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