Mental Health Resources for Firefighters
Firefighters are known to give their all when it comes to protecting lives and property. Like many other professionals who use EMS equipment, they are expected to always be on…
Should I Add a Hemostatic to My Bleeding Control Kit?
Pulling together your biomedical supplies to create the optimal jump kit can be pretty daunting. You don’t want to miss out on anything that may put a patient in harm’s…
The History and Future of Organ Transplantation
One of the greatest achievements of modern medicine is the donation and transplantation of organs. Before the mastery of such procedures, patients with damaged or failing organs were left with…
Antibiotic resistant bacteria inside a biofilm, 3D illustration. Biofilm is a community of bacteria where they aquire antibiotic resistance and communicate with each other by quorum sensing molecules
What is Antibiotic Resistance and Why Does it Matter?
When the first antibiotic, penicillin, was discovered in the 1920s, it provided a cure for a range of bacterial infections that were once considered deadly. Its timely discovery also generated…
How to Effectively Prevent and Respond to Drowning
Drowning causes millions of death globally. In the US, about ten people die from drowning daily with drowning statistics rising around the summer period. As an EMS professional, it is…
How to Prevent EMS Burnout
Burnout generally occurs because there is too much overtime, long shifts, and insufficient equipment professionals have to work with daily. For the EMS professional, these issues are a bleak reality.…
4 Things You Should Know About Hyperventilation Syndrome
Hyperventilation syndrome is a medical condition where one breathes too fast alongside shortness of breath. Normally, breathing balances with oxygen intake and carbon dioxide uptake, which takes an average of…
Could Drones Be the Future Of EMS?
Within the last few years, drones are becoming widely accepted across industries, especially in law enforcement, rescue, and fire operations. They have helped combat the challenges of insufficient human resources…
How to Improve Ambulance Safety
Providing quality patient care in a moving ambulance can be challenging. Any sudden swerves, stops, or even a minor fender bender can bring alarming injuries to patients and healthcare providers.…
Stretcher Maintenance: Have Your Emergency Equipment Ready
EMS equipment that’s used daily, like a Stryker power stretcher, naturally suffers more wear and tear that their less commonly used counterparts. But that’s in part because they’re continually essential…