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Preparing for the Next Challenge. Managing Through a Calm Time in Emergency Drug Shortages

Learn about evolving medication shortages, proactive inventory management and strategies for EMS leaders to ensure patient safety and budget stability.
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Women May Be More Likely than Men to Skip Medications to Prevent a Second Stroke

Women who have had strokes may be more likely than men to skip doses of medications that could help prevent a second stroke, according to…
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EMS Research Podcast: Beyond Epinephrine: The Future of CPR with Ultrasound and Esmolol

Emergency physicians Dr. Zachary Boivin and Dr. Trent She discuss their study, "Epinephrine in Cardiac Arrest: Identifying a Potential Limit for Resuscitation."
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Nationwide IV Fluid Shortage Could Change How Hospitals Manage Patient Hydration

Hospitals around the country are conserving critical intravenous fluid supplies to cope with a shortage that may last months.
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Evaluating ChatGPT 4 Omni’s Potential in Identifying Pills for EMS Providers

Understanding the capabilities and limitations of ChatGPT AI can help EMS providers make informed decisions about new technologies.
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WA First Responders Can Now Administer Buprenorphine to Overdose Patients

The Washington State Department of Health has partnered with counties across the state to launch a program that allows first responders to administer buprenorphine.
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FL Air Ambulance Chief Is Fired Amid Stolen-Drugs Investigation

The county said Division Chief Andrea Thompson’s termination is effective immediately.
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Vallejo (CA) Fire Medics Hurt after Pulling Driver from Burning Car

Two firefighters were hurt during a rescue effort in a two-vehicle collision that left two victims in critical condition.
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Indianapolis (IN) EMS to Host a Tactical Medicine and Rescue Symposium

Learn life-saving techniques and strategies for emergency situations at the Tactical Medicine And Rescue Symposium.
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EMS Personnel’s Perspectives on Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder

Implementing a buprenorphine program may be limited both by attitudes and by knowledge of prehospital personnel.
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Zalunfiban: The Case for Using an Ultrafast Short-Acting GPIIb/IIIa Inhibitor for Early STEMI Treatment

Zalunfiban may improve the future treatment of STEMI patients and prevent heart failure.
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The Boom in New Weight Loss Drugs: What Prehospital Caregivers Need to Know

EMS providers should be aware of the possible increase of accidental overdoses involving weight loss drugs.
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Korean Paramedics Learn Valuable Lessons in Urban Search and Rescue, Medical Special Operations

01.24.2024
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Police Blame Some Deaths on ‘Excited Delirium.’ ER Doctors Consider Pulling the Plug on the Term

10.02.2023
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What’s Happened to the ‘Emergency’ in Emergency Medicine?

09.12.2023
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Riverboat Health Care Facility Guidelines: A New Tool for Health Risk Reduction on Riverboats

07.20.2023
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Lybalvi® Enters the World of Prehospital Medicine

07.11.2023
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A Voluntary Medication Recall by a Drug Maker that Closed the Doors. What Is an EMS Leader to Do?

06.07.2023
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International Prehospital Medicine Institute Literature Review, April 2023

04.01.2023
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Exploring Tocolytics

01.31.2023
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Children’s Medicine Shortage Hits as Flu Season Starts Fast

12.20.2022
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Revisiting the Role of Thiamine in EMS

10.25.2022
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Aurora (CO) Medics Protest Using Droperidol

08.26.2022
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Protester: San Francisco Paramedic Sedated Her Involuntarily

08.12.2022
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