Pushing skills down to lower licensure levels has always been something that EMS has done. What skills should BLS providers have that they don’t currently have? Here’s my take on the debate.

Have you heard? We’re right in the middle of a flu epidemic in 2013. Most US states are affected and it’s getting worse. Here’s what we as EMS providers can do as we stand at the crossroads of Medicine and Public Health.

Mister Fred Rogers and Kurt Vonnegut have some words we all need to remember during this holiday season. Look for the Helpers and try to remember what’s truly important.

EMS is a family, and right now our extended family needs us. Let’s all do something worthwhile for the families of some of our fallen heroes.

Extremely sad news this morning out of Rockford, Illinois.

“Any abdominal pain in a pregnant female patient of childbearing age is an ectopic pregnancy until proven otherwise.” Why is this and why is it important for EMS?

It’s a dreary, grey late fall day outside and your partner is driving your rig back from the hospital after clearing from a call. You’re feeling very comfortable in the passenger seat of your ambulance as the radio’s playing some annoying pop-drivel by whatever flavor of boy band is popular this month. You’re tired from […]

This guest post from CCEMT-P Chance Gearheart hammers home an important point about our EMS care. Would you have been this diligent?