10 Things You Need to Know About Acute Pain Management A thorough understanding of pain assessment tools and options for acute pain management are critical, especially with the recent focus on opioid abuse. Learn more Drug Inventory Management Strategies for EMS Agencies Don't wait for a drug shortage to affect your agency before figuring out how you will respond. Begin planning now and putting in place the policies and procedures to prepare your readiness. Download the eBook

FEATURED CONTENT Double LODD and violent attacks on EMS By Greg Friese, Editor-in-Chief Understanding the risks inherent in EMS is critical to taking action to prevent death and injury in the line of duty The evolution of a regional system of care in large vessel occlusion stroke By MCHD The Montgomery County Hospital District EMS experience paired a novel stroke assessment endovascular pathway with specialized training

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Survey: How do you train to move, assess and treat bariatric patients? By EMS1 Staff  Please take a couple moments to answer these multiple-choice questions, which will help us capture how your agency is staying up to date on training for EMS treatment of bariatric patients ORIGINAL VIDEO Remember 2 Things: Improving Patient Hand-off Reports By Steve Whitehead Steve Whitehead discusses how EMS providers can provide a full picture to hospital staff of their actions in the field by not making assumptions and elaborating as much as necessary