When I started we used narcan for opiate overdose and coma of unknown etiology. Today we use narcan for respiratory depression or inadequate ventilation associated with opiate overdose.

By yesterday I could barely rise from bed.

I have made my list of the 16 biggest EMS treatment changes over my twenty-year career as a paramedic I will be posting my list in reverse order over the coming weeks

We are not three minutes into our response when we get shut down as a closer unit is now available. My partner shuts off the lights, and then turns suddenly into the Dunkin’ Doughnuts just ahead.

This guy slays it. He takes on EMS myth and bad science always on behalf of the patient.

In a study encompassing over 400,000 out of hospital cardiac arrests in Japan from 2005-2008, researchers are declaring that epinephrine in cardiac arrest may lead to worse survival and neurological outcomes than no drug at all.

Park the damn ambulance already!

There are some medics who can walk in a room and in one glance tell you what is going on. I can do this sometimes, but I am not always right. Nor do I need to be.

“The findings in this study should lead to a systematic change in the way patients in status epilepticus are treated en route to the hospital.”