#NAEMSP24 #AMPS2024 AMPA Dr Russell MacDonald on proning: Patient selection is KEY 1) severe ARDS, 2) lung protective ventilation, 3) no neck trauma/spinal instability, 4) No massive hemoptysis, 5) Consider avoiding if high risk of CPR/need for defib

#NAEMSP2024 AMPA #AMPS22 UW Health Med Flight Objective tidal volume metrics assume that lung "recruitability" is similar across pathology. In some disease states, higher PEEP does NOT = higher recruitment. Kate Connelly

Great to join this amazing group of #EMS experts on the trauma panel NAEMSP AMPA #NAEMSP2024

What an HONOR to hear Chief John Moon deliver the keynote address at #NAEMSP2024 If you haven't heard of Freedom House Ambulance, add American Sirens to your cart right now. We owe a debt of gratitude for the immense influence on EMS as we know it.

Explore New SCCM Guidelines: Rapid Sequence Intubation, Critical Illness Outside the ICU, Glycemic Control at 4:30 pm MT. Follow @rxgus and #SCCMSoMe for updates. View the guidelines and other critical care literature presented: sccm.org/newreleases #SCCM2024

This slide is based on data from 20 years ago - it is really a gross exaggeration. The US HEMS industry has a lousy safety record... but it is improving. There were 11 fatal crashes in just 1 year -2008. There have been "just" 4 fatal US HEMS crashes in the last 5 years

Several links in the Chain at works fantastic job :)

Hope you all can join us for a great discussion on prehospital pain management!

Now that this is official and public knowledge: Want to come join Pittsburgh EMS? As a nod to our roots from Freedom House, Pittsburgh EMS is launching our first ever in-house EMT training program. Previously, applicants had to already be certified to apply. This PAID trainee

TBI and prehospital... To intubate or not to intubate. That is the question. A meta-analysis was published in AJEM last week targeting this question. The totality of the studies found no benefit to prehospital ETI. However, in an analysis of RCTs, there was a suggested

Epi for traumatic cadiac arrest? Say it ain't so.

Two of my favorite people - Vahé Ender🇨🇭 and Richard Feynman. Excellent talk by Vahe Ender on decision-making and risk mitigation. TBS Zermatt Boston MedFlight Tim Ferriss

This was an amazing key note. What an honor to hear directly from Chief John Moon.

Stepheny Berry, MD, FACS Did you have a mass shooting yesterday too? We had one in Baltimore. #ThisIsOurLane #EndGunViolence baltimoresun.com/2024/02/14/fou…

How good is your Nation at cardiac arrest survival? 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇸🇦 Turns out the Dutch are pretty good. Look at the numbers below. TY Bart de Koning for sending them to me. Then I read this recent publication in Resuscitation describing the OHCA outcomes in Saudi Arabia and almost

“Step away from the needle” - Chris Root Should EMS move to simple thoracostomy? #CCTMC2024

Another wonderful InDoc course - a week-long intensive course for our new prehospital UW Health Med Flight and EMS fellows. A mix of didactics, hands-on education, and evaluative simulation sessions as part of their training as flight physicians. ATACC Faculty AMPA Dip RTM (RCSEd)

True- and decisions about “instability” are by nature dynamic. They should be informed by risks, benefits, crew capabilities, and the expected downstream outcome.