Prehospital Practitioners

These communication cards, originally created by the Minnesota EMSC Program, have been adapted by a few states. Each version is available here.

Performance measures for evaluating adherence to the evidence-based guideline for prehospital pain management.

ABSTRACT: This project sought to develop evidence-based guidelines for the administration of analgesics for moderate to severe pain by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) clinicians based on a separate, previously published, systematic review of the comparative …

ABSTRACT: This project sought to develop evidence-based guidelines for the administration of analgesics for moderate to severe pain by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) clinicians based on a separate, previously published, systematic review of the comparative …

Cognitive skills are the core skills your brain uses to think and reason. Examples of these include use of the Pediatric Assessment Triangle (PAT) and interpretation of physical exam findings of acutely ill and injured …

Psychomotor skills refers to hands-on activities, such bag-mask ventilation, suctioning, and performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

4 steps to owning the infant IV From where to begin, to last-resort options: Tips and tricks. (From EMS1)

Caleb E. Ward, Michael Taylor, Clare Keeney, Emily Dorosz, Cynthia Wright-Johnson, Jennifer Anders & Kathleen Brown (2022) The Impact of Documenting Patient Weight in Kilograms on Pediatric Medication Dosing Errors in Emergency Medical Services, Prehospital …

Presentation by Dr. Manish Shah. Objectives: 1) To provide an overview of the past, present and future of national prehospital evidence-based guideline (EBG) development; 2) To describe critical considerations in developing, implementing and assessing outcomes …

The purpose of this program is to recruit and train EMS personnel in rural areas with a particular focus on addressing mental and substance use disorders.