Now that our review for Academic Emergency Medicine has been published, I wanted to devote a few words to a discussion that didn’t make it into the article. We spent a lot of time trying ...
There’s a story we’ve all been told. It goes like this: A person suffers a traumatic injury, usually a minor one, like bumping their head or crunching their fender in traffic. Afterwards, the...
I’m tired of all the mumbo-jumbo. Here’s my beef. Every medical provider, particularly those who work in the acute setting (such as prehospital medicine, critical care, or the emergency depar...
https://emsbasics.com/2014/08/16/what-the-heck-is-a-general-impression/
Although we like to talk around here about exciting topics like shock and airway management, the reality is that for many EMS providers — particularly at the BLS level — a large part of this...
https://emsbasics.com/2014/08/07/the-long-term-care-ombudsman-advocates-on-call/
Reader Steve Carroll passed along this recent case report from the Annals of Emergency Medicine. It’s behind a paywall, so let’s summarize. What happened A young adult male was shot three ...
Almost everybody in healthcare has to occasionally deliver verbal reports to their colleagues or counterparts, and almost everybody starts out bad at it. It’s a weird skill and one that takes p...
https://emsbasics.com/2014/03/22/toastmasters-for-trauma-patients/
This isn’t a criticism, Harry! But you do… sort of… I mean — don’t you think you’ve got a bit of a — a — saving people thing? Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, JK Rowling...
https://emsbasics.com/2013/02/20/super-soakers-building-a-bls-irrigation-device/
So you’re an EMT operating at the BLS level, and you understand that when it comes to cardiac arrest, you’re the man. Sure, you’ll call for the medics if you get there first, but the stu...
https://emsbasics.com/2013/01/14/advanced-cpr-techniques-for-basic-providers/
Man’s leaning against a wall. He doesn’t move for hours. Just stands there not moving. Finally, someone says, “You been here all day — don’t you have anything to do?” “I’m doin...
https://emsbasics.com/2013/01/09/staying-in-place-compensation-and-endpoints/