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AHN Grove City Hospital and Superior Ambulance have joined forces to participate in a pilot study exploring the rapid use of antibiotics by emergency medical professionals to prevent infections from open, or compound bone fractures. Such fractures are characterized by an open wound or break in the skin near the site of the broken bone, where infections often develop. As part of the study protocol, EMS providers will administer antibiotics as close as possible to the time of the injury to reduce the risk of infection, optimally within the first hour. The risk of infection increases relative to the amount of time it takes for a a patient to receive an antibiotic; the longer the delay, the higher the risk.
03/09/2021
Summary
The value of EMTs and paramedics in the emergent care of injury and illness is undoubted. The public knows lights, sirens, and help are just a call away. However, the unique position of EMS providers also allows these professionals to work ahead of 9-1-1 requests to stop injury and illness before they occur. In this webinar, Dr. Kevin Munjal will discuss the Mt. Sinai Community Paramedic Program, which protected high-risk seniors by ensuring they received timely and necessary care in the safety of their home during the initial onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic. You will also hear from industry leaders on how EMS has been and continues to be leveraged beyond first response in critical roles of injury and illness prevention.
If you tune into Netflix these days, you can view
Ambulance Australia and see how the medics of the Queensland Ambulance Service respond to 0-0-0 calls as they perform EMS down under. How does EMS care in Australia differ from the United States? We spoke to Stephen Rashford, MBBS, FACEM, medical director of the Queensland Ambulance Service, to find out.
Rashford is an emergency physician and has been the medical director for QAS since 2005. During his time in this role, he has overseen a significant expansion in innovative paramedic practice, with particular interests in hemostatic blood product resuscitation, point-of-care ultrasound, airway management, procedural sedation, and the treatment of STEMI. Rashford is often in the field treating patients with his paramedics, looking to refine and optimize clinical algorithms. He also worked in the United States in the 1990s during his specialist training, so he knows about the U.S. EMS system as well.