A Call to Action: Elizabeth Rosenthal’s An American Sickness
by Melody Glenn, MD The voice on the other end of the phone sounds frantic and rushed, “He can’t breathe!”
Challenging the Dogma of “All Clear”: Is Hands-On Defibrillation the Next Step in Reducing the Peri-shock Pause?
by Brandon Bleess, MD EMT-T and Jeremy Cushman, MD, MS, EMT-P, FACEP, FAEMS Case: A 54-year-old male is working in
EMS: The Best Kept Secret in Healthcare
by Maia Dorsett, MD PhD At the end of my third year of residency, I was in the process of
A debate of supraglottic proportions… the conclusion
The Case It’s a brisk fall afternoon when an ALS unit is dispatched to the home of a 62 yo
Quality Assurance in Innovation: Drug Shortages, Cost and the Tale of Check & Inject NY
By Melinda Johnson, EMT-B One could say that MacGyver is the patron saint of EMS. Prehospital professionals pride themselves on
When it’s more complicated than a tweet: Door-to-Furosemide and EMS
by Sahar Morkos El-Hayek, MD EMS MEd Editor Maia Dorsett, MD PhD (@maiadorsett) This past summer, the results of the
Emergency Care and the Opioid Epidemic: Lessons from Dreamland
by Melody Glenn, MD Last Wednesday, we met around a picnic table at Rotten City Pizza to discuss Sam Quinones’
Are Emergency Physicians the EMS experts that many think they are?
by Clayton Kazan, MD MS FACEP I suppose I am biased. Like many of the readers, I got my start
The EMS-ED Handoff: A Critical Moment in Patient Care
A Case It is a typical day in the emergency department. An 83 yo female is brought in by EMS