I produce and design online education lessons for RapidCE.com. Since 2004 my team of physicians, nurses, paramedics, and I have produced more than 125 lessons in categories of medial emergencies, trauma, environmental emergencies, patient assessment, pediatrics, geriatrics, and workplace health and safety. Many of you may need a few additional CE credits before March 31 […]
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This is a guest post by Michael Fraley. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. This post in the 31 Days of CE series comes from paramedic and EMS educator Michael Fraley. Michael writes: The prevention of thermal burn injuries in children has come a long way. A recent […]
Welcome to winter. Many of us will be experiencing a cold challenge – unintentionally – as we respond to patient emergencies. Will you be inducing hypothermia in any of your patients? I don’t work in EMS systems that use induced hypothermia for patients that have Return of Spontaneous Circulation” after cardiac arrest – yet. Despite […]
You should be able to tell from the doorway if your patient needs oxygen. Simply gauge their rate and effort of breathing. I don’t think you need a “room air” pulse ox to confirm if the patient needs oxygen. If a patient really needs oxygen because they have: tachypnea bradypnea pallor cyanosis intercostal muscle retractions […]
Pharmacology is one of the most interesting topics in EMS, but it requires careful study to understand indications, contraindications, doses, and side effects. Pharmacology also requires patient assessment skills and thorough understanding of your patient care protocols. After a few tips I will share some pharmacology continuing education tips. These are the Everyday EMS tips […]
Mass casualty incident response for EMS is one of my favorite topics as a trainer and as a student. I have had the good fortune to work on several MCI for EMS consulting projects throughout Wisconsin that have involved writing/rewriting EMS plans, developing training materials, and delivering training exercises. The purpose of these projects has […]
Sunday posts at Everyday EMS Tips are generally have a theme of self-improvement and/or a connection to physical, mental, or emotional health. Dr. Joseph Weiner was a two-time guest on the EMSEduCast podcast in 2009. Joe is a clinical psychologist in New York City. He was an ideal podcast guest because he both answered questions […]
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Are you a pro football fan? Like me you have certainly noticed the increased attention to the occurance and consequences of traumatic brain injury in professional football players. For several years the CDC has been promoting increased awareness of traumatic brain injury (what we used to call concussions) in youth sports. Their efforts have focused […]
This is a guest post by Michael Fraley. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Taking an accurate blood pressure was one of the first things we all learned in EMT or First Responder class, but it can be very easy to get in the habit of using […]
After spending four days with a group of industrial first responders I have enough hand and finger crush, degloving, and amputation stories to last the rest of my careers as an EMS educator. I was really surprised at the frequency which the students respond to hand and finger trauma ranging from simple lacerations to full […]