INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Firefighters tackle a wide variety of challenging operational scenarios and suffer significant stress and physiological demands during the discharge of their duties.1 Because the majority of…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The operational environment of commercial travel can be as challenging as any other for the EMS physician to provide quality emergency medical care. As an aging…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Tactical emergency medical support, or TEMS, was patterned after the successful military model of specially trained medics embedded within remotely deployed fighting units. While the military…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Emergency medicine service (EMS) personnel have opportunities to deploy in a variety of settings from urban international disaster response to sustained humanitarian missions for developing areas…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Mass gathering medical care generally refers to the organized care provided for groups of at least 1000 people, including both spectators and participants, although some authors…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Field surgical procedures are for the most part relatively uncommon with few cases reported and published. Barriers to reporting likely include a preponderance of poor or…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Babies have been born for millions of years without EMS intervention. This is one “emergency” that almost always turns out well. The CDC reported that, in…
Print Section Listen Pain is the most common emergency complaint. The World Health Organization supports optimal pain treatment as a fundamental human right (http://who.int.easyaccess2.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/mediacetre/news/notes/2007/np31/en/). Several prehospital studies have shown inadequate…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Musculoskeletal trauma is frequently encountered in the prehospital setting. In 2007, extremity injuries accounted for over 14 million emergency department visits within the United States.1 Injuries…
