A Stable Handover Can Hide an Unstable Transport
The patient is awake. The blood pressure is acceptable. The oxygen saturation looks good. The monitor is quiet. The sending team describes them as “stable for transfer.” And yet, sometime…
The Epi Controversy in Pediatric Bradycardia: Evidence, Ethics, and the Reality of Guideline Development
For decades, pediatric resuscitation has taught us that when a child becomes bradycardic with poor perfusion and requires CPR, arrest-dose epinephrine is the natural next step. It’s a familiar reflex.…
By-the-Book Deaths: When Following Medical Control Still Puts Your License at Risk
Disclaimer:This article is not a call for paramedics to ignore or override written protocols. Protocols are critical tools that guide safe, evidence-based care. Providers must always follow the clinical guidelines…