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HHS Removes ‘X-waiver’ Requirement for Buprenorphine Administration
HHS Removes ‘X-waiver’ Requirement for Buprenorphine
January 17, 2021
ACEP applauds the removal of a ‘major obstacle’ to medication-assisted treatments for patients with opioid use disorders.
EMS physician Doug Kupas, MD
Monoclonal Antibodies for COVID Patients: One System’s Experience
James Careless, January 16, 2021
Pennsylvania’s Geisinger Health is using paramedics to bring the treatment to the public.
Jeffrey L. Jarvis, MD, MS, EMT-P, FACEP, FAEMS
Grand Rounds: Is It Time to Reconsider Ketorolac?
Jeffrey L. Jarvis, MD, MS, EMT-P, FACEP, FAEMS, January 10, 2021
EMS needs more nonopioid options to manage pain.
EMS providers can work top to bottom to consider symptoms that might point to COVID-19.
Your Captain Speaking: Symptoms and Their Order Can Be COVID Clues
Dick Blanchet and Samantha Greene, January 08, 2021
Know which suggest coronavirus and which suggest something else.
Pharmacology 101: Fentanyl and Naloxone Pharmacology for EMS, Part 3
Daniel Hu, PharmD, BCCCP, January 04, 2021
What EMS providers need to know about naloxone.
Listen to the lung sounds—they can be important to EMS care.
Everyone Gets an Auscultation
Barry Bachenheimer, EdD, EMT/FF, and Kristina Dauernheim, MS, PA-C, EMT, January 03, 2021
Listen to the lung sounds—they can be important to EMS care.
EMS providers deserve more education on death notifications, says Alexandra Jabr.
Death Communication: What We’ve Failed to Teach
Alexandra Jabr, January 02, 2021
There’s nothing optional about the reality of confronting it on scene.
Prehospital CPAP use has increased drastically in the last decade.
CPAP in the Prehospital Setting
Nathanael Smith, MD, January 01, 2021
When should you use it, and when should you avoid it?
Treatment of phenytoin toxicity is mainly supportive, as there is no specific antidote.
The Edge: The Pitfalls of Phenytoin
Ashley Bauer, MSN, MBA, APRN, NP-C, CFRN, C-NPT, January 01, 2021
Its narrow therapeutic window makes it a risk for toxicity.
A hypothermic patient’s prehospital ECG demonstrating Osborne or J-waves (arrows), bradycardia, widened QRS, and prolonged QT interval  
Resident Eagle: Time to Warm Up
Maddison S. Gowder, MD; Clifford L. Freeman, MD; and Corey M. Slovis, MD, December 30, 2020
What to do—and not do—when managing hypothermic patients in the field.
ESO Data: EMS Personnel Experience 'Substantial Exposure' to COVID-19 Patients
EMS Personnel Have 'Substantial Exposure' to COVID-19 Patients
December 21, 2020
Personnel spend more than 30 minutes with each patient on average.
The Citizen CPR Foundation's Virtual Summit: 'Putting Science Into Action'
Highlights of the Citizen CPR Foundation's Virtual Summit
Jonathan Bassett, MA, NREMT, December 14, 2020
'Putting Science Into Action' was the theme of the 2020 resuscitation conference.
A video grab from the arrest/sedation of Elijah McKnight.
In Colorado, Ketamine Becomes Political
John Erich, December 11, 2020
A high-profile death gets politicians involved—and hamstrings EMS.
Members of the AHA's writing team explain their reasoning in response to recent questions.
AHA Addresses Questions About New PALS Guidelines
Alexis Topjian, MD, MSCE; Tia Raymond, MD, FAAP, FAHA; Stephen Schexnayder, MD; and Benny L. Joyner, Jr., MD, MPH, FAAP, December 10, 2020
Members of the writing team explain their reasoning in response to recent questions.
Peter Antevy Responds to the New PALS Guidelines
Peter Antevy Responds to the New PALS Guidelines
December 10, 2020
The EMS medical director/pediatric emergency physician challenges whether they truly reflect the best evidence.
In Santa Fe and throughout the state, hospitals are dangerously close to capacity because of COVID.
Hospitals at Capacity, New Mexico Eyes Rationing Care
December 08, 2020
Crisis standards could be coming, warn top state officials.
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