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Special Topics

Airway Management & Respiratory Care

Airway -- it's the first of the ABCs. But mastering airway management and providing adequate ventilation is a career-long quest. This special topic page offers articles, tips and news related to airway management and respiratory care.

Ambulances & Specialty Vehicles

No matter what you call it, the ambulance is the place where you spend most of your time in any given day. It makes sense, then, that you want it to be safe, look great, and have all the bells and whistles. This special topic page offers articles, news and product reviews for ambulances and specialty vehicles.

Cardiac & CPR

The heart. If the body is a car, the heart is the engine -- necessary for life. Whether it's a cardiac arrest, chest pains or person with a heart condition, cardiac calls are common in EMS. This special topic page includes articles, tips, product reviews and more to help you brush up on this essential, ever-changing topic.

Documentation

Call after call, you write reports. In addition to being an integral part of the care continuum, your report is a legal document. But what if you need to correct an error or the case involves special circumstances? And what about electronic patient care reports? This special page includes articles and product information to help answer these questions and more.

Hospital Patient Data Outcome

EMS providers are typically the first of many healthcare professionals to assess a patient and often the only ones at the scene. But in many communities, providers' knowledge of a patient ends when they exit the ED. This section was designed to discuss this gap and learn what agencies are doing to close this information gap.

Leadership

Are leaders born or made? Whether people are either born to lead the pack or can be trained to take charge has been discussed for centuries. The reality is that every person in a leadership position could use some help when it comes to managing people. This special topic page offers you that help -- in the form of tips and exclusive articles.

MCI and Disaster Management

An MCI is defined by local protocols. It could be a four-person MVC, or it could be a school shooting with more than 20 victims. But experts agree that being skilled at handling the smaller MCI will prepare you for handling “the big one.” Check out these articles, special focus supplements, webcast and product reviews that focus on MCI preparedness and lessons learned.

Patient Assessment

Arguably one of the most important tasks an EMS provider performs, proper patient assessment gives you clues about the patient's surroundings and condition that help you provide good care. But this skill should constantly be honed. This page gives you the information you need to improve your next assessment.

Research

It takes a special type of person to get excited about research. Or does it? As EMS moves toward evidence-based medicine, more systems will be required to show research that backs up their protocols. So we've created this special topic page to help you get started with, and excited about, the science behind the industry.

Special Patients

One could argue that each patient is a special patient because no two patients are alike. But there are groups of patients, such as children, the elderly and the obese, that are fairly common. And there are those with a rare condition. We address both in this special page designed to help you know how to care for the out-of-the-ordinary patients.

Trauma

Trauma is a leading killer in the U.S. and the world. It doesn't discriminate between wealth, poverty, race or creed. It's often unexpected and dramatic, and unfortunately it often kills otherwise healthy patients. That's why we've created this page dedicated to helping you better assess and treat trauma patients.