Medical Director
Clinical pharmacists enhance efficiency, safety and collaboration, empowering paramedics and improving patient outcomes
Mechanisms, roles and potential risk: What medics need to know about beta blockers
Learn about two of the most common NMBAs used in EMS and how each impact intubation decisions during advanced airway management
Debunking unsound research and increasing hospital collaboration to improve outcomes
Assessing prehospital management and outcomes in patients assessed for hypoglycemia
Revamped triage criteria streamline decision making and relieve the burden on hospital systems
Buchanan County EMS Director, Dr. Scott Hall was killed when the utility vehicle he was driving overturned
What does the latest study mean for prehospital use of TXA?
Video: Watch as a police officer manages the first critical minutes of a stabbing
Albuterol, fentanyl and naloxone injectable are among the drugs being recalled 鈥� many of which are in very short supply, with no alternate source available
Synchronized and unsynchronized electrical cardioversions are safe and effective in the prehospital environment
The next time you encounter a patient for which your clinical impression is 鈥渆xcited delirium,鈥� remember that the treatment you render isn鈥檛 to treat the delirium
Should we be using midazolam instead of morphine in congestive heart failure?
Disaster medicine expert Dr. Alex Isakov weighs in on infectious diseases on the horizon
Another tool in the diagnostician鈥檚 briefcase
Long-term care facilities are at risk of becoming hotbeds of growth for the fungus that is rapidly spreading across the United States
Examining cardiac care in the absence of STEMI following ROSC
Is there a role for dexamethasone in the prehospital environment?
Managing unusual abdominal injuries, including intussusception, Hirschsprung disease and appendicitis
Are you fluent in medical shorthand? Check out this list of abbreviations and download a copy of PDF flashcards to test yourself
How do medical directors and educators support EMS clinicians in developing practices that improve the diagnostic process?
Gainesville Fire Rescue鈥檚 Krista Ott and David Sutton share how to tell your story to stakeholders
The Sotair was designed to protect the airway and minimize gastric insufflation
Check out this incredible footage from video laryngoscopes that captured burned and swollen airways during intubation
City council members will vote on a 2-year ban on all chemical sedatives used to restrain patients as well as any new sedatives for medical purposes
Essex County Emergency Services Director Max Thwaits III also served as chief of the Jay VFD and as an EMT for the AuSable Forks Volunteer Ambulance Squad
It is in our healthcare system gaps in coverage where the community paramedic lives and can show their worth
This episode dives into geriatric healthcare and the origins of high-performance EMS
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine will do the hiring; officials said the partnership would include the use of hospital sites for training and cover liability costs
3,213 EMS providers speak up about job satisfaction, effective leadership, safety and innovation in the EMS Trend Survey
The previous director said someone in that role could work on things such as the firefighter cancer surveillance program, the city鈥檚 AED program and workplace safety training
Dr. John S. Karduck, 鈥淒oc,鈥� also served as medical director for more than 30 agencies
