Dan Limmer, BS, NRP
Guiding principles provide a backbone for sound decision-making in patient assessment.
Clinical Care Flowcharts
Limmer Education
Mechanism of injury plays a significant role in emergency medical services, shaping initial assessments and decisions. However, it doesn't reliably correlate with actual injuries, as highlighted by the CDC's Trauma Triage Guidelines. Understanding its limitations allows for more accurate evaluations of trauma patients and emphasizes the need to consider physiological and anatomical signs first.
Dan Limmer, BS, NRP
Forget how MUCH oxygen to give. Ask IF the patient needs oxygen.
Limmer Education
It's time to shed old patient assessment mantras in EMS. Our assessment flowchart shows how to be more effective and thought-based in your assessment.
Limmer Education
A new position paper on spinal motion restriction (SMR) was issued by the American College of Surgeons (ACS), American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP). It is another in a series of position papers on the topic and it may be the best yet on the topic. Read our analysis and download useful teaching tools for teaching SMR.
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