Paramedicine 101

Last week I posted on some of the problems with this precordial thump study. [1] This week I will look at some of the positives. While th...

For your viewing pleasure: This is something my training captain emailed to me about a year ago. It has always stuck in my head as the best...

Okay, now that you have the correct method to work out any prehospital drug calculation (once you learn it well), I am going to teach you a ...

Answers to part II 1. 500 mcg / 50 ml Answer: 10mcg/ml 2. 25 mg / 250 ml (first convert this to mcg) Answer: 100mcg/ml 3. 10 mg / 2 ml A...

In The Precordial Thump , Adam Thompson, EMT-P writes about an article [1] by Dr. Keith Wesley in JEMS. Dr. Wesley was reviewing a study of...

This is an editorial I wrote a while ago and just found on the computer, it goes along the same lines as a couple of my other posts regard...

This part is going to explain a universal formula for dose administration. What is it? The Master Formula is a formula that can be used for ...

When I was in school, I was taught that the precordial thump (PT) is only used in witnessed ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachyca...

Over at Street Watch: Notes of a Paramedic, there is an excellent post about airway management. Beach Ball Bellies . The discussion is about...