This Week in EMS: H1N1 Report...D.C. EMS Director Resigns...Town Bars EMS Squad
A new report outlines recommendations for dealing with the H1N1 pandemic and future national disease outbreaks.
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Learning from the H1N1 Outbreak
A new report outlines recommendations for dealing with the H1N1 pandemic and future national disease outbreaks.
Head of D.C. EMS to Resign at Year's End
James Augustine, who was brought in to rescue the District's beleaguered ambulance service, will resign at the end of the year, authorities announced Tuesday.
Probation for New Milford Ambulance Over 911 Mishap
The state Department of Public Health has placed New Milford Community Ambulance on 36 months of probation for a 2008 incident in which a woman waited more than an hour for an ambulance after suffering a stroke.
Pa. Town Bars EMS Squad from Emergencies
In a move to resolve a long-simmering feud between the township's rescue squad and its fire company, township committee members voted unanimously last week to make the fire company the sole provider of emergency services in this Hunterdon County municipality. The rescue squad--Quakertown Volunteer EMS--is no longer permitted to respond to 911 calls in the municipality.
Featured Article
Have you ever noticed how some caregivers have an almost magical ability to gain trust and establish a rapport with their patients and colleagues? What gives some EMTs that innate ability to calm tense situations and convince people to cooperate? The elements of influence are actually not mysterious or difficult to learn.
Point of View
Why Being Nice Is Part of Patient Care
"I've been in EMS for almost a decade and have seen all manner of cool toys, tricks, technology and tools to help providers give state-of-the-art safe and effective patient care; yet, in all that time, one simple and possibly the most important part of patient care seems to be overlooked: the patient," says author Patrick Pianezza, MHA, NREMT-P.
Training & Resources
Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a lesser-known cause of sudden cardiac arrest that affects nearly 1 in 2,500 of the healthy population; however, it is not commonly taught in most EMS curricula and may be overlooked. An increasing number of sudden cardiac arrests with previously unknown etiology are being attributed to LQTS, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome is a potentially lethal abnormality within the heart's conduction system that affects about 0.2% of the general population. About 70% of those with WPW have no history of cardiac disease. WPW is more common in men, and is most often diagnosed in children and young adults after they present to the ED with an arrhythmic event.
EMS Field Instruction: Part 4--How to Get the Most Out of Your Training Program
Although your field instruction program is designed to train you, learning is, in large part, up to you. A desire to learn will be your best tool for absorbing all the information that will be presented to you.
Continuing Education
EMS Care of the Schizophrenic Patient
Schizophrenia is a common psychiatric condition encountered by EMS professionals that is characterized by disturbances in the patient's perceptions, thoughts, behaviors and affect that last for more than six months. Because schizophrenia is commonly mistaken for various other psychiatric conditions, it is important for EMS providers to know what it is and how to assess and manage patients who have or display signs and symptoms associated with this condition.
This CE activity is approved by EMS Magazine, an organization accredited by the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS), for 1.5 CEUs.
Industry News
ZOLL Medical Receives 2009 Frost & Sullivan North American Healthcare Innovation Award
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