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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...
How Obesity Impacts Patient Health and EMS

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

EMS systems need to know how to handle the increase in bariatric patients
Troubled Mind: The Lowdown on Increased ICP

It’s a delicate balance in the skull—until something goes awry.
Managing Unstable Musculoskeletal Injuries

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

Musculoskeletal injuries are a significant source of pain; appropriate...
The Physiology of Respiration

by Elliot D. Carhart, EdD(c), MHS, RRT, NREMT-P

Patients experiencing difficulty breathing can prove challenging to...
Oxygen Toxicity

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

What EMS providers need to know about possible complications from oxygen...
How to Manage the Pediatric Airway

by Scott Tomek, MA, EMT-P

Training for these critical calls is vitally important
Processing the Patient Refusal

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

Documentation is key when it comes to patient refusal calls.
Recognizing and Defusing Aggressive Patients

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

Violence against EMS providers is a serious issue; here's how you can...
The Patient with Vertigo

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

Evaluation of the dizzy patient can pose challenges in the prehospital...
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation Webcast

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Prehospital Management of the Anemia 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 this common blood disorder and its clinical...
Abdominal Pain in Females of Childbearing Years

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

Management of the potentially pregnant female with abdominal pain can be...
Fever in the Neonate and Young Infant

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

Recognizing fever in young infants is critical for avoiding potentially...
Intranasal Drug Administration: An Innovative Approach to Traditional Care

by Kevin T. Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, WEMT and Scott R. Snyder, BS, NREMT-P

Intranasal drug administration offers all levels of EMS providers a safe...
Gastrointestinal Bleeding

by Kevin T. Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, WEMT, Scott R. Snyder, BS, NREMT-P, Michael Curtis, MD

Understanding the different causes of GI bleeding will help you perform a...
The 2010 AHA ECC Updates: What Is the Real Impact on EMS Providers?

by Kevin T. Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, WEMT, Scott R. Snyder, BS, NREMT-P, David J. Heegeman, MD

What EMS providers need to know about the 2010 AHA updates to CPR and...
Infectious Diseases: Annual, Recurrent and Emerging

by Scott R. Snyder, BS, NREMT-P, David A. Vitberg, MD, EMT-P, Kevin T. Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, WEMT

A review of prehospital management of influenza, pertussis and cholera
Wheezing in the Pediatric Patient

by Scott R. Snyder, BS, NREMT-P, Kevin T. Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, WEMT, Michael Santiago, DO, EMT-P

A review of prehospital management of two childhood...
Prescription for Danger

by Kevin T. Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, WEMT and Greg Friese, MS, NREMT-P

Prescription drug abuse is rampant among today’s adolescents; here’s...
A Silent Death

by Michael Fraley, BS, NREMT-P

Carbon monoxide poisoning poses risks to both patients and providers
EMS Management of Catastrophic Cheerleading Injuries

by Michael Fraley, BS, NREMT-P

EMS management of catastrophic cheerleader injuries
High School Sports Injuries

by Greg Friese, MS, NREMT-P and Kevin T. Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, WEMT

Prehospital assessment and management of traumatic carotid artery...
Hospice and DNR Care

by Kevin T. Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, WEMT and Greg Friese, MS, NREMT-P

What EMS providers need to know about do-not-resuscitate orders
Geriatric Abuse

by Greg Friese, MS, NREMT-P and Kevin T. Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, WEMT

What EMS needs to know about treating victims of geriatric abuse
Pediatric Drug Administration

by Kevin T. Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, WEMT and Greg Friese, MS, NREMT-P

A primer on prehospital pediatric pharmacological considerations
Febrile Seizures

by Greg Friese, MS, NREMT-P and Kevin T. Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, WEMT

Learn to distinguish simple febrile seizures from complex seizures
Facial Trauma

by Greg Friese, MS, NREMT-P and Kevin T. Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, WEMT

A CE review of prehospital assessment and management of blunt and...
Abdominal Trauma

by Kevin T. Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, WEMT and Greg Friese, MS, NREMT-P

A review of prehospital assessment and management of blunt and...

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CPR Quality: Improving Survival from Out-of-Hospital Arrest

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Dr. Bentley Bobrow discusses ways in which prehospital providers can...
Continuing Education: The Power of Capnography to Guide Respiratory Care

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Waveform morphology for common respiratory disease states
Continuing Education: How Do You Know CPAP Is Working?

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How to use capnography to make the right respiratory care decisions...
$ST depression and ST elevation in helping to better localize the acutely ischemic/infracted region$

Continuing Education: ECG Clues to Identify the Site of Occlusion in Acute Myocardial Ischemia/Infarction

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ST depression and ST elevation in helping to better localize the acutely...
Continuing Education: Therapeutic Hypothermia in EMS

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Examines EMS protocols and describes how you might start cooling in the...

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