The Hidden Dangers of Honey Packets: A Guide for Prehospital Clinicians
A growing trend among college students involves the misuse of “honey packets” marketed as sexual enhancers, creating significant health risks.
HIPAA and EMS: Navigating Information Sharing and Quality Improvement
For EMS providers, HIPAA requires that any medical information about their patients be protected.
Editor’s Opinion: EMS’s Impact on Heart Health in the U.S.
No one can deny the role that prehospital providers play in the early care of those suffering a cardiac event.
Grief On the Front Line: Managing Our Hidden Wounds
Understanding duty-bound grief is much like understanding first responders themselves—it’s complicated.
International Prehospital Medicine Institute Literature Review, February 2025
This literature review keeps you up to date with current EMS publications and studies.
MT EMS Get Training in Sepsis
Sepsis is a significant killer annually in the U.S., but work is being done to help area emergency medical services and nurses decrease deaths.
Racial Gap Widened in Deaths Among US Moms Around the Time of Childbirth
Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher than white women around the time of childbirth in 2023.
The Evolution of EMS Medical Direction with Dr. Paul Pepe
Dr. Paul Pepe looks back at the early days of EMS and how medical direction began.
Sheets vs. the Streets
“The streets are nothing like the sheets, just memorize the sheets to get through the test.”
What an Undervaccinated America Would Look Like
In the past few years, as childhood-vaccination rates have dipped nationwide, some of infectious disease’s ugliest hypotheticals have started to seem once again plausible.
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- Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Mechanical Ventilator Strategies
- Friday Night Lights: Shift 12 – Less Isn’t Always More
- Who’s Watching the ‘Bs’ in the ABCs?
- Challenging the Way We Have Always Done It: The PUMA Criteria of Endotracheal Tube Confirmation
No-Bid Ambulance Contract Riles Henry County (KY)
Henry County officials have approved a transition to a private EMS provider, leaving some residents and emergency responders with concerns.
Most NY First Responders Experience Mental Health Challenges, Survey Finds
A survey of more than 6,000 first responders in New York found most experience stress, while others have dealt with anxiety and burnout due to their professions.