NEONATAL RESUSCITATION Nobody likes to think about it, but this is a call any of us could get. The information provided here is based on...

The medical Head-to-Toe assessment: Just as the trauma patient should receive a rapid body survey, we should be performing a head-to-toe...

As discussed in a previous post, there are a number of significant causes that we need to be aware of. For a quick review, there are 3...

Dizziness is a common complaint that presents non-specifically in many clinical scenarios. It is a complaint that features in...

There are many reasons we will encounter pregnant patients in the pre-hospital environment. While imminent delivery outside of the...

As with other system based complaints, we need to consider the many possible factors that may be at play regarding abdominal complaints....

The Cardiac assessment: Much like the complaint of dyspnea must be considered with a systems based approach, we need to consider the...

The assessment of the respiratory patient may seem, on the face of things, to be rather straightforward. Air should go in and out, oxygen...

Strokes can present differently in different people. Generally they are divided into anterior, posterior, and hemorrhagic varieties. In...

The primary assessment is first in the systematic patient assessment method for a reason: it is the point where we determine our...

BLS Cardiac arrest management ADULT patient: This is probably the first thing that comes to mind when people think of what paramedics do....

Since I am reviewing it for work as part of CME, I might as well cover it here too. Suction is an important tool in airway management,...

A BLS Guide To Airway Management In the prehospital environment we have several BLS means by which we can maintain an airway, oxygenate,...

Opioids: Opioids occur naturally in the body as a means of mediating painful stimuli. They work by attaching to Nocciceptors (pain...

12-Leads Advanced Cardiology: AXIS, HEMI-BLOCK, and BBB. Determining Axis and Hemiblock: Axis is the term used to describe the general...

Pain and Nausea:

ANAPHYLAXIS Anaphylactic reactions don't make up a major percentage of emergency calls now that peope carry epinephrine and are generally...

Lung Sounds: There are several lung sounds we need to be aware of as paramedics, all of which indicate potential pathologies that are...

I’m not the best paramedic in the world, in the room, or even reading this page; and guess what, that’s okay. As new (and even old)...

This is a patient assessment sheet that I have organized in a logical fashion. This is how I assess medical patients (Trauma is a...