Medical Emergencies

The Truth about IN Naxolone

IN naloxone has been proven as clinically effective as IM or IV. But it's debatable whether it should be incorporated in EMS protocols.

Posted Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The Truth about IN Naxolone

IN naloxone has been proven as clinically effective as IM or IV. But it's debatable whether it should be incorporated in EMS protocols.

Posted Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Call for Sick Child Develops into Multi-Patient CO Response

These 10 patients were transported to a Specialty Trauma Center in Baltimore that has a hyperbaric chamber on-board the Department's Medical Ambulance Bus.

Posted Thursday, November 12, 2009

Respiratory Problems Strike 30 at North Carolina McDonald s

Brown said police plan to look at toxicology reports of patients who agreed for the hospital to share them with police.

Posted Thursday, November 12, 2009

Comparison between Prehospital Intubation and Mortality Is Controversial

Does this study make medics sound like "just a bunch of cowboys with laryngoscopes for pistols?"

Posted Friday, October 30, 2009

Comparison between Prehospital Intubation and Mortality Is Controversial

Does this study make medics sound like "just a bunch of cowboys with laryngoscopes for pistols?"

Posted Friday, October 30, 2009

Melbourne Paramedics Use Drugs to Kill Dog, Save Man

The pit bull's jaw remained locked on the man's hand for more than 20 minutes before ambulance officers injected the dog with a lethal dose of drugs.

Posted Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Authorities Seek Cause of Arizona Sweat Lodge Deaths

Authorities haven't determined the cause of the deaths and illnesses; tests for carbon monoxide and other contaminants were negative.

Posted Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Smoke Signals: Recognition and treatment of combustion-induced cyanide toxicity

Learn how to recognize and treat cyanide poisoning related to the combustion of household items.

Posted Tuesday, September 29, 2009

EMTs Rescue Five People from High Carbon Monoxide Levels

EMTs Andrew Gabor and Claudia Rugel from Station 32 were called to help a man who fell in an apartment in Brooklyn, but they ended up saving the lives of five people, including an infant.

Posted Monday, September 21, 2009