David Hupp lays out how the OPQRST mnemonic that EMS providers use to assess patient pain can be slightly rescoped to evaluate issues within an EMS agency.

Janine E. Curcio and Dr. Robert Lowe provide a seven-point scale based on speech and responsiveness to decide whether or not to use sedation for an agitated patient. Managing an agitated or aggressive ...

(TNS) — When emergency medical workers are inbound to a hospital with a patient, seconds count. Any delay in communication, such as an EMS crew being too far from a radio tower, can result in a slower ...

Conducting a sepsis screening during emergency medical service transport to an emergency department reduces time to treatment. Emergency medical service screening for sepsis speeds administration of ...

Premier Health adapted a mobile communications platform, Pulsara, to communicate better with EMS agencies arriving with suspected coronavirus patients. “EMS can now send an alert to the receiving ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - In its ongoing effort to support local communities and improve patient outcomes, Ochsner Baton Rouge has reached a two-way patient data-sharing agreement with East Baton ...