Coffee Pot Knock Out
Recently an American Airlines flight was diverted from its LA to DC flight path to a rapid descent, action-packed landing into Kansas City. A 6’3” 240-pound man assaulted a […]
“Modus Operandi” – Ventilator Modes
Once upon a time (reader, it was yesterday), I had a funny idea for comparing ventilator modes using Miss Trunchbull as assist control and Miss Honey as SIMV. My personal […]
Provider Health and Wellness in EMS
It’s no secret that the EMS community isn’t the healthiest bunch of folks on the planet. We work truckloads of long hours. We eat on the run and sometimes our […]
Buyers Market
You overhauled your resume, applied for every flight job in a 100-mile radius, studied until your eyeballs fell out of your head, nailed the written exam, and rocked the […]
What the funk? How SAD shifts our vibe.
What the funk? A brief discussion of how seasonal affective disorder shifts our vibe Gwenny Lawson It’s almost midnight. It’s freezing cold outside, even though last week we hit […]
Hands Down, Our Best Tool
Whether you work in the back of an ambulance, a helicopter, or a hospital, you likely have many tools to assist you in assessing and treating your patient. Tools such […]
Women’s History Month: Women in EMS, Part 3
This month we took a look at Marie Marvingt, a pioneer in HEMS and a woman who helped create pre-hospital medicine in the early 1900s. We also featured Dr. Erica […]
Women’s History Month: Celebrating The Women of EMS, Part 2
Sub-five feet. Barely a hundred pounds, soaking wet. Blonde hair and blue eyes. But GOSH DANG is Dr. Erica Carney a force to be reckoned with. She’s the most amazing […]
Women’s History Month: Celebrating the Women of EMS, Part 1
March is Women’s History Month and here at IA MED, we will be highlighting the work of a small handful of women who have blazed trails in the field of […]
Minute Ventilation
Ventilator management strategies are all that glitters in the EMS community right now. ???? All the cool podcasters are talking about it; the bloggers are bloggin’ blogs about recruitment […]