Category: AEMT
- Death and Dying ()
EMS personnel are routinely confronted with no win situations. Despite the expectation that EMS can bring anybody back from the dead or at least prevent the inevitable in the nearly dead, medics eventually understand that not everyone will make it. Feelings of invincibility and invulnerability will likely fade away after an EMS crew member has […]
- Pathogens Are Microorganisms That Exist Even Though You Can’t See Them ()
Micro-organisms and their activities are vitally important to virtually all processes on Earth. Micro-organisms matter because they affect every aspect of our lives – they are in us, on us and around us. Microbiology is the study of all living organisms that are too small to be visible with the naked eye. This includes bacteria, […]
- Personal Protective Equipment ()
Standard precautions work under the assumption of that all patients have a contagious disease. There is no way to know if a patient has a contagious disease, therefore using standard precautions for all patients is a key skill to possess in the prehospital environment. Understanding the threat and possessing situational awareness will ensure the EMS […]
- Standard Safety Precautions ()
Prior to working in healthcare, or even training to work in healthcare, a physical examination is usually performed to determine a baseline health status. Immunizations are assessed to be current. The following are examples of healthcare immunizations that are screened in pre-training and pre-employment screening: Tetanus Hepatitis B (MMR)Measles/mumps/rubella (German Measles) Chicken pox (varicella) Influenza […]
- Evidence Based Decision Making ()
Traditional medical practice is based on medical knowledge, intuition (the ability to understand something completely without the need to think about it), and judgment (the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions). High quality patient care should focus on procedures that have been proven useful in improving patient outcomes. Emergency Medical Services […]
- Research ()
Before 1800, medicine was completely different than it is today. In those days, it wasn’t uncommon to treat a patient with cancer or an infection by cutting the patient and allowing the patient to ‘bleed out the infection’. The barbaric act was a practice that was thousands of years old and finally died out by […]
- Ways To Prevent Errors ()
The best way to prevent errors is to understand that errors often result in a poor outcome or even death of the patient. Humans make mistakes by nature, however with the right amount of emphasis on the problem, errors can be reduced drastically. Often times errors are made simply because the EMS crew are working […]
- EMS Education ()
The point of section is to explain how the curriculum (the plan the instructor uses to deliver the course) is developed. At the National level, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) provides guidance for all levels of training in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Training. A logical question would be, “what would a bunch of […]
- Roles & Responsibilities of the Emergency Medical Systems Personnel ()
Personnel who work in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) have varied responsibilities. The responsibilities that are generally expected of all EMS personnel (regardless of provider level) to be carried out without direct order and generally on a continual basis. The responsiblities are as follows: Maintain equipment readiness – Ensure the vehicle has fuel and is serviceable […]
- Patient Safety ()
The EMS Motto is, ‘Do No Harm’. The very first priority for EMS providers is to ensure the safety of the patient. Patient safety is a high priority in all medical venues. EMS operations are laden with many high risk activities, each with the possibility of a furthering the suffering of the very patients EMS […]