to life when things go terribly wrong. In addition, the Teller County Emergency Medical Services Council contributed $20,000 toward the launch.

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The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’—And the EMS Revenue Collapse No One’s Ready For

JEMS

Few public services are more essential and financially vulnerable than Emergency Medical Services (EMS). As the front line of the healthcare system, EMS delivers time-sensitive care in moments of crisis, bridging the gap between life-threatening events and definitive treatment.

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PA Fire Department, Children’s Hospital Partner for Pediatric EMS Training

JEMS

The training for some 500 paramedics and emergency medical technicians, or EMTs, covers how to recognize signs that a child’s health is rapidly declining, medication protocol, techniques for starting an IV on smaller bodies with difficult-to-find veins, and CPR for children. Kids aren’t just little adults,” he said.

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The Widely Varying Role of the Advanced EMT in Modern EMS

JEMS

And emergency medical service organizations are structured accordingly, right? Although its name and structure changed, the rural ambulance service merged with the town fire department’s paramedic-level EMS providers approximately ten years ago. It’s pretty simple, right? It is not an issue of regulation or protocol.

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Dispute Over Ambulance Service in CT Town: ‘It’s Really About Life or Death’

JEMS

In a proposed decision, a state Department of Public Health staffer rejected arguments by the Wethersfield Emergency Medical Services Association that it would consistently provide more reliable service than Aetna. We have the Silas Deane, the Berlin Turnpike and I-91 running through our town.