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Hmmm. How much did that cost to produce? But..... does it actually do what it claims it can do and that is improve the oxygenation to the alveoli during high performance uninterrupted CPR?

I came across this in JEMS today: http://www.jems.com/articles/print/volume-42/issue-10/features/new-resuscitation-device-provides-continuous-oxygen-delivery-during-cpr.html It illustrates a device that creates a “virtual valve” that allows for negative pressure and results in uninterrupted...

Thanks guys. I'm actually really surprised at the diversity of the devices in use. Do you find any issues with keeping them clean? I.e. using Caviwipes? Currently the state of NH is using ImageTrend elite and it looks like services are using just as diverse devices as you guys mention. Sent...

What kind of tablets or convertible or laptops do you all use in your services for ePCR? And have you run into issues with specific types? For example using an iPad Pro verses an Android tablet verses a Toughbook? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I appreciate your honesty. What you said affirms the messaging that I see in EMS, that if you aren't in an existing group of people who have built professional friendships over years and who rely only on each other, that the new guys have to find their own way to cope. It's more of an...

The way interpret this topic it has less to do with legislation to support mental health and all about how we treat each other in support of good mental health. I've seen some disturbing comments about "pro-talking crowd" assuming that all incidents lead to PTSD. Let me ask this question, for...

It's one of those contradictions that I see in EMS that I don't see in my day job in the private sector. If someone needs help to do their job you give it to them. You put them on a track to try and address the problem but the goal is always to try and set the individual up for success and not...

Wireless electrodes for 12leads :). It's a QoL thing for me not to have my patients look like Data just exploded on them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I checked the NH protocols and most of the non-opiate drugs aren't listed in our paramedic protocols with the exception of Ibuprofen and Ketamine (looks like it's only in the RSI protocol vs pain management). I know this is only at the BLS level but is there a contraindication to give ketamine...

We had a full engine company on scene so manpower wasn't an issue. This was more an exercise to see how others would approach this situation and I have to say there have been a lot of helpful insights. For some reason I thought that all patients had to be packaged up for transport, so in this...

I'll have to think twice about ALS then in future situations. Thanks guys for the feedback! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Do paramedics carry pain meds that are not opiate-based? She refused any narcotics which is why we called off ALS. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My initial thought was safety using a scoop stretcher going down stairs but I suppose with enough guys that would be a non-issue. Thanks for the feedback! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This was a call I had at the BLS level and am curious how others would approach this. We were toned out for a 65yo female who had fallen with a possible fractured hand. When we got there the patient was laying supine in the upstairs bedroom of a s 2 story home. She had apparently stumbled, hit...

Thanks, that definitely affirms my suspicions that in most if not all services/protocols it wasn't done routinely.

Hospital gown.

When I did my clinical rotation every patient admitted to the ED had to disrobe and don a johnny. It occurs to me that in most trauma cases in order to do a proper head to toe and to aid in exposing an ambulatory and conscious patient getting them into a Johnny in the back of the bus would make...