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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Harnessing Simulation to Cultivate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Skills in Healthcare Learners

Harnessing Simulation to Cultivate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Skills in Healthcare Learners

Communication, advocacy, and even history-taking are all behaviors engrained in the EMS provider. In fact, we can all think of an educator, preceptor, or partner who helped teach and role-model these ...

26 Maalis 20241h 2min

Evaluating Ventilations in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest and the impact on Survival

Evaluating Ventilations in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest and the impact on Survival

Survival from out of hospital cardiac arrest continues to be a benchmark for EMS Agencies across the globe. Focuses on chest compression quality and early defibrillation have led to substantial improv...

11 Maalis 202458min

The ABCs: More than a mnemonic (Feb 2024)

The ABCs: More than a mnemonic (Feb 2024)

Checklists have become a part of every EMS provider's day. We use them to check in our ambulances, ensure we have all our equipment, and help us prepare for low-frequency skills. However, can a checkl...

26 Helmi 20241h 1min

To Treat or Not to Treat: Atrial Fibrillation (Feb 2024)

To Treat or Not to Treat: Atrial Fibrillation (Feb 2024)

While most cardiac dysrhythmias fit nicely into a treatment algorithm, atrial fibrillation stands out as lacking clear-cut treatment guidelines. Concerns over patient outcome, risk of potential stroke...

16 Helmi 20241h 7min

Unlocking Inner Peace During Paramedic School (Jan 24)

Unlocking Inner Peace During Paramedic School (Jan 24)

Mental health has long been a focus of the overall well-being of the EMS provider. However, should training in stress management start sooner, perhaps during initial education? Can meditation help imp...

3 Helmi 20241h 1min

How safe is EMS: A review of occupational injuries and illness in paramedics

How safe is EMS: A review of occupational injuries and illness in paramedics

The inherent risk of injury and illness comes with most jobs, more so in the first responder community. Working on the front lines during disasters, roadway collisions, and violent encounters, paramed...

8 Tammi 20241h 1min

The Best of Educational Research in 2023! (Dec 2023)

The Best of Educational Research in 2023! (Dec 2023)

Join us for this end-of-year special edition of the PCRF Education Research Journal Club when each of our panelists will share a favorite article from the educational literature in 2023.

5 Tammi 20241h 2min

Adverse safety encounters in pediatric patients (Dec 2023)

Adverse safety encounters in pediatric patients (Dec 2023)

Most of our pediatric patients cared for and transported by EMS have low acuity, which results in very favorable outcomes. Despite this, EMS providers still experience adverse safety encounters while ...

5 Tammi 20241h 6min

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