WELCOME TO THE COUNTY OF EL DORADO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AGENCY 

Protocols/Policies Effective January 1st, 2012

January 2012 Protocol Update
ALS Unit Inventories 2012
Bradycardia 2012
EMS Communications 2012
Pulseless Arrest 2012
Narrow Complex Tach 2012
Wide Complex Tach 2012
CHF/Pulmonary Edema 2012

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Learning Points

Click here to view the "Summer 2011 CQI Learning Points"

The Change From "A-B-C" to "C-A-B"
The newest development in the 2010 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC is a change in the basic life support (BLS) sequence of steps from "A-B-C" (Airway, Breathing, Chest compressions) to "C-A-B" (Chest compressions, Airway, Breathing) for adults and pediatric patients (children and infants, excluding newly borns). Although the experts agreed that it is important to reduce time to first chest compressions, they were aware that a change in something as established as the A-B-C sequence would require re-education of everyone who has ever learned CPR. Click here for more information.

Click here to review the "Highlights of the 2010 America Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and ECC" 

All healthcare professionals are needed to volunteer for public service in the event of a significant disaster or a public health emergency. You can make a difference during times of disaster by helping people, animals and your community. For more information, click here.  

To All El Dorado County Paramedics
The El Dorado County EMS Agency would like to share with you the attached Zofran Trial Study Poster (click here) that was accepted for presentation at the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Annual Scientific Assembly. The study is in the process of being approved for publication in some upcoming professional EMS and Emergency Medicine Journals. This research study is the culmination of all the data compiled during the year and a half long trial study. El Dorado County was one of the participant EMS systems in this study. It truly represents all of your diligence in carefully documenting each use of Zofran and the associated patient response and/or adverse reactions. The results of this study has translated into the approval of Zofran for use in EMS systems in California. Your contributions to this research trial study are recognized and truly appreciated. Great work everybody!

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