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Integra Connect provides useful tips on how EMS providers can better handle revenue cycle management as they are impacted by increasing patient responsibility. To download this PDF, click here.

Whitepaper: How to Become an EMS Administrator

Have you ever thought about becoming an EMS administrator? EMS administrators manage teams, optimize operations and facilitate communications in life-and-death situations. What does it take to become an effective EMS administrator? This whitepaper from Columbia Southern University walks you through the educational and training steps to take this career step.

Tex. Fire Dept. Releases Position Statement on Managing Patients with Potential Spinal Injuries

Recent literature, and a joint position statement published by the American College of Surgeons Committee on trauma, and the National Association of EMS Physicians have called into question the practice of using the long spineboard with a rigid cervical collar for spinal motion restriction. Research based out of the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council has demonstrated superior ...

AHA Releases Severity-Based Stroke Triage Algorithm for EMS

For more information on stroke care guidelines and studies provided by Mission: Lifeline Stroke, click here.

Stroke Diagnostic Tool Saves Time and Brain

The International Academies of Dispatch Research (IAED) recently released a summary of current stroke research that examined how dispatchers can make a difference in patient outcomes. Research on emergency medical dispatchers' use of a Stroke Diagnostic Tool shows how early identification and pre-alert points for strokes improve patient outcomes. The tool helps dispatchers identify t...

The Mayor`s Task Force to Combat the Opioid Epidemic in Philadelphia

"We have to be smarter and more compassionate," says Philadelphia Mayor James F. Kenney, addressing the worsening opioid epidemic plaguing the United States. While heroin abuse in this country is a longstanding issue, addiction and mortality rates have skyrocketed in recent years. This is primarily due to the increase in doctors prescribing opioid medications to help patients manage ...

Whitepaper: Electronic Controlled Substance Tracking in EMS

Establishing and maintaining a secure means of tracking dispensed pharmaceuticals has come under heightened scrutiny in recent years, and EMS is no different.

The Missing Link in Ventilation-Centered Airway Management

Contaminants in the airway can impede oxygenation and ventilation, and there's no real standard way to manage them. Invented by a leading physician, Nasco Healthcare's Life/form SALAD (for suction-assisted laryngoscopy airway decontamination) simulation system can help improve caregivers' readiness and effectiveness at managing soiled airways. This white paper from Nasco Healthcare ex...

Ky. Board of Emergency Medical Services Releases 2017 Annual Report

The Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services prides itself on its excellent prehospital care and 24/7 dedication to helping the people they serve. The KBEMS members consistently strive to maintain an efficient and cohesive EMS system throughout the state to continue improving its services to ensure exceptional patient care. This report highlights agency accomplishments, activity s...

Lights and Siren Use by EMS: Above All Do No Harm

In his report titled “Lights and Siren Use by Emergency Medical Services (EMS): Above All Do No Harm,” author Douglas F. Kupas, MD, EMT-P, FAEMS, FACEP discusses the reasons emergency warning lights and sirens (L&S) are used by EMS, both traditionally and currently, and how these play into EMS personnel’s primary responsibility of providing healthcare for patients.

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