While there is no substitute for this field experience, here are eight tips from the field to aid new EMS providers in developing quality patient assessment ... of some form of shock or anxiety ...

An unannounced EMS supervisor ... with your assessment or your understanding of the patient’s condition? Being curious isn’t the same as asking a lot of questions as a form of resistance.

Fort Worth approves EMS agreement, integrating MedStar staff into the Fire Department with civil service status.

For patients losing too much blood ... looks into the use of prehospital blood and the barriers preventing more EMS agencies from using it.

For patients losing too much blood ... Reporter Kristin Crowley looks into the use of prehospital blood and the barriers preventing more EMS agencies from using it.