Clear Air in a Rolling World: What Ambulance Methoxyflurane Exposure Means for Paramedic Safety

Clear Air in a Rolling World: What Ambulance Methoxyflurane Exposure Means for Paramedic Safety

In this episode, we step inside the ambulance to explore a question rarely discussed: how safe is the air paramedics breathe when administering methoxyflurane, marketed as Penthrox. While not used in the United States, Penthrox is widely used in Australia and other parts of the world as an inhaled analgesic for prehospital pain management. In this month’s journal club, we unpack a controlled laboratory study that measured occupational exposure inside ambulance environments, examine how ventilation changes the equation, and discuss what the findings mean for paramedic safety, system design, and the evolving balance between patient comfort and clinician health. A thoughtful ride through science, safety, and real-world EMS practice.

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Balancing Act: Stress, Empathy, and Competency in Paramedic Education

Balancing Act: Stress, Empathy, and Competency in Paramedic Education

How do stress, empathy, and coping strategies impact the clinical competency of paramedic students? In this episode of the education journal club of the Prehospital Care Research Forum Podcast, we del...

10 Huhti 202558min

Take-Home Naloxone: Exploring Receivers Perspectives on Opioid Overdose Prevention

Take-Home Naloxone: Exploring Receivers Perspectives on Opioid Overdose Prevention

In this episode of the Prehospital Care Research Forum's Journal Club, we discuss the findings of a qualitative study examining the acceptability of providing take-home naloxone kits by EMS to individ...

13 Maalis 20251h 1min

Closing the Loop: How EMS Providers View Hospital Outcome Data

Closing the Loop: How EMS Providers View Hospital Outcome Data

In this episode of the education journal club of the Prehospital Care Research Forum Podcast, we explore the groundbreaking pilot study, "Perceptions and Use of Automated Hospital Outcome Data by EMS ...

6 Maalis 20251h 1min

Guiding the Field: Unpacking the 2024 Evidence-Based Prehospital Care Guidelines

Guiding the Field: Unpacking the 2024 Evidence-Based Prehospital Care Guidelines

In this episode of the Prehospital Care Research Forum's journal club, we take a deep dive into the 2024 Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Prehospital Care. From groundbreaking update...

12 Helmi 20251h

Risperidone on the Road: Exploring Prehospital Treatment of Agitation

Risperidone on the Road: Exploring Prehospital Treatment of Agitation

A new potential treatment for patient agitation and safety intervention for EMS: oral risperidone. While the medication has been around since the early 1990s, it has only recently been used in EMS. Jo...

28 Tammi 20251h 2min

Beyond the Books: Empowering Medical Students in Clinical Training

Beyond the Books: Empowering Medical Students in Clinical Training

Healthcare students often describe the leap from classroom learning to clinical and field as one of their most challenging transitions. But how can health education better prepare them for the realiti...

26 Tammi 20251h 2min

Best of EMS Education Research 2024 (Dec 24)

Best of EMS Education Research 2024 (Dec 24)

Our end-of-year special edition of the PCRF Education Research Journal Club where each of our panelists will share a favorite article from the educational literature in 2024.

16 Tammi 20251h

The Best Clinical Research from 2024

The Best Clinical Research from 2024

There has been no shortage of outstanding EMS clinical research this year! From intramuscular epinephrine injections in cardiac arrest to stabilization of atrial fibrillation in the ambulance, researc...

26 Joulu 20241h 1min

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