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Feb 17, 20198 min read

;) Oh, and I would try vagal maneuvers ;)

There has been a plethora of articles on management of SVT. ALiEM and REBELEM are two that stick out in recent years to me (references...

May 18, 20187 min read

The Brown 20

I once worked with a prehospital practitioner who at one time worked for a service that drilled 20 minute scene times in their head. If...

Apr 7, 20183 min read

2 Quick CALCS You Must Know

I will reluctantly admit that I am an AHA instructor... Whenever I teach ACLS or PALS classes and run students through scenarios, I hear...

Mar 10, 20184 min read

Brains and Eyes - 2

Consider a couple possible scenarios that may occur while testing a patient's pupillary reflex: Scenario 1: While shining a light into...

Feb 24, 20184 min read

Brains and Eyes - 1

Eyes and Brains Sometimes I choose my blog subjects based off of a subject that I’m going to be teaching, or other times something I just...

Jan 13, 20186 min read

The Stages of Knowing

A while back I was introduced to a concept called ‘the stages of knowing.’ These three stages are based on the work of Dr. William Perry....

Dec 23, 20174 min read

The Chest Tube!

Chest tubes are great. They can overcome all kinds of obstructions in the chest - air (pneumothorax), blood (hemothorax), air and blood...

Sep 29, 20176 min read

3 Things To Make Your Simulations NOT Suck

"And we would give Ketamine..." - Paramedic trainee/student who is being run through a scenario In EMS, we rely on simulation for a lot...

Sep 1, 20177 min read

The MAP to Clarity

When do you consider your patient hypotensive? Many providers would answer with some sort of systolic blood pressure measurement, like...

Aug 17, 20175 min read

The EPI Mixer - Should EMS Use Push Dose Pressors?

The patient absolutely cannot wait. Their blood pressure has been dropping for the last several minutes and there is no doubt in your...