How to Stop Your Partner from Falling in Love With You
Have you ever started a job and thought, “Wow! Is my co-worker charming and cute!”? Have you ever caught your partner looking at your longingly or with googly eyes? If you have, you’ve come to the right place. This is your ultimate guide for putting a stop to romantic feelings between partners before it starts. Keep […]
Other Side of the Room
by: Chelsea Epling June 20, 2021, I received my hardest patient to date, the one that will stick with me for the rest of my life. The report we received was of a 61-year-old male who underwent cardiac arrest at home, without CPR for approximately 20 minutes. When EMS arrived, they were able to secure […]
Do Palpable Pulses Correlate to Systolic Blood Pressure in Hypotensive Trauma Patients?
In Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), we learned that a carotid, femoral, and radial pulse correlates to certain systolic blood pressure (SBP) in hypotensive trauma patients. Specifically, ATLS stated: Carotid pulse only = SBP 60 – 70 mmHg Carotid & Femoral pulse only = SBP 70 – 80 mmHg Radial pulse present = SBP >80 […]
Spooky Thursdays: Darkness Falls
Warning: potential trigger warning! A 72-year-old man was admitted to the hospital for congestive heart failure, which had led to kidney failure, and his significantly younger wife was always by his side. The whole cardiac unit talked about how there was something not quite right about his wife–nobody could ever put their finger on what […]
Women’s History Month: Celebrating The Women of EMS, Part 2
Sub-five feet. Barely a hundred pounds, soaking wet. Blonde hair and blue eyes. But GOSH DANG is Dr. Erica Carney a force to be reckoned with. She’s the most amazing combination of grit, brains, and kindness with a smile more contagious than COVID-19. She grew up in Kansas City, where she stayed for a combined […]
Panic! At the airport
I had let my guard down, which was a mistake and it backfired. The first step after my mistake was to panic, and I think those around me at the time would say I did a pretty good job of it. 4 hours earlier I was relaxing at our crew house and probably arguing about […]
COVID-19: Coronavirus Resources
As providers continue to battle COVID-19 on the front lines, IMPACT EMS stays committed to bring you the most up to date information to help guide your care and keep you safe. In addition to our weekly Facebook Live Events and the CME Collective, this page will be updated weekly with current best practices and […]
How To Make Zombies: Part III
Airways are Sexy I was at an airway lecture as a baby medic and the instructor said “Airways are sexy. It’s the sexiest, most badass thing we get to do.” Sounds goofy, but he was right: airways are sexy. So, we’ve talked about cardiac arrest physiology, ITDs, Heads-up CPR, and more. All that stuff […]
How To Make Zombies: Part II
The Fun Stuff In Part 1, we looked at what happens to the body during a zombie apocalypse. Whoops, sorry, cardiac arrest. Impedance Threshold Devices and Heads-Up CPR were mentioned as being very effective in CPR, and it’s time to get to the fun stuff. I’m going to try really hard to not bore you […]
How To Make Zombies: Part I
Advances in Cardiac Arrest Care The most critical call we have as EMS providers is the one with the worst outcomes. Cardiac arrest care has been much the same for quite a while, because it’s hard to measure what works in those cases, and care guidelines lag years behind new evidence. For instance, “Heads-up CPR” […]