Session 2 of Neurological Emergencies is led by Dr. Patrick Harnett. This ECHO session explores an overview of seizures, including different seizure types and the distinction between focal and generalized seizures. It also examines how provoked seizures differ from epilepsy, why seizures can become medical emergencies, approaches to assessing and managing a seizing patient, the […]
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Session 2 of Cardiology Management is led by Dr. George Lindbeck. This ECHO session focuses on prehospital cardiac care, emphasizing the role of 12-lead ECG in identifying and managing acute coronary events. It highlights key patterns and limitations of ECG interpretation, and uses case-based examples to build confidence in recognizing clinically significant findings in the […]
Session 2 of Developments in Trauma Resuscitation and Management for EMS is led by Michael Carunchio. This ECHO session provides an overview of thoracic trauma, including its definition and epidemiology. It explores key mechanisms like deceleration injuries and cavitation, and highlights vulnerable structures such as the ligamentum arteriosum. The session reviews major injuries including pneumothorax, […]
Session 1 of Developments in Trauma Resuscitation and Management for EMS is led by Michael Carunchio. This ECHO session challenges the use of chest compressions in traumatic cardiac arrest, emphasizing that compressions without definitive interventions are ineffective and may be harmful. Instead, it reframes traumatic arrest as primarily obstructive or hemorrhagic, prioritizing interventions like relieving […]
Session 3 of Novel and Emerging Technologies is led by Dr. Harrison Brookeman. This ECHO session explores the growing role of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in emergency and prehospital care. It reviews why ultrasound is increasingly used in the field, key EMS applications such as identifying tamponade, hypovolemia, tension pneumothorax, thrombosis, and internal hemorrhage, and evidence […]
Session 3 of Maternal Fetal Medicine Care in the Prehospital Setting is led by Dr. Sarah Curry. This ECHO session reviews maternal care across the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods, highlighting key pregnancy changes and high-risk conditions such as ectopic pregnancy, hypertension, diabetes, placenta previa, and placental abruption. It also covers delivery complications including shoulder dystocia, […]
Session 3 of Wilderness and Austere Medicine is led by Dr. Duncan Carlton. This ECHO session explores the principles of austere care as applied to burn management, including types and grades of burns, systematic evaluation of burn patients, field dressing techniques, and burn resuscitation strategies. The session also addresses prolonged field care considerations and disposition […]
Session 1 of Wildnerness and Austere Medicine is led by Dr. Duncan Carlton. This ECHO session defines austere care and explores how it differs across military and civilian contexts. Participants examine scenarios ranging from battlefield medicine to rural and resource-limited civilian settings, as well as situations where hospital systems are strained. The discussion introduces a […]
