Safety

The simple answer is: "when it is incapable of restraining the patient".  What is not made abundantly clear is that the straps sold to you (the EMS Provider) with your cot were specifically designed to hold your patient safely, in conjunction with the floor mount, in the event of a motor vehicular accident.  The only way [...]

In the battle of the Latex vs the Nitrile Glove one basic fact is indisputable.  Latex is inherently stretchy and Nitrile is not.  The debate over which glove is best for EMS will rage on as long as glove-wearing is a universal precaution however, understanding what to look for in a glove will lead to [...]

You are driving to a call and find yourself behind a car that will not pull to the right, opposing traffic is heavy so you think " hey, I can just zip by him on the right!". Freeze that thought for a second and think back to Charley Brown, he is all psyched up to [...]