November 2022

ALS providers and EMS supervisors: Effective immediately: Ketamine is on shortage for all concentrations and will not be stocked in the med pyxis for the next 4-6 weeks. For pain management, please utilize fentanyl as your first line analgesic for moderate to severe pain unless it is contraindicated. If you are going to use Ketamine, […]

Good morning. In the past, EMS has had some encounters with school nurses and school med techs after Epinephrine has been given (sometimes questionably) to a student with a presumed allergic reaction. I wanted to provide you with some (hopefully insighted and helpful) information from the head of the School Nursing Program that is employed