2015 Year in Review: Facebook Posts

We take great pride in connecting with our fans and readers through social media. Expanding off of last year, our Facebook page continues to grow, and we continue to utilize that following to share more content with our readers. Here are our most popular Facebook posts from 2015:

1. The top five changes project: 2015 AHA guidelines. A series of infographics outlining the top five changes from each section of the 2015 AHA guidelines.
2. Whats the worst thing you've ever seen? How to respond to an often uncomfortable question. 
3. A Virginia family pays tribute to a fallen officer. Officer Brian Jones was shot and killed last year, and his wife and kids paid tribute to him through a series of photos.
4. Even Captain America needs a role model. A child in a Captain America outfit is led by a firefighter.
5. How can we stop this madness? Wishing an Australian paramedic a speedy recovery after an assault left him with significant facial injuries.
6. Blood donors in Sweden get a text when they save someone's life. They also receive a message when their blood makes it into someone else's veins.
7. UAB leads national cardiac arrest study. The Pragmatic Airway Resuscitation Trial (PART) examines the endotracheal tube’s performance against the King laryngeal tube.
8. How to master tracheal intubation. Some EMS services have demonstrated a 99% success rate for endotracheal intubation, but they probably make up a very small percentage of EMS providers that achieve such proficiency. So why do so many people struggle?
9. Paramedic forced to surrender his license after dumping a patient off a stretcher. He was sentenced to 12 months probation after pleading guilty to culpable negligence. 
10. A flight paramedic and father gives his final dispatch. The man was retiring after a long and successful career.