The Skeptics' Guide to EM
NOVEMBER 30, 2024
Case: You’re doing a ride along with your local emergency medical service (EMS) crews and responding to an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). The paramedic is trying to get intravenous (IV) access to give epinephrine per the protocol. Epinephrine has long been a cornerstone in the management of OHCA.
JEMS
JULY 17, 2025
Murphy JD, MS, PA-C, EFO 5 min read Share To: Shutterstock/Fineart1 Emergency medical services (EMS) are essential in delivering timely care during medical crises. As technology evolves, EMS systems are undergoing a transformative shift toward automation.
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JEMS
JUNE 6, 2025
Emergency medical services(EMS) has historically been a punitive system, resulting in people being unforthcoming about issues or concealing minor infractions in hopes of evading discipline. Scenario One A paramedic forgets to restock epinephrine 1:1,000 in the medical bag, and the next crew responds to an anaphylaxis call without it.
EMDocs
APRIL 25, 2025
Originally published at The Pediatric EMS Podcast on March 5, 2035. This is the Pediatric EMS Podcast with the mission to provide case-based discussion with evidence-based recommendations by content experts in prehospital pediatric medicine in order to advance the care of children outside the hospital. Reposted with permission.
ACEP Now
JANUARY 5, 2025
6 Apply direct pressure to the bleeding site with gauze soaked in TXA and epinephrine as a first-line intervention. 7 Epinephrine acts as a local vasoconstrictor, aiding hemostasis, and TXA helps to stabilize clot formation on the exposed tissue and delay hemorrhage progression.
International Journal of Paramedicine
APRIL 16, 2025
This observational study aims to describe the usage of vasopressors by EMS, and to assess how vasopressor usage differs between transport and hospital environments. Epinephrine was administered to 163 (13.4%) patients. In total, 505 (41.7%) of patients received multiple vasopressors during EMS transport.
First 10 EM
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
In the most recent BroomeDocs podcast, we talk about an attempt to use the IM route to give cardiac arrest victims epinephrine faster. The podcast and Research Roundups blog post might actually come out next week.)
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