Car Rams into Pedestrians in Melbourne; 19 injured
Thu, Dec 21, 2017
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Engineer in Wash. Train Crash May Have Been Distracted
Wed, Dec 20, 2017
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8 Americans, 2 Swedes, 1 Canadian Dead in Mexican Bus Crash
Wed, Dec 20, 2017
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Commuters Rush to Train Wreckage to Help Survivors in Wash. Derailment
Tue, Dec 19, 2017
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Quick CPR, AED Give Oregon Survivor a New Appreciati...Winberg, who lives in Tigard, Oregon, had been a regular mall walker for 15 years, walking for at... |
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A Tried and True Approach to Escaping from Sinking V...His approach to sinking vehicles is the next "stop, drop, and roll." |
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How Physicians Perform Prehospital ECMO on the Stree...In Paris, prehospital extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is used by the city's EPCR respo... |
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A Medical Director's Personal Experience with ECMO R...Richmond, Va., Medical Director Joseph Ornato, MD, recounts his personal experience and the lesso... |
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Seven Tools Result in Dramatic Improvements in Cardi...The Rialto (Calif.) Fire Department embarked on a journey to increase survival from sudden cardia... |
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Developing EMS Quality Indicators in Nordic CountriesThe Nordic collaboration on benchmarking EMS began in 2014, with a goal to develop comparable dat... |
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Drug-Related Behavioral Issues Pose Health Risks to ...In 2016, two Pasco County (Fla.) Fire Rescue EMS providers were potentially exposed to hepatitis ... |
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An Overview of Acute Kidney Injury and Consideration...
Learn more about acute kidney injury, renal replacement therapy, and what to consider when treati...
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CPR-Proficient High School Graduates Are the Next Ge...Bystander recognition of cardiac arrest and delivery of effective CPR is crucial to improving sur... |
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High-Perfusion CPR Technology Dramatically Improves ...Collierville (Tenn.) Fire and Rescue was already using high-performance CPR on patients in cardia... |
Benefits of Simulation-Based Clinical Skills CompetitionsSimulated patient care scenarios are recognized as one of the best methods to help educate as well as assess the clinical skills of EMTs and paramedics. With the exception of team-based CPR deliver... |
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Developing and Implementing Alternate Payment Models for EMSAmerica’s healthcare landscape is transforming at a frenetic pace! Expectations and economic models are changing dramatically and our nation’s EMS systems are poised to demonstrate value to patient... |
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Tackling Refractory Cardiac Arrest: New concepts for system-wide collaborationThis webcast will highlight presentations from 3 leading researchers in the field of cardiac arrest care. Dr. Karl Kern, a Professor of Medicine a the University of Arizona, discusses the statistic... |
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Paramedic Witnesses Deadly Crash, Rushes Into Action
Tue, Dec 19, 2017
A young paramedic who claims he witnessed a crash in west Charlotte risked his life trying to save another. |
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How to Achieve Guaranteed In-Vehicle Connectivity And Ensure Success for Mission Critical ApplicationsWhen personnel are in the field, dealing with both urgent and hazardous situations, data is an essential component of the job. If their vehicle has only one onboard connection, ... |
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Drowning in Turnover How to fill your talent pool for future EMS demandsIn a recent survey by JEMS, more than 5,000 EMS providers weighed in on various elements of their profession and the agencies they serve. The results send a clear message to tho... |
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ECMO & Refractory OHCABy Demetris Yannopoulos, MD Use of ECMO in the post-resuscitation management of patients in OHCA refractory cardiac arrest has yielded highly promising results by providing a therapeutic platform that, when applied early and within 60 minutes from the 9-1-1 call, can potentially double survival. |
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Are Lift Assists an Early Indicator of More Serious Problems?
Doc Wesley and Medic Wesley offer their perspectives on a study about morbidity and mortality ass...
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Improving Patient Safety with Simulation: Patient Handoff, Airway Management and Bariatric Patients
Enhancing the use of the EMS safety goals by incorporating them into simulation activities is an ...
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Pro Bono: Capturing Dying Declarations on Video
What you need to know about capturing a critical patient's declaration on video, and how it may l...
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The Resuscitation Recipe
JEMS Editor-in-Chief A.J. "Santa Claus" Heightman reflects on the importance of our December issu...
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Hands On Product Reviews December 2017Check out the latest products reviewed in JEMS. |
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Washington Train Derailment
Mon, Dec 18, 2017
An Amtrak train making the first-ever run along a faster new route hurtled off an overpass Monday near Tacoma and spilled some of its cars onto the highway below, killing at least six people, authorities said. The death toll was expected to rise.
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Washington Train Derailment
Mon, Dec 18, 2017
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NYC Bomb
Tue, Dec 12, 2017
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Southern California Fires
Thu, Dec 7, 2017
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Volcano Erupts on Bali
Tue, Nov 28, 2017
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Deadly Floods in Athens
Thu, Nov 16, 2017
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2017 AAA Awards & AMBYS
Wed, Nov 15, 2017
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Key Steps in Implementing a ProjectWhy is it that good ideas often fail to materialize into projects? Many of us ask these questions when we come home from conferences—and then we hit a wall of resistance. Using ... |
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The Cost of Prehospital Cardiac Arrest CareAs clinicians and EMS providers, we treat patients like Bailey on a daily basis. Unfortunately, the kind of care she received—the best care—is often denied due to limited resour... |
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What Makes a Great EMS Organization?My answer to this question for decades has always consisted of a time-tested recipe associated with High Performing EMS agencies that utilized “smart” business practices to empo... |
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Using Hospital Outcome Data to Improve Field Performance: An Interview with Paul Misasi, Sedgwick County (Kan.) EMSPaul Misasi, Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Manager for Sedgwick County (KS) EMS, explains how they use data and how they were able to use technology to overcome chall... |
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Are the Current Trends in Paramedic Education Doing More Harm Than Good?Are these ever increasing educational standards harming our profession more than they're helping? |
