Happy International Firefighters’ Day! Thank you to all fire-rescue teams who care for kids.

Find resources to support you in providing high-quality prehospital pediatric care here: ow.ly/b5NW50PY9M8

I'm officially BOARD-CERTIFIED in Emergency Medicine 🙌🏾

Prehospital Whole Blood in the Maryland/DC/Virginia/Delaware region at #PCPACS2024

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Presenting our FAA simulator for improve REBOA successfuly implementation 🩸🎈
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Sudden shock with a Nasty looking ECG. What is it?

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Prehospital, then ED ECGs

Great debate on Prehospital Blood’s impact on saving lives, Neil Hughes and Caroline Leech , 3 types of patients those not that ill, those too far gone, and those where it may benefit but bespoke resuscitation may be best. Retrieval 2024 AMPA NAEMSP UW Health Med Flight Univ. of Wisconsin Emergency Medicine

An intravenous catheter is an indispensable tool for injecting medicines and blood products to a wounded person. The size of catheters can be identified by their color coding. Learn more about it on the card, created in partnership with PULSE.
#Ukraine #TCCC #Prehospital

Brain Injury Associated Shock (aka BIAS) - Haemodynamic compromise from isolated severe TBI is rare & in our services experience, indistinguishable from haemorrhagic shock in sick multi-trauma patients.
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Great potential for increased prehospital IABP monitoring, in work f/ Marco Bansano EAAA RAID Group East Anglian Air Ambulance, and likely has value in PHEA, need to fully identify which patients benefit and impact on outcomes. Retrieval 2024 AMPA Michael Lauria UW Health Med Flight Univ. of Wisconsin Emergency Medicine

Good chat re: opiate-sparing prehospital analgesia at Retrieval 2024.

Reminder that #Penthrox is a great option and is used around the world. Sadly not available in the US.

Hoping the U.S. FDA approves ASAP - our patients in pain (and clinicians!) would appreciate it!

Enjoyed a fantastic long weekend in #Paris ! Had to visit #SAMUdeParis ! Thanks to Lamhaut for organizing the tour. It was inspiring to learn about your mission to reduce prehospital deaths from #OHCA ! 🚑 #EMS #ECMO

Congratulations to those selected for the EMS Research Mentorship Program! 20 EMS clinicians will receive mentoring and exposure to EMS Research and the different pathways that exist surrounding prehospital care. The National Registry is excited and proud to work with you.

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Headpulse measurement can reliably identify large‐vessel occlusion stroke in prehospital suspected stroke patients onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ac…

Assistant Medical Director Dr. David Vitberg presenting at The American College of Surgeons Point Counterpoint Conference in Baltimore. The Dr. was on a panel of area jurisdiction medical directors with prehospital blood programs. DC has already field infused 16 Pts. #DCsBravest

Exciting talk on application of POCUS in prehospital setting, from Toby Edmunds EAAA RAID Group East Anglian Air Ambulance keys are recording, review by US staff, can be used by non-physicians with similar quality. Retrieval 2024 AMPA UW Health Med Flight Madtown Sono Univ. of Wisconsin EM Residency Univ. of Wisconsin Emergency Medicine

Great discussion happening now! Look at the line of questions! Does prehospital whole blood cause unnecessary delay in transport? Sharven Taghavi, MD, MPH, MS, FACS, FCCP may have some thoughts #pcpacs2024

Check out our new column: Top-5 #prehospital papers in Air Med Journal; this time critiques from EAAA RAID Group East Anglian Air Ambulance #FOAMed (until 22 Jun)

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Future editions from UW Health Med Flight SydneyHEMS Stiftelsen Norsk Luftambulanse London's Air Ambulance Charity 🚁

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Most feared ocular injury with rubber bullets. In prehospital environment:

1. Keep NPO
2. Do NOT apply pressure to the eye
3. Cover the eye (metal eye cover or papercup; (do not place a patch that touches globe)
4. HOB elevated