Advanced Life Support
Explore our comprehensive directory of articles on Advanced Life Support (ALS), offering crucial insights for EMS professionals. This collection covers ALS protocols, equipment usage, and best practices for managing critical patient care. Mastering Advanced Life Support is vital for improving patient outcomes in life-threatening emergencies. Additionally, consider reviewing our resources on cardiac arrest management, which are closely related to ALS procedures. Stay informed and enhance your life-saving skills with the expert guidance provided in these articles.
Takeaways from the First CMS Data Collection Report on Ambulance Services to enhance service levels and reduce costs of service delivery
鈥淲hatever you don鈥檛 bring is what you鈥檙e going to need,鈥� one commenter wrote
The Country Club Hills Fire Department Local 2720 stated it disagrees with the requirement of one paramedic and one EMT on an ambulance
The Joint Task Force on EMS Response Staffing Configurations released a white paper focused on patient outcome data during an unprecedented staffing and economic crisis
The Kern County Fire Department designed Medic Squad 42 for rapid use and resupply
The new plan, led by the Plaistow Fire Department, mirrors the former ALS service with additional benefits, including cost savings and enhanced training
Exeter Hospital said it will delay ending the ALS intercept program and paramedic layoffs
Charlotte-based Mecklenburg EMS鈥� high-acuity calls now have a time limit, and low-acuity calls are expected to take longer and will not include rig lights or sirens
The change is in response to the staffing crisis due to the pandemic and will 鈥渆nsure a faster response when people need help鈥� one sponsor of the bill said
The vehicles are equipped with vital items, including medications, blood products, IV pumps, intubation equipment and ventilators
Martin County is providing BLS and relying on mutual aid while seeking a sponsoring hospital and getting ambulances inspected
3,213 EMS providers speak up about job satisfaction, effective leadership, safety and innovation in the EMS Trend Survey
This year鈥檚 topics include video-based dispatch systems, COVID-19 infection risk to rescuers, an extensive review of neonatal cord management and more
The impact COVID-19 had, and didn鈥檛 have, the changes we鈥檙e embracing and the change providers want to see
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Examining recommendations for EMS treatment of adult and pediatric cardiac arrest related to epinephrine, compression depth and rate, and double sequential defibrillation
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A paper published in the Journal of Rural Health calls for changes to paramedic scopes of practice for airway and ventilator management in response to COVID-19
Residents were raising concerns about the firing of an Alaska fire chief and assistant chief when a man collapsed, prompting an EMS response
Fire agencies in Lancaster and Bolton will collaborate to provide advanced life support services after their previous ALS provider abruptly pulled out
Officials say they were given two days鈥� notice that they needed to look for a new advanced life support ambulance provider
The department plans to provide nontransport advanced life support in anticipation that their county鈥檚 ambulances will be taxed responding to the next county over
Fredericksburg鈥檚 City Council set a priority in 2014 to establish around-the-clock advanced medical service to address the burden of increased medical calls
Under the new law, first responders who work in rural areas can operate at the highest level for which they have a state license
The volunteer department has struggled to provide the services over the last few weeks and decided they could not keep up consistent coverage
The controversial law moves Camden ALS services from Virtua Health System to Cooper University Hospital
Paramedics will respond in congested areas on two Harley-Davidson Electra Glide motorcycles equipped with ALS gear and fire extinguishers
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