Diversion, Bypass, and Offload Delay
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Although the primary focus of an advanced EMS system is typically the patient care rendered in the field and during transport, the act of delivering the…
Controlled Substance Programs
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen An emergency medical services (EMS) agency medical director usually focuses primarily on the oversight of the care provided directly to patients and their families. One of…
Training and Board Certification
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen In the United States, over 15.9 million patients per year are transported to emergency departments (ED) by emergency medical services (EMS), and 40% of all hospital…
Medical Control, Direction, and Oversight
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen EMS in the United States is a hierarchical care delivery system, with physician leaders working in partnership with EMT/paramedic providers to rescue, care for, and transport…
Historical Aspects
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Emergency care of the sick and wounded in the field has deep historical roots as far back as the ancient times when Roman soldiers were carried…
EMS Medicine as a Subspecialty
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen This book is dedicated to the premise that emergency medical services (EMS) represent a bona fide field of physician subspecialty, that certain knowledge and skills are…
Unique Airway Issues in the Pediatric Population
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A full-term baby is born with APGAR scores of 4/6. The neonatologist attempts stimulation of the baby and then proceeds with two failed attempts to…
Airway Management Under Combat Conditions
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A unit of a 14-person, six-vehicle military convoy is moving through a village in northern Afghanistan. As the convoy pulls out on open road at…
Airway Management in Austere Environments
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen As an anesthesia practitioner, you have been deployed with your national disaster response team to a low-income country (LIC) that has just experienced an earthquake….
Difficult Airway Carts
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Why Are Difficult Airway Carts Necessary? The concept of difficult and failed airway carts is not a novel one. These carts usually serve two purposes: Managing…
