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I'm looking for some feedback from a smallish service that currently uses EMS Service Bridge's Inventory 2.0 to track consumables (airway adjuncts, IV cath's, meds, etc.) We are a company that runs between 900 and 1000 calls annually with 2 rigs. I don't know if going through the entire setup...

I first questioned my career choice just after delivering a "cooked" (house fire) 8 month old to the local ER. I had been an EMT-B for 3 months. It's been 22 years now, and I have occasionally asked myself the same question. Now I have delivered multiple babies, and maybe even saved a life or...

Oops. Time to eat some CROW. Our new protocols include NTG. My apologies for speaking before seeing the end product.:blush:

Fortunately, most BGL's that I check are benign. It follows most other "vitals" in my experience. Most abnormal BGL's are a result of diabetes and require the usual management. I have had one coincidence of BGL > 200 and AMI, though. Honestly, I considered it a "gee whiz" finding, until the...

I apologize for using the qualifier "all" when I should have used "most." Anecdotally, checking a BGL on patients without the usual "valid indications" as you put it, has revealed abnormal values and subsequent diagnoses of new onset type ll diabetes in patients who "just didn't feel well." We...

STEMI and hyperglycemia link http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/115/18/e436.full Sepsis and hyperglycemia link http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/507661

It's interesting you ask that. Here in NM, I am finding that checking a patient's blood glucose is becoming a clinical expectation, maybe even standard of care. Obviously, we check one on diabetics, AMS patients, and ETOH'ers. Think of this, though... hyperglycemia can occur in up to 50% of...

Thanks Thanks for the replies. In practice, I have found the bougie to be a great tool with both blades. We currently use a Contera Infintiy Jump bag, so I plan on ordering a velcro bag to hold the King Vision. I just wanted to pick the brains of those who already use it in the field (no...

Nitro and Lasix have hugely fallen out of favor here in NM. Given his current vitals, keep him in position of comfort and transport on O2. If this patient were in severe respiratory distress, he would have been placed on CPAP. Had the transport time been longer, Morphine could have been...

LSB's have nearly left the scope of practice here in Central NM. They can serve as a device to move patients to the gurney, but then patient's are log-rolled off of them (unless the patient is critical). This very smart decision has been a long time coming, considering the harm LSB's cause our...

We just got King Vision Video Laryngoscopes for our rigs and I was wanting to pick the brains of those already using it. 1. What case/bag are you currently using to store/transport the unit and blades in? 2. Which blade (channeled vs regular) have you had the most success with? 3. Any tricks...