EMS Magazine

EMS Magazine has been published continuously since 1972. Informative and balanced editorial content make EMS Magazine the most authoritative source in the world for clinical and educational material designed to improve the delivery of prehospital emergency medical care. It is written, edited, illustrated and formatted to appeal to the full spectrum of EMS professionals: Paramedics, EMTs, administrators and instructors working in private and public services.

In The June 2009 Issue

Cover Report

• A Tactical Approach To Scene Safety
  By Roger Olson, BA, NREMT-P

Features

• Stable or Unstable?
  By Kevin Thomas Collopy, BA, NREMT-P, WEMT

CE Article

• Just A Headache?
  By Gary E. Wiemokly, EMT-P, RN, MPH

From the Publisher

• The Competition Is Fierce
  By Scott Cravens, Publisher

Cardiac Resource Guide

• Literature Review
  By Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
• Cue the Cath Lab
  By Liz Delano, EMT-P, MS, Joe LaHood, EMT-P, David White, EMT-P, & Kevin Kendall, MD, FACEP
• STEMI Care: Evolution of a Benchmark
  By William Dougan, MICP, & Tracey Loscar, MICP
• SCA: 25 Steps to Ending Survival Envy
  By John Erich
• The Life You Save May Be One of Your Own
• Debate: Direct Cath Lab Activation by Paramedics
• Project Heart Beat Saving Lives in San Diego
  By Marie Nordberg

Professional Development

• Professional Development: Part 5 – Performance Evaluation
  By Michael Touchstone, BS, EMT-P

EMS Reruns

• Can't Pee, Eh?
  By Thom Dick

Beyond the Books

• EMS & FedEx...
  By Mike Smith, BS, MICP

Virtual Training Director

• Ventricular Tachycardia
  By Greg Friese, MS, NREMT-P

EMS News Network

• Pandemic Planning & the Swine/H1N1 Flu
  By Heather Caspi
• Sharing Billing Resources is Key in Rural North Dakota
  By Marie Nordberg
• Literature Review: Injuries to Taser Subjects
  By Angelo Salvucci, Jr., MD, FACEP
• High-Tech Video Game to Train EMS in Disaster Response

Case Review

• Drinking Herself to Death
  By James J. Augustine, MD, FACEP

Life Support

• Just a Little Pinch?
  By Mike Rubin, BS, NREMT-P