Triage
MCI trailers provide a critical tool for dealing with emergency incidents
Regularly reviewing and practicing MCI skills will make sure EMS personnel are ready to act when a major incident happens
Keeping patients moving toward definitive treatment through accurate triage of life threats is the key to EMS success at a mass casualty incident
The National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians is calling for EMS personnel to participate in the revisions
Darrell Jennings and his family aided 28 neighbors in their living room after a violent EF-4 tornado tore through their Putnam County, Tennessee, neighborhood
7 steps to factoring in violence as a possible variable at special event EMS response and incident command
The top tenets of violent threat attack training and practice for EMS responders
The first 10 minutes of an MCI considerably impact emergency operations and survival.
From a marathon runner who performed CPR on the course to a college student who stopped class to help his professor, these EMS providers stepped up to render aid in unexpected circumstances
Key takeaways and lessons learned from the 2018 mass shooting event at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago
Older adults tend to be under-triaged despite a higher risk of clinically significant injury
Triage burn victims for inhalation injury and fluid administration by putting these four pieces of the puzzle together
As the State of Colorado eases measures put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we take a look at how one community with an early outbreak took aggressive measures to contain the spread of the virus 鈥� and emerge stronger than ever.
The Rapid Assessment Quick Response Force is modeled after strike teams sent to natural disasters such as hurricanes
The Chicago Fire Department enacted its EMS Plan 2, sending at least five ambulances, a triage van, a command van and several officers to the scene
Putnam County Firefighter-EMT Darrell Jennings aided at least 20 injured neighbors after a tornado swept through his community
The state鈥檚 medical director instructed providers to ask patients showing certain symptoms whether they鈥檝e recently traveled to Wuhan, China
Rapid restoration of blood flow is the most critical determiner of functional brain survival
What do Abraham Lincoln, the Revolutionary War, and an orthopedist named Thomas all have in common? They all played a pioneering & influential role in trauma care within the U.S.
911 nurse triage and a high utilizer group program are exponentially reducing transports and healthcare expenditures while increasing patient satisfaction
The unfortunate reality remains that victims die because of treatment delays
Tony Rosado was part of the Florida chapter of the American Volunteer Emergency Response Team deployed to the region after the disaster
Paramedics used the app to quickly identify victims during a joint mass casualty drill and categorized patients based on injury
As active shooters target different locations and mass gatherings, first responders need to adapt their preparation and response from the rescue task force model
Preparation, practice, standardization and community involvement will enable your EMS agency to act quickly and decisively in response to MCIs
A level-two mass casualty event was declared to free up the resources needed to address a large number of injured people
The role of EMS medical directors in maintaining patient-focused care as CMS reimbursement models adapt with ET3
EMS leaders triage improvement projects, remove roadblocks and celebrate well-executed projects
Our co-hosts sit down with award-winning speaker and author Rommie Duckworth, who explains how to diagnose, treat and manage septic patients
Applying global solutions and the CMS ET3 model to EMS鈥檚 low acuity patient population with alternative destination transport
Know when to stop, how much assistance to provide and how to hand off patient care to responding authorities
Crowd size, location and similar event intelligence can help predict patient load and MCI response needs at a mass gathering
