Discussion on New Paramedic Show "Trauma" Last Monday night, members of the EMS community got together online to watch the premier of the new show Trauma. Comments were mostly made on how TV paramedics portray the real paramedics and the accuracy of the

Tip of the Week– Airway Management Skills Airway management is one of the critical skills for emergency medicine providers that requires mastery. A few seconds of delay in the establishment of a patent airway could result in serious irreversible damage

Tip of the Week– Poisoning and Toxicology Myths with Lisa Booze of the Maryland Poison Center According to the CDC, more than 700,000 causes of emergency visits in 2006 are due to unintentional poisoning, 25% of these incidents required hospitalization

Tip of the Week– EMS Student and Educator Tips Find out more about different learning styles and study tips from the panel of special guests in this episode of MedicCast. The panel includes Greg Friese of EMSEducast.com Rob Theriault of paramedictuto

To prepare EMS and other health professionals for the upcoming flu season and increased activity of influeza A H1N1 (swine flu), the producers of the EMS Garage and MedicCast Productions did a special joint episode with several other health professionals.

Tip of the Week– MVA Mechanisms of Injury Motor vehicle accidents cause up to a million deaths per year worldwide. According to the WHO it ranks fourth in global health problems. In the US, about 42,000 are killed from MVA and injuries reach a number a

Tip of the Week– Interview with Dr. Mickey Eisenberg In a special joint interview set up by Greg Friese of the EMS Educast podcast, I got the opportunity to chat on the phone with Dr. Mickey Eisenberg and the guys from the Educast. We talked about Dr.

Kinematics of trauma is basically how physics apply in the occurrence of the injury. For instance, an object traveling at a velocity of 150 m/s would yield a greater impact on collision as compared to the same object moving at 100 m/s, meaning, more damag

Tip of the Week– Spinal Immobilization for EMS Emergency medicine providers are usually faced with situations wherein the victims may have potential or actual injuries to the spine. One thing that paramedics should do in such instances before attemptin

Ultrasonography is one of the most commonly used tools for assessing patients in a facility setting and has been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. The use of ultrasound technology in the pre-hospital setting has the pote