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The Challenge of In-Flight Emergencies

Do you know what tools you'll have at your disposal?

Article • June 6th, 2012
Therapeutic Hypothermia in the Field

How cardiac arrest patients benefit from early cooling

Article • June 1st, 2012
Running Into Trouble

With heat, watch for altered mental status.

Article • June 1st, 2012
Managing Sepsis in the Adult Patient

What you need to know about emerging diagnostic trends and treatments for the sepsis patient

Article • May 1st, 2012
Literature Review: Prehospital Epi for Cardiac Arrest

ROSC is one thing—survival, apparently, another

Article • May 1st, 2012
How Temporary Ischemia Reduces Later Harm

What is remote conditioning, and how does it work?

Article • May 1st, 2012
Toxicology Today

Never underestimate the ingenuity of drug users

Article • May 1st, 2012
A Primer on Pediatric Diabetic Emergencies

What do you do with a hypo- or hyperglycemic child?

Article • April 30th, 2012
Literature Review: IM vs. IV Therapy for Status Epilepticus

In the prehospital realm, IM midazolam looks appealing.

Article • April 1st, 2012
Troubled Mind: The Lowdown on Increased ICP

It’s a delicate balance in the skull—until something goes awry.

Article • March 1st, 2012
Understand the Trauma Triad of Death

Know its components to help protect patients.

Article • February 1st, 2012
EMS Recap: Intracranial Pressure and the Cushing Reflex

Rising ICP can have serious consequences. Here’s what to know.

Article • November 23rd, 2011
Smoke Inhalation: An Epidemic?

Presumptive treatment protocols suggested for prehospital providers should include the consideration for fire smoke-associated hydrogen cyanide toxicity or poisoning

Article • August 25th, 2011
Prehospital Management of the Anemia Patient

What you need to know about this common blood disorder and its clinical manifestations.

Article • August 3rd, 2011
EMS Recap: Diabetic Ketoacidosis

A serious medical emergency arising from uncontrolled diabetes is diabetic ketoacidosis which shifts the body’s pH

Article • July 14th, 2011

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