JEMS Industry News
Here you can find recent information and industry news on EMS equipment and technology. We keep you up to date on the latest EMS industry news provided by JEMS.com and other sources.
- EMS Doctors, Clinicians Unite to Provide Free Online CAPCE-Accredited RecertificationREFRESH 2021 LAUNCHES DECEMBER 15TH – OFFERING FREE NREMT NCCR (NATIONAL) CURRICULUM HOURS With the advent of the COVID pandemic and the requirement to maintain currency and paramedic certification, a free online program is to be launched called Refresh 2021. The program hosted online by Prodigy EMS will contain ... read more
- Unboxing with Fire Apparatus & Emergency Equipment: Nonin CO-PilotJoin Fire Apparatus & Emergency Equipment Editor Chris Mc Loone as he unboxes the Nonin CO-Pilot, a handheld multiparameter system that will monitor five different patient parameters. The post Unboxing with <i>Fire Apparatus & Emergency Equipment</i>: Nonin CO-Pilot appeared first on JEMS. ... read more
- The Science Behind Mechanical CPR DevicesIs mechanical CPR superior to traditional CPR? The team at Master Your Medics examines the use of mechanical CPR devices and investigating the science behind them. Read the original manuscript here. Previous: TXA is showing a positive impact in severe traumatic hemorrhage. So, how does it work? ... read more
- The Ambulance Science Podcast: Make Up Your Own Mind About The VaccineGet every episode of The Ambulance Science Podcast by subscribing to Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts. Where I’m coming from (compared to most of my colleagues): Master’s in Public Health with a concentration in Health Policy from Yale Medical School.FT Faculty at GWU School of Medicine & Southern Connecticut State University MPH ... read more
- Gunman Shot by Police at NYC Cathedral Christmas ConcertBy TED SHAFFREY and MARY ESCH The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man was fatally shot by police on the steps of a landmark New York City cathedral Sunday after he began firing two semiautomatic handguns at the end of a Christmas choral concert, police said. The ... read more
- U.S. Set for First COVID-19 Shots as Shipments Begin ArrivingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Hospital workers begin unloading precious frozen vials of COVID-19 vaccine Monday, with the first vaccinations against a scourge that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans expected later in the day. “It feels like the cavalry is arriving,” Robert C. Garrett, CEO of Hackensack Meridian ... read more
- U.S. Allows Emergency COVID-19 Vaccine in Bid to End PandemicBy LAURAN NEERGAARD, MATTHEW PERRONE and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans. Shots for health workers and ... read more
- Two MI Paramedics Who Falsely Declared Woman Dead Look to Regain LicensesAccording to a report from MLIVE, two suburban Detroit, Michigan, paramedics who mistakenly declared a woman who had cerebral palsy “dead” can regain their licenses if they pass a national exam. One of the two men was also assigned a reading, a book report, and an essay. These requirements are part ... read more
- ‘She Is One of the Most Dedicated People I Know’: Staten Island Paramedic’s Work During COVID-19Kelli DeSantis Staten Island Advance, N.Y. (TNS) Editor’s note: The Staten Island Advance/SILive.com is proud to dedicate its annual Women of Achievement program, established in 1964 and celebrated every year since, to local heroes; we are calling it Staten Island Women of Achievement 2020 – The Front Line. When ... read more
- Some Orange County (CA) Ambulances with Patients ‘Waiting Hours’ for ER BedsIan Wheeler and Roxana Kopetman The Orange County Register (TNS) The rising flood of coronavirus patients has prompted Orange County’s Health Care Agency to warn that emergency room backups have had some ambulances waiting “hours” to offload patients and the county’s critical care network “may collapse unless emergency directives ... read more
- Leadership Mindset with an Emphasis in EMS, Part TwoEditor’s note: This is part two of a three-part series by Dustin Axtell on what successful leadership can be in EMS. Read part one here. Part three will be published on December 17. Common Pitfalls in Emergency Medical Services Understanding and acknowledging the challenges faced in today’s EMS world ... read more
- ESO acquires Digital Innovation, Clinical Data Management and Lancet TechnologyESO, the leading data and software company serving emergency medical services (EMS), fire departments and hospitals, today announced its acquisition of Digital Innovation, Clinical Data Management and Lancet Technology, as well as a key collaboration with DICORP to continue driving trauma registry innovation. By combining the assets, expertise and ... read more
- Project Mayday: Darnell Dodson IIGet every episode by subscribing to Project Mayday using Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts. Explore the stress of a California firefighter during strike teams and the different dynamics during deployment. Hear the optimistic perspective of Darnell Dodson II and how he keeps mentally, spiritually, emotionally and physically well. “When you are ... read more
- One-Day U.S. Deaths Top Three Thousand, More than D-Day or 9/11By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Just when the U.S. appears on the verge of rolling out a COVID-19 vaccine, the numbers have become gloomier than ever: Over 3,000 American deaths in a single day, more than on D-Day or 9/11. One million new cases in ... read more
- U.S. Experts Convene to Decide Whether to OK Pfizer VaccineBy LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. government advisory panel convened on Thursday to decide whether to endorse large-scale use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to help conquer the outbreak that has killed close to 300,000 Americans. The meeting of outside advisers to the ... read more
- EMT Recounts Night Breonna Taylor Was KilledThe EMT who took a shot police officer to the hospital in the Breonna Taylor case did not know Taylor had been shot as well, new documents tell. That’s according to an interview EMT William Smith gave to an investigator for the Attorney General’s Office, WHAS-TV reports. “I didn’t ... read more
- EMS Included in Small Scale Pentagon COVID-19 VaccinationsWASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon’s initial allotment of coronavirus vaccine will be administered at 16 defense sites in the United States and abroad, with health care workers, emergency service personnel and residents of military retirement homes getting top priority, officials said Wednesday. Next in line, once follow-on supplies of ... read more
- EMS Handoff: Advocacy with Ed MorelandGet every episode by subscribing to The EMS Handoff podcast using Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts. The hosts of the EMS Handoff Podcast are joined by Ed Moreland, NRP. Ed is a Metro Washington, DC native, and a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and PA Army National Guardsman who has ... read more
- Pilot Error Probable Cause in Fatal 2018 Bismarck (ND) Air Medical CrashJack Dura The Bismarck Tribune, N.D. (TNS) Pilot error is the probable cause of a 2018 Bismarck air ambulance crash in Morton County that killed all three people aboard, federal investigators say. The National Transportation Safety Board’s final report attributes the Bismarck Air Medical crash to “The pilot’s failure ... read more
- WI Air National Guard F-16 Crashes in MI During TrainingSTEUBEN, Mich. (AP) – A Wisconsin-based fighter jet crashed in a national forest in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula while on a training mission and searchers were looking Wednesday for the pilot, who was the only person aboard, authorities said. The F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s ... read more
