Abstract The administration of whole blood is the simplest way to deliver the functionality of lost blood back to the patient. Abstract Today’s reality of terrorist attacks and fast-moving mass casualty incidents (MCIs) now dictate changes to the way we set up and operate at MCIs because we’re being drawn into scenes under hostile or dangerous circumstances. This quick review highlights some of my observations and recommendations to keep your system up to date with—and ahead of—current MCI trends. Citace: HEIGHTMAN, A.J. Staying Ready for a Fast-Moving MCI. JEMS [online]. 2017, Fri, Sep 1, 2017, 42(9) Autor: HEIGHTMAN, A. J. Autor: Max Dodge, Dominic Thompson, Eric A. Bank, Wren Nealy, Andrew D. Fisher Citace: DICORPO, J.E. et al. Evaluating Temperature is Essential in the Prehospital Setting. JEMS [online]. 2017, Thu, Nov 2, 2017, 42(11) Citace: DODGE, M. et al. Whole Blood in EMS May Save Lives: The case for the use of whole blood in prehospital civilian medicine. JEMS [online]. 2018, Thu, Feb 1, 2018, 43(2) Citace: HEIGHTMAN, A.J. Staying Ready for a Fast-Moving MCI. JEMS [online]. 2017, Fri, Sep 1, 2017, 42(9) Citace: HUTIN, Alice et al. How Physicians Perform Prehospital ECMO on the Streets of Paris. JEMS [online]. 2017, Sat, Dec 2, 2017, 42(12) Citace: WOODSON J., STEIN BRONSKY E. Effective Communication In EMS: Prevent medical errors unnecessary spending with effective communication. JEMS [online]. 2018, Tue, Jan 2, 2018, 43(1) Staying Ready for a Fast-Moving MCI Připravme se na vysokorychlostní hromadná neštěstí Abstract The measurement of patient temperature is, and has been, throughout the history of modern medicine, one of the four core physiological measurements that we collectively call "vital signs." Over the past decade we've added the measurement of oxygen saturation (transcutaneous pulse oximetry, or SpO2) as the fifth vital sign and we hope that in the near future we'll add end-tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO2) measurement as the sixth vital sign. Our review and discussion in this article will concentrate on the renewed importance, implications and technical measurement of a patient's body temperature, and explore how fever serves as an important and concerning finding. Autor: Joseph E. DiCorpo, Matthew Harris, Mark A. Merlin Evaluating temperature is essential in the prehospital setting Hodnocení teploty je v přednemocničním prostředí nezbytné Abstract A revolutionary on-scene response for patients in refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Autor: Alice Hutin, Romain Corrocher, Floriant Loosli, Barbara Mantz, Lionel Lamhaut How Physicians Perform Prehospital ECMO on the Streets of Paris Jak lékaři provádějí přednemocniční ECMO na ulicích Paříže Abstract Medical errors, or preventable adverse events, are estimated to cause somewhere between 250,000 and 400,000 deaths in the United States every year. Experts say the most common causes of medical errors are communication problems and inadequate information flow. Perhaps more significant is that up to ten times as many patients may be seriously harmed but not killed. These cases often include those where providers don’t even realize the impact that mistakes might have on final outcomes. Autor: James Woodson, E. Stein Bronsky Effective Communication In EMS: Prevent medical errors unnecessary spending with effective communication Efektivní komunikace v systému ZZS: Zabraňme chybám v léčbě a zbytečným výdajům pomocí efektivní komunikace Whole Blood in EMS May Save Lives: The case for the use of whole blood in prehospital civilian medicine Plná krev na ZZS může zachránit životy: Případ použití plné krve v civilní přednemocniční neodkladné péči Autor: Faizan H. Arshad Citace: ARSHAD, F.H. Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Prehospital Setting: A deep dive into the use of point-of-care sonography in the field. JEMS [online]. 2018, Thu, Feb 1, 2018, 43(2) Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Prehospital Setting: A deep dive into the use of point-of-care sonography in the field Point-of-Care ultrasonografie v přednemocniční péči: Hloubkový rozbor možností využití point-of-care sonografie v terénu Abstract When making a choice for both analgesics and sedatives, one should be guided by the patient’s clinical condition and anticipated clinical course. As EMS providers, we’re commonly called upon to transport the critically ill or injured intubated patient. It’s easy to focus on the intubation procedure, but pre- and post-intubation management are just as important. Autor: Ben Stone, Ken Davis, Jennifer Belcher Jones, Ryan Hodnick Citace: STONE, B. Optimize Patient Outcomes with Good Post-Intubation Management Methods: Methods to optimize patient outcomes. JEMS [online]. 2018, Sun, Apr 1, 2018, 43(4) Optimize Patient Outcomes with Good Post-Intubation Management Methods: Methods to optimize patient outcomes Optimalizace výsledků péče správným managementem péče o pacienta po intubaci: Metody optimalizace outcomu pacienta Abstract Caring for burn patients is nothing new to medicine. In fact, many prehistoric civilizations derived natural burn curatives that are still used as modern-day home remedies (i. e., aloe vera extracts). Many of these therapies were intended to treat burns with the same objectives we have today: reduce pain, hasten healing and protect damaged tissue during repair. However, great advances in burn care over the past century, and especially over the past 50 years, have revolutionized the care that burn patients receive, and stifled the mortality, morbidity and disability that result from burns. Most patients with severe burn injuries will survive and lead independent, productive lives following their care. This wasn’t the case for much of the 1900s, when, as recently as 75 years ago, it was considered a death sentence if a patient sustained non-superficial burns to 30 % of their total body surface area (TBSA). This is certainly not the case today. Although most of the improvements in the outcomes of burn patients deals with the longitudinal care they receive, the role of prehospital providers in this chain of survival has been realized for decades now. This article will provide an in-depth update of the prehospital care for burn patients. Autor: Robert P. Girardeau, William B. Hughes Burn Care: Provider Expertise and Quick Decisions are a Patient’s Best Chance for Survival – Péče o popáleniny: Zkušenosti poskytovatele a rychlé rozhodování jsou pacientovy nejvyšší šance na přežití Citace: GIRARDEAU, R. P. et al. Burn Care: Provider Expertise and Quick Decisions are a Patient’s Best Chance for Survival. JEMS [online]. 2018, Tue, May 1, 2018, 43(5) Autor: Andreas CLAESSON Citace: CLAESSON, A. Emergency Drone System Displays Effective EMS and Rescue Applications: Unmanned aerial vehicles for EMS rescue applications. JEMS [online]. 2018, Fri, Jun 1, 2018, 43(6) [online]. 2018, Thu, Feb 1, 2018, 43(2) Emergency Drone System Displays Effective EMS and Rescue Applications: Unmanned aerial vehicles for EMS rescue applications Aplikace záchranářských dronů v PNP a v záchranářství se jeví jako efektivní možnost: Bezpilotní záchranářské drony a jejich využití