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The 6th Link in the Cardiac Arrest Chain of Survival

When a heart stops beating, emergency medical crews spring into action with one goal—get it beating again. But even if all goes according to plan, and spontaneous circulation is restored, is the job of the medical community finished? Conventional healthcare has historically said yes—but groundbreaking research is beginning to shed light on the long and arduous journey that survivors ...

Maintaining Crew Safety During Critical Care Transports

While COVID-19 is the most recent and certainly the most deadly global pandemic in recent memory, it wasn't the first and won't be the last. The Johns Hopkins Hospital Lifeline Special Operations Response Team (SORT) is a dedicated group of staff members who are committed to moving Lifeline patients with highly infectious disease safely. In August 2020, the SORT team transported its 1...

The 2021 EMS Provider's Guide to National Registry Recertification

Our nation's healthcare system and the demands on its providers are constantly changing—and the current environment is bringing new challenges to the educational and certification processes. As a university rooted in emergency and safety services training, Columbia Southern University is proud to partner with EMS World and the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT...

EMS Education in 2020 and Beyond

Education has been one of the most significantly impacted segments from the COVID pandemic, as traditional in-person models have been forced to pivot to a fully remote training structure. What does this mean for "hands-on" fields such as EMS? This special supplement, produced in partnership with iSimulate, takes a look at EMS education today, and where we may be headed in the future....

Infographic: Maximize Your Well-Being During COVID

Healthcare workers (HCWs) around the globe are fighting the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The mental health of many EMS personnel in badly hit communities was battered in the first round of the fight, and few have had time to properly recover before going in for round two. The tidal wave of goodwill toward health workers seen in the early months of the pandemic helped ma...

Proceedings of the International State of the Future of Resuscitation Conference

Take Heart America is pleased to share the proceedings from the 2nd Annual International State of The Future of Resuscitation Conference, held at Parc Floral, Paris, France in October 2019. Thirty resuscitation experts presented important resuscitation work, advancements and successful outcomes to more than 350 EMS providers, including EMTs, paramedics, nurses, physicians, medical te...

January 2000 Cover Report: Millennium EMS

In January 2000 EMS World was known as Emergency Medical Services Magazine. For that first issue of the new millennium we asked some industry veterans to predict the future of EMS. Twenty years later, we revisited those predictions for the September 2020 cover story. Scanned from the original hard copy, please enjoy this look back at our January 2000 cover story, "Millennium EMS." ...

EMS Law: Legal Lessons Learned and Best Practices, 3rd Edition

Keep yourself in compliance with the law and out of court. Larry Bennett, program chair for fire science and emergency management at the University of Cincinnati, publishes a monthly Fire & EMS and Safety Law newsletter. Bennett's 3rd edition of the comprehensive text EMS Law includes recent notable cases brought to verdict, chapters from the National Fire Academy's model course "...

Texas NAEMSP Practice Guidelines During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Texas NAEMSP developed guidelines to help EMS agencies navigate protocol changes and best practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. These guidelines were developed by the authors to meet the needs of their agencies and patient populations. EMS medical directors are encouraged to review and adopt these guidelines as best makes sense for their own individual departments and patient popula...

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Emergency Care Education Program Brings Community Together in Ukraine

05/17/2023

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The International Medical Corps (IMC) and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) team up to provide a comprehensive emergency and trauma care training curriculum to Ukraine with Save a Life Education videos.

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Pediatric Video Tutorial: Treating Patients with Down Syndrome

06/01/2023

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Lisa DeBoer checks in from Lisbon at the International Pediatric Simulation Society conference and speaks with Stuart Hildage from Lifecast, a company taking the visual and emotional elements of medical training to a whole new level.

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Code Red Air Quality Alert Issued for All Of Pennsylvania as Wildfire Smoke Returns

06/28/2023

Source: The Daily Local News

All of Pennsylvania is under a code red air quality alert Wednesday as smoke from the Canadian wildfires returns. Sensitive groups, including the elderly, young children, and those with breathing difficulties, should avoid all outdoor...

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Community Ambulance Granted Additional 911 Territory, Establishing New Zone for Emergency Services

07/27/2023

Source: EMS Consulting

The expanded area, which will go live on July 27th, extends from Tropicana South on the west side of town to an additional 4 square miles on the east side of Zone 6, up to Sahara.

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