EMS Call: Respiratory Arrest

Dianna is back for her monthly EMS post. I’d like to pass along my congratulations to her for winning in the ACFW Genesis contest this year! This is a much sought after award and will turn the heads of editors her way. I know we will be seeing her books published in...

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Dianna Benson is back for her monthly post discussing the different types of personal protective equipment healthcare professionals wear in different types of situations. As a writer, these will help you write authentically. As an EMT, a Haz-Mat-Operative, and a FEMA...

Medical Question: Submerged Vehicle Part 1/2

Mart asks a fairly detailed medical question so I’m going to split this post up over two days. Today, our resident EMS expert, Dianna Benson, will offer the EMS response. Next post, I’ll cover the emergency department treatment. Mart asks: This is the scenario: Ruby,...

Dangerous EMS Scenes

When Safe Scenes Turn Dangerous Unlike inside a hospital, EMS operates in uncontrolled settings and environments. At any given moment a scene can and does suddenly become unsafe for us while we’re in the process of medically treating a patient. As an EMS crew is...

Haz-Mat Decontamination

Dianna’s back for her monthly blog post. Today, she focuses on HazMat Decon (otherwise known as cleaning gross stuff off of you that could kill you). I particularly love the photos she included to help aid the writer with those accurate descriptive details. Don’t...