EMS World Magazine

EMS World Magazine has been published continuously since 1972. Informative and balanced editorial content make EMS World Magazine the most authoritative source in the world for clinical and educational material designed to improve the delivery of prehospital emergency medical care. It is written, edited, illustrated and formatted to appeal to the full spectrum of EMS professionals: Paramedics, EMTs, administrators and instructors working in private and public services.

May 2012

In This Issue

Features

Lessons Learned From the Joplin Tornado

by Jim Morgan

What should an EMS system take from such a disaster?
Beyond Basic Training

by Jeffrey M. Goodloe, MD, NREMT-P, FACEP

How EMT-Basics can assist in 12-lead EKG acquisition and transmission
How To Win the Race to Save Lives

by Jason Busch

Pit crews go a long way toward winning races, and they can do the same...
CDC Updates Field Triage Guidance

by John Erich

When should you go to that Level 1?
How Temporary Ischemia Reduces Later Harm

by John Erich

What is remote conditioning, and how does it work?
Session Highlights

by John Erich

A roundup of some of the key content presented at the Gathering of Eagles
Inside an EMS Conference

by John Erich

How an EMS conference is put together.
Who You Callin’ Community Paramedics?

by John Erich

The term can mean a few different things—and Maine is willing to...
A Quicker Kind of Cool

by John Erich

New York medics trying earlier hypothermia for SCA victims
Who's Taking the Fall?

by John Erich

Wake County is looking to treat and release simple-fall patients in...
A Primer on Pediatric Diabetic Emergencies

by Bernard Beckerman, MD

What do you do with a hypo- or hyperglycemic child?
How to Successfully Recruit Volunteers

by Kyle B. Starr, NREMT-P, CCEMT-P

Are your ranks shrinking? Check out our top 10 tips for recruiting EMS...

Cover Report

When Thinking is Hard: Managing Decision Fatigue

by Brandon Oto

Although decision fatigue seems to affect nearly everyone, those of us...

CE Article

Managing Sepsis in the Adult Patient

by Scott R. Snyder, BS, NREMT-P, Sean Kivlehan, MD, MPH, NREMT-P, Kevin T. Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, WEMT

What you need to know about emerging diagnostic trends and treatments for...

Publisher's Column

A Washington Story

by Scott Cravens, EMT-B

EMS on the Hill Day offers a unique experience for all providers

Columns

When “Everything Hurts”

by Mike Smith, BS, MICP

A patient in pain requires you to don your detective hat
Fence Splitter

by James Augustine, MD, FACEP

Evading police leads to a gruesome testicular injury
Product Review: Solar-1 EMS Jacket with Bloodborne Pathogen Protection

by Ed Mund

Duty-wear jackets have multiple roles to fill and jackets must do all these...
I Protest

by Mike Rubin, BS, NREMT-P

We need to move toward a more civil discourse, within and without.

Literature Review: Prehospital Epi for Cardiac Arrest

by Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP

ROSC is one thing—survival, apparently, another
Loud Music

by Thom Dick

Our transfer calls can define us
Pressing Issues: Q&A with D. Randy Kuykendall

by Jenifer Goodwin

D. Randy Kuykendall sees state EMS offices as an advocate for the needs...
Toxicology Today

by Steven "Kelly" Grayson, NREMT-P, CCEMT-P and William E. (Gene) Gandy, JD, LP

Never underestimate the ingenuity of drug users

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