RescueDigest’s Top Picks of essential resources for critical topics in emergency services. RomDuck Sepsis Research Update Recently published papers have given us new insights into the next steps for prehospital care for sepsis patients. By looking at both macro and micro views of patient management, this program presents our new understanding of the role of antibiotics, fluid administration, and coordination of clinical ...
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RescueDigest Resources: The Steps to Succession Planning for Emergency Services
RescueDigest’s Top Picks of essential resources for critical topics in emergency services. Succession Planning is crucial for the success and survival of your organization. Are you taking the correct steps? Identifying and preparing the next generation of leaders for your department is a critical responsibility. What will happen to all of the hard work you’ve put into your organization when it comes ...
Read More »Fundamentals of Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS or Drones)
RescueDigest’s Top Picks of essential resources for critical topics in emergency services. This program can help you answer the following questions about UAVs and fire department operations How can sUAS be used to enhance emergency and non-emergency fire department operations? How do federal, state, and local laws and regulations impact fire department use of sUAS? What are the potential costs of using ...
Read More »Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome
RescueDigest’s Top Picks of essential resources for critical topics in emergency services. Is your organization attracting, engaging, and keeping the best people? Regular medical and recreational use of cannabis is on the rise among all age groups. In most cases, this is associated with few side effects, but some regular users experience a wildly paradoxical reaction. While cannabis will normally suppress nausea and pain ...
Read More »Employee Value Proposition: Tools to Recruit & Retain Top People
RescueDigest’s Top Picks of essential resources for critical topics in emergency services. Is your organization attracting, engaging, and keeping the best people? Work in any organization, large or small, paid or volunteer, involves transactions of value where the member gets value from the organization and gives value back. Volunteer and employment exchanges have traditionally focused on the perspective of the organization and ...
Read More »A Keynote That Strikes the Right Note
This keynote captures the very ESSENCE of emergency services more now than it did when it was first given.
Read More »RescueDigest Resources: It’s Not Always Sepsis: A Common Sense Approach for ALS and BLS Providers
Sepsis is an emergent medical condition that kills more people annually than prostate cancer, breast cancer, and AIDS combined.
Read More »RescueDigest Resources: What they didn’t teach you about ANAPHYLAXIS
The past 10 years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of cases of anaphylaxis across the United States. In response, the American College of Emergency Physicians and the World Allergy Organization have issued important updates on initial emergency treatment for patients suffering from anaphylaxis.
Read More »RescueDigest Resources: Top Tips for Educators
The hurdles that have to be overcome by educators to meet objectives and help students achieve competencies can be discouraging. That's why we have to stick together. Here is a treasure-trove of top-tips for educators.
Read More »JEMS Publishes National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE) Position Paper Calling for Better Sepsis Education for EMS
National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE) Position Paper Calls for More Consistent and Improved Sepsis Education for EMS I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to be the lead author on the National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE) Position Paper On Sepsis Education Standards For EMS with Dr. Chris Nollette, Dr. Bill Reynovich, and Kevin Collopy. As a ...
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