Dr. Chelsea Kadish and Kyle Goodknight explain why EMS providers who consider prehospital pediatric CPAP too aggressive should embrace the modality as safe and effective for even the youngest patients ...
At the beginning of my career, numerous times per day, we slung Lasix at congestive heart failure (CHF) patients and hurried them to the hospital. They were suffocating and attempting to breathe with ...
When a child suffers a life-threatening illness or accident, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is often the first on the scene and the first to saving medical strategies to restore or maintain ...
About one-third of EMS agencies in a nationally representative registry switched their advanced airway placement approach from 2016-2018 to 2020-2022. Survival and return of spontaneous circulation ...
Preliminary findings from an investigation into an ambulance fire that killed a patient and injured a paramedic last month show the blaze originated in an oxygen device that is routinely used, ...
Mayor Rick Blangiardi, left, opened a news conference with Honolulu Department of Emergency Services Director Dr. Jim Ireland, Honolulu Police Chief Arthur “Joe” Logan and Honolulu Fire Chief Sheldon ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The investigation into the ambulance blast that left a patient dead and paramedic critically injured will likely consider the potential role of oxygen cylinders. EMS ...