In today’s episode, Steve, Dan, and Holly have the opportunity to discuss an interesting MCI call with guest Kyle Snider. At the time of the incident, Kyle was a new medic with wilderness medicine training who was working in a rural department with limited resources. Kyle discusses the call from the point of dispatch to call completion and reviews what he felt went well and what he would have changed.

It is no secret that we, as a nation, are experiencing extreme implications of opioid abuse. In this episode, Holly talks about a new program she is helping head, whose...

Our report aims to determine the frequency of naloxone administration by licensed providers during EMS activations between 2018-2022. In addition, we aim to describe the characteristics of patients who received naloxone on EMS calls in recent years.

Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers are employed by various types of agencies, each with slight differences in the provided emergency services. In 2020, a needs assessment conducted by the National Association of State EMS Officials identified 20,969 unique responding EMS agencies in the US.1 Figure 1 shows the number of EMS agencies in each state in 2020.

Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers are employed by various types of agencies, each with slight differences in the provided emergency services. In 2020, a needs assessment conducted by the National Association of State EMS Officials identified 20,969 unique responding EMS agencies in the US.1 Figure 1 shows the number of EMS agencies in each state in 2020.

In this follow-up episode, Bruce and the team continue their discussion on ventilation and airway management. This episode goes into much greater depth on how ETCO2 can be used to manage an array of patients effectively and how a thorough understanding and monitoring of end-tidal during a resuscitation attempt can help ensure a patient remains neurologically intact, assuming ROSC is achieved.

In this episode, Steve, Dan, and Holly talk with Bruce Opsal, a long-time firefighter and paramedic who has spent years leading training programs centered on effective airway management and ventilation....

Emergency Medical Service (EMS) workers provide pre-hospital care to patients in diverse and often complex situations. Frequent interactions with sick individuals, dynamic emergency scenes, and rapid transportation pose an inherent...

Calls involving drugs and alcohol can be challenging for EMS providers. Not only do many of us have strong opinions or emotions about these substances, but some EMS providers may...

Sometimes, in EMS, we get in a bit over our heads. It’s important to get comfortable calling for additional resources or a higher level of care to ensure our patients...