Mel Higgins

Good morning! Please forward to all your members, as I do not have an EMT email address list built. Hopefully you know by now, we have added a labeled “sensory kit” to each ambulance and supervisory unit, containing valuable tools for patients with sensory sensitivities. These kits were put together by Eagle Scout Matthew Smith […]

Last year, Washington County ran 1,452 pediatric patients. Were you ready? Washington County completed a national EMS for Children survey for prehospital readiness. We scored an 8/12. While this score is well over the national average, there is room for improvement and we owe it to our children to do better. Let’s make this a

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Good morning, ALS providers. With an increase in the number of med pyxis discrepancies, I wanted to send a procedural reminder. (and if you ever forget, it is ALWAYS posted above the med pyxis for reference) Simply, never use a patient’s name to remove meds from the pyxis. I know the fields are “last name,

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

MIEMSS frequently conducts QA/QI reviews at the state level. One of their recent trending research includes the effectiveness of pain management across both BLS and ALS treatment modalities. In their research, they pull very specific data from EMEDS reports – pain scores under the vitals sections. Our county is lacking in the consistent documentation of

TXA is an important therapy that will help increase patient’s survivability in an out of hospital hemorrhagic injury. ALS providers play a key role in knowing when to use TXA and how to properly administer the medication. A few of you have noticed the discrepancy in TXA administration in the protocol versus what we have

Today’s “Did You Know?” moment: There is one contraindication for Medevac Request: EMS/DNR-B or MOLST B patients are NOT candidates for field medevac transport. (page 280 of MD protocol, July 1, 2021 version) With that said, although these patients do not qualify for helicopter utilization, this doesn’t prevent the patient from ground transportation to a

Good Afternoon! Please forward this training opportunity to ALL staff members, BLS and ALS. Trauma surgeon Dr. Schulz will be presenting one of our cases here at DES as a learning opportunity for everyone. Feel free to post the announcement in your stations as well. We have plenty of room – come join us! Simple,