EMS World January 2006
EMS World Magazine has been published continuously since 1972. Informative and balanced editorial content make EMS World Magazine the most authoritative source in the world for clinical and educational material designed to improve the delivery of prehospital emergency medical care. It is written, edited, illustrated and formatted to appeal to the full spectrum of EMS professionals: Paramedics, EMTs, administrators and instructors working in private and public services.
As we enter 2006, the long-running debate over whether EMS should be the province of the fire service remains as combustible as ever.
After my recent string of editorials in EMS Magazine regarding fire departments and combination fire/EMS systems, the outcry ranged from "Right on!" and "Amen!" to "Shut up!" and "You stupid &*%$#@!"
The team at Sioux Valley Health System was working in an atmosphere of great cooperation to realize a comprehensive preparedness goal that worked not only on paper, but in reality as well.
The use of rapid-sequence intubation (RSI) in the prehospital setting has now been researched for almost 20 years.
Establishing a secure airway via endotracheal intubation is a critical clinical skill and lifesaving technique commonly used in the prehospital setting.
An index of all the articles published in EMS Magazine in 2005
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as the new publisher of EMS Magazine.
CMS issued a final guidance for a system that will allow for payment of medical services rendered to individuals who are not U.S. citizens and are not legally residing in the U.S.
Perhaps you have heard of it: a not-so-secret conference where the who’s who of EMS assemble once each year.
It’s one thing to lead and another to find that people actually follow you.
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