Innovation Awards 2016 Finalists Announced | Peds Pearls Wins

EMS World's Top Innovation Awards recognize companies exhibiting at EMS World Expo that have produced innovative new products or products that have seen significant changes and were launched after August 2015. Here are the candidates the EMS World judging panel selected as finalists for this year.

Indiana Emergency Response Conference Announces 2016 Award Winners

The Indiana Emergency Response Conference (IERC) presented its annual awards on Friday, August 26 at an evening ceremony. The conference is for firefighters, emergency medical services (EMS), law enforcement, emergency management agencies, hazardous materials professionals, special operations and telecommunicators.

Editor's Pick: New Book Offers a Year's Worth of Pediatric Education

There's no question that smartphones, tablet devices and applications have given instructors the tools to make education both entertaining and engaging. Can a book compete with all that technology? If that book is Peds Pearls: Tear-Out Tips, Tricks & Treasures from the Trenches, then the answer is a resounding yes!

Ambulance Crash, or a Date With Destiny? | EMSWorld.com

It was April 2, 1993, when I clocked in for the back half of a 24-hour shift for a private ambulance company. Just a couple hours into the shift, we got a call for an attempted suicide. Our patient was a young girl who was a member of a suicide pact that involved several other minors, but our call was for the only one who actually went through with it.

Pediatric Nurse Expert Gives Birth To Neonatal Creation | EMSWorld.com

November 17, 2015 -- As we acknowledge World Prematurity Day today, Peds-R-Us Medical Education, LLC, is proud to announce a new device to help save the lives of tiny babies. Scott DeBoer, RN, MSN, CPEN, CEN, CFRN, CCRN, brings to life a reference guide that can be kept in your pocket and used for neonatal emergencies.

GETTING THE DOSE RIGHT FOR TINY BABY

DYER | Scott DeBoer calls his new medication education product a "pocket brain." Doctors and medical staff are busy, he says, and don't always have the time to quickly figure out medication doses and supply sizes. Especially when their patients weigh less than 10 pounds.