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Where's the Money?

Above and beyond the usual operating expenses that fall within annual budget sources (local and state 9-1-1 funding, which is also coming under increased scrutiny and often diverted to fund other priorities), major project and equipment expenses need to be funded.

Posted Monday, March 1, 2010

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Studies in Success

PlantCML markets mission-critical communications and response technologies and assists public safety agencies seeking grants. And it’s gone one better: steering agencies toward lesser known funds they are more likely to obtain.

Posted Monday, March 1, 2010

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Make Your Case

For purposes of this article, we’re discussing two basic types of grants. The first is an equipment-specific CEDAP (Commercial Equip­ment Direct Assistance Program) grant. The second type of grant is project-oriented and usually involves equipment, installation and possibly software, construction, staffing, training, etc.

Posted Monday, March 1, 2010

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The War on Trauma

Terrorism, whether it originates domestically or outside our borders, produces the very real threat of school shootings and other mass-casualty incidents that are in many ways similar to combat. EMS systems must be prepared to respond to such incidents with the right tactics and the right tools many of which were developed on the frontlines of the War on Terror.

Posted Wednesday, October 8, 2008

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The Origins of EMS in Military Medicine

“It is appropriate that experience during unavoidable ‘epidemics of trauma’ be exploited in improving our national capability to provide better surgical and medical care for our citizens.”

Posted Wednesday, October 1, 2008

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From the Battlefield to Our Streets

In 1996, a revolutionary concept occurred in military medicine...

Posted Wednesday, October 1, 2008

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Appropriate Prehospital Tourniquet Use

Few medical topics invoke as much passionate debate as the use of tourniquets to control traumatic hemorrhage.

Posted Wednesday, October 1, 2008

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Optimal Tourniquet Engineering Features

Optimal tourniquet engineering features are explored.

Posted Wednesday, October 1, 2008

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Tourniquet First!

Few issues in the long and colorful history of medicine have generated as much controversy and confusion as the use of tourniquets to arrest severe extremity hemorrhage.

Posted Wednesday, October 1, 2008

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The Stress Paradox

A trauma surgeon was recently involved in a case where stress affected his ability to perform a tracheotomy. The case involved a tactical team officer, who was brought to the ED with a gunshot wound that required an emergency tracheotomy.

Posted Wednesday, October 1, 2008


 

 

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