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Major Incidents
Appropriate Prehospital Tourniquet Use
Few medical topics invoke as much passionate debate as the use of tourniquets to control traumatic hemorrhage.
Optimal Tourniquet Engineering Features
Four optimal tourniquet engineering features.
The Stress Paradox
I propose that “error is subsequent to the human factor.” In EMS, human factors collide with the need to decide quickly and act precisely, under conditions that are dynamic, stress-inducing and occasionally hostile.
Big-Top Incident
Oklahoma EMTs and paramedics faced an unusual MCI on Oct. 17, 2007, when high, straight-line winds caused a circus-sized tent to collapse at Tulsa's Oktoberfest.
Semi vs. Bridge
Orland (Ind.) Community Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a semi-versus-bridge incident, where bystanders had reported being unable to find the driver.
Medical Triage for WMD Incidents: Incidents an adaptation of daily triage
The START method of sorting medical casualties has been the key to the survival of trauma victims, particularly at large MCIs.
Mo. EMS Provider Details Role in Midwest Floods
Multiple emergency agencies, including the National Guard, participated extensively in the multi-state disaster. However, the role EMS played during this crisis was rarely reported. JEMS contributing photographer, Ray Kemp, had the opportunity to ride with Lincoln County Ambulance District (LCAD) in Missouri during the floods. The LCAD service area includes the Mississippi river towns of Elsberry, Foley and Winfield.
Manhattan MCI: Report from the pile of a crane collapse
There's no way to prepare for such a horrific event as the West Nickel Mines school shooting. But read the following for the lessons learned by the responders.
West Nickel Mines School Shooting: How a rural MCI was successfully managed
Read how EMS units handled an MCI with multiple critically wounded children in a peaceful Amish community.
Product Connect
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Minto Fracture Kit
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Sager Extreme Compact Bilateral Emergency Traction Splint
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SEFRS (Sager Emergency Fracture Response System)
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Articles
Day 6: Where in the World (of EMS) is A.J.?
The Ambulance Leadership Forum and a Yorkshire Ambulance... More >
Videos- Culture of Safety Draft Document
- Video: Demanding Safety
- Video: Factors of Risk
- Video: Integrated EMS
- Rural Example of Community Medicine
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Innovation & Progress
Follow in the footsteps of these inspirational leaders of EMS.
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Parking Garage Collapses at Maryland Shopping Mall
“Extended extrication” being done for a person pinned under a key section.
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Search Continues for Child in Minnesota Landslide
One child killed, two injured when gravel gives way at popular park.
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London: Emergency Services Called to “Serious Incident”
Officials consider killing as terror attack.
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Minnesota Park Landslide
One child dead, two injured and a fourth is missing during field trip tragedy.
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Day 6 in Pictures: Ambulance Leadership Forum
The Ambulance Leadership Forum in Warwickshire, England.
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Field Bridge Xpress ePCR on iPad, Android, Kindle Fire
Sneak peek of customizable run forms & more.
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EZ-IO® Intraosseous Infusion System Real Time Humerus Infusion
Leg access using the EZ-IO.
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