Author: Daniel Johnson, DO, FACEP; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Life Lion EMS & Critical Care Transport, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Editors: Alex Blau, DO; Michael DeFilippo, DO, Assistant Professor of EM & EMS, WashU School of Medicine Clinical Case The day after a snowstorm you are working for a …

OMI, NOMI, and EMS: The Case for EMS Recognition of Occlusive MI Read More »

Author: Rachel O’Dell, MD; Washington University Emergency Medicine Residency Editor: Michael DeFilippo, DO As first-responders, EMS personnel are in a unique position to observe and categorize the setting and behaviors of children presenting with possible non-accidental trauma (NAT). However, children, and especially infants, pose a particular difficulty in identifying trauma due to their subtle presentation. …

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Author: Katie Stuart MD; Washington University Emergency Medicine Residency Editors: Sarah Fabiano MD, FACEP, FAAEM & Michael DeFilippo DO You are a second-year emergency medicine resident physician doing a ride along with a helicopter-based EMS (HEMS) agency. You are dispatched to the scene of a golf cart versus tree. The air crew successfully identifies a …

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A review of EMS palliative extubation for patient-centered end of life care

What EMS should know about adrenal insufficiency

Article Bite review of a paper comparing the effectiveness of analgesics in reducing pain in the prehospital setting.

Summary of NAEMSP Position Statement about the care of agitated or combative patients

Literature review of pediatric cervical spine injury and immobilization

Summary of NAEMSP Position Statement about the care of agitated or combative patients

Summary of NAEMSP Position Statement on Air Medical Services Utilization