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Paramedic Kate Bergen's artwork celebrates the women of EMS during the COVID response.
Editors' Expressions: Therapy Through Art
Jonathan Bassett, MA, NREMT, August 10, 2020
New Jersey medic turns to painting to celebrate the women of EMS and to help 'flatten the curve.'
Do the benefits of EMS personnel catching some Z's during shifts outweigh the risks?
Operations
Study: Pros and Cons of Napping on Duty in EMS
Valerie Amato, NREMT, August 11, 2020
Do the benefits of EMS personnel catching some Z's during shifts outweigh the risks?
The metropolitan medical directors, AKA "Eagles" meet weekly to discuss responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Patient Care
COVID-19 Updates from EMS Medical Directors: Watch Now
August 11, 2020
The ketamine controversy and reductions in EMS call volume: The latest on COVID-19.
Amitriptyline has anticholinergic, antihistamine, anti-alpha, and anti-GABA qualities, along with sodium channel-blocking properties that cause a wide complex tachycardia.
Patient Care
One Pill Can Kill: The Case of the Tachycardic Kid
Blair Bigham, MD, MSc, EMT-P, August 08, 2020
Medications and toxidrome can help you narrow the problem down.
Shanel Fields, Founder and CEO of MD Ally, discusses the benefits of telehealth solutions for EMS systems.
Patient Care
Five Questions With: Shanel Fields, MBA, on Telehealth, Innovation and EMS
Michael Gerber, MPH, NRP, August 08, 2020
The founder and CEO of MD Ally discusses the benefits of telehealth solutions for EMS systems.