6 AUGUST 2017 | EMSWORLD.com
26 Being Deaf in EMS
Adam Harvey happens to be
hearing impaired, but it hasn't
stood in the way of his dream of
working as a full-time paramedic
By Adam Harvey, NREMT-P
30 Rethinking the Utility
of Coma Scales
A roundtable of four thought
leaders in EMS debates
the rationale behind these
established measures of patient
consciousness
By Steve Cole, NRP, William (Gene)
Gandy, JD, LP, Steven "Kelly"
Grayson, NRP, CCEMT-P, and
Jason Kodat, MD, EMT-P
36 EARTH Report:
Emerging
Technologies in EMS
Hilar y Gates repor ts on the
latest innovations unveiled at
Februar y's Gathering of Eagles
conference in Texas
By Hilary Gates, MEd, NRP
42 A Station to
Come Home To
The new headquarters of the
Prince Frederick Volunteer Rescue
Squad will set a new standard in
architectural design
By Stephen Burdette, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
BD+C, and Dina Markakis, Assoc. AIA, CDT
46 BiPAP Essentials
for Prehospital
Providers
Using BiPAP in the management of
pulmonary emergencies
By Dustin Britt, AAS, RRT-ACCS, CPFT, NRP, FP-C
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AUGUST 2017
Vol. 46, No. 8
COLUMNS
14 High-Performance EMS
Medical Oversight vs. Operations
By Matt Zavadsky, MS-HSA, EMT
18 The Trip Report
Implementing the new sepsis
core measure bundle
By Antonio R. Fernandez, PhD, NRP, FAHA
20 Extreme Rescue
Travel along with the U.S. Air Force's Pararescue service, an elite unit
with advanced training in medicine, small arms combat and remote
search-and-rescue tactics
Article and photos by Barry D. Smith
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