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Imagine delivering your meds rapidly and in metered doses without worrying about using a needle or other high training delivery device. Imagine a simple device you can hand out at a disaster scene that costs pennies each but can deliver life saving meds directly into the lungs and each person...

I took some time this week to check out the American Heart Association page about the new CPR guidelines and found a series of webcasts and podcasts about the changes and explaining the reasons behind them. I reviewed and linked to each of them on my blog here. Overall some very good...

:rolleyes:Today, May 17, 2006 is National EMS for Children Day. This is a day set aside during EMS Week when we and the community around us take time to focus on the specific needs and important differences when dealing with Children and emergencies. What do you do for National EMS-C day...

I just read an article about changes in King County, Washington resuscitation guidelines. DNR Article I posted a reaction to this on my blog and I may add it to my podcast discussions. What are the protocols regarding DNR's around the country? I thought that all EMS crews were allowed...

The results of a survey of emergency room physicians conducted by the American college of emergency physicians states that there are too few specialists willing to work covering the emergencies seen in U.S. ER’s every day. I commented on this in my blog but I was curious if any of you noticed...

:excl: I posted this on my blog but I thought it was important enough to post here, too: EMS workers in the gulf coast areas struck by last year's hurricanes are still at their posts despite that fact that many of them are still living in barracks-like conditions in FEMA trailers away from...

I'm do a regular feature in my podcast on a particular med each week. Last week I covered Lidocaine and this week I plan on covering Amiodarone. I am a Maryland Paramedic and we don't use Amiodarone here.:sad: Does anyone have any comments on their viewed effectiveness, anecdotes, etc...

I caught this article recently about ventilator shortages if the Avian Flu did develop into a pandemic. :excl: The numbers caught me by surprise. Has anyone else heard anything about this? http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/12/national/12vent.html?ex=1299819600