Trauma patients urgently requiring a breathing tube are more likely to survive if the tube is inserted before arriving at hospital compared to insertion afterwards, suggests a modeling study led by ...

Rapid-sequence intubation was the most likely method to achieve first-pass success, achieving successful intubation on the first attempt more often than other methods, according to findings recently ...

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Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the National Association of EMS Physicians blog and is reprinted here with permission. By Michael DeFilippo, DO Assistant Professor of EM and EMS — ...

For critically ill adults undergoing tracheal intubation, observational studies suggest that the use of etomidate to induce anesthesia may increase the risk of death. Whether the use of ketamine ...

Etomidate, the most common anesthesia induction agent for emergency tracheal intubation, causes adrenal suppression and can lead to corticosteroid insufficiency. In a large trial, in-hospital death ...

[Miami, FL] — First Due, the leading provider of cloud-based solutions for fire and EMS agencies, announced that its State EMS Data Repository solution is now NEMSIS 3.5 Receive & Process compliant.

A Baltimore County paramedic is under investigation after allegedly filming himself masturbating with fire department and colleagues’ property, including food, a source within the department told The ...

The EMS landscape of Manheim Township will look very different soon. At last Monday’s board of commissioners meeting, commissioners voted 4-1 to award a new EMS contract to Penn State Life Lion, the ...

Cleveland EMS got to the scene first after a call for help on Friday, before the police. Video posted on social media showed a paramedic trying to help the patient and then appearing to be attacked.