Janine E. Curcio and Dr. Robert Lowe provide a seven-point scale based on speech and responsiveness to decide whether or not to use sedation for an agitated patient. Managing an agitated or aggressive ...

Multiple patient factors, including age, are associated with emergency medical services (EMS) pediatric care quality, ...

May 26—Emergency medical services from the comfort of ... your couch ? A new state law passed earlier this year will allow EMS personnel to do just that for people with certain medical conditions. The ...

When healthcare organizations share vital data between EMS and hospital systems, they can gain critical insights that inform ...

Cabarrus County EMS and Atrium Health Cabarrus are now delivering blood transfusions in the field, using rapid infusers and ...

The arguments for integrating EMS data and making it available through the electronic medical record (EMR) system include improving continuity of care, supporting medical decision making (MDM), and ...

Conducting a sepsis screening during emergency medical service transport to an emergency department reduces time to treatment. Emergency medical service screening for sepsis speeds administration of ...

You arrive at the scene to find a patient struggling to breathe. They can’t speak clearly, no family is present, and no one knows their medical history. What medications are they on? Do they have life ...

This article, by Kerri L. Richardson, is reprinted with permission of the Louisville, Ky. Metro Government. Louisville's EMS crews are among the first in the country to use new handheld computers to ...

Mark Litwinko explains the intricacies of paramedics' and EMTs' expanding role within the integrated public safety team.