Asthma: Asthma is a reactive airway disease with a characteristic presentation of dry cough, shortness of breath, and expiratory...

Environmental Emergencies: Hypothermia Mechanisms that can cause heat loss: The primary pathways of heat loss include Conduction,...

Management of seizures follows the same basic modality as treatment of any medical complaint. We treat ABCs first, manage the underlying...

Respiratory system management: Airway management: Management of the airway involves ensuring that it is both patent AND protected. What...

CPAP is a form of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation. There are several variations seen in the prehospital setting, however the 2...

Chest Trauma With summer approaching, so begins trauma season. Nicer weather brings faster driving, social misadventures, and wilderness...

Hemorrhage management: Gross hemorrhage can rapidly progress to shock, decompensation, and death. Rapid intervention on the part of first...

This is a step-by-step explanation of the management of the trauma patient. Unlike the medical patient, trauma relies less on history...

Spinal Motion Restriction: There is an ongoing debate of opinions, that constantly changes, regarding when it is appropriate to apply SMR...

Trauma life threats and treatments: I have covered trauma assessment and the rapid trauma survey in other posts. Here I am going to...

This is an excerpt from my history taking, assessment, and diagnosis field guide. HEADACHE: New?: -Is this the first time the patient has...

Cardiac Arrest: No two words are more synonymous with EMS than “Cardiac Arrest”. When people think of paramedics, the image that usually...

Head and Spinal trauma: The skull is a closed cavity, consisting of several fused bones. Externally it is covered by muscle tissue,...

STEMI Equivalents: While ST-segment elevation has become the accepted clinical identifier of complete occlusive myocardial infarction; it...

Sure, we all understand that a patient with any sort of chest pain requires a 12-lead ECG; but what other situations call for one? Well,...

STEMI MIMICS: There are several STEMI imposters out there, and memorizing them all can be difficult, so I am going to cover the most...

12-lead interpretation is an area many students often struggle with. While rhythm interpretation may be challenging, pattern recognition...

Check out my guide Emergency Patient Assessment for the EMT/Paramedic, available on Amazon and Kindle. This 19 page guide covers the...

Hello everyone, it’s good to be back. The pandemic has affected us all in many ways. For those of us in the field of EMS, it has...

Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke): Upon arrival to scene perform EMCAP, with special attention to any indications on scene that might...