Albany Med EMS Outreach

01/06/2026

Delmar-Bethlehem EMS invites you to join Albany Medical Center Trauma Education, Injury Prevention, and Outreach Coordinator Thomas Moran, MA, EMT, CPST for a Continuing Medical Education (CME) session on Pediatric Transportation Devices.

Tom will demonstrate the latest developments in pediatric patient-securing devices available to ambulance services, with a focus on ensuring safe pediatric ambulance transportation. This CME will provide participants with a hands-on look at the options currently available in today’s marketplace.

📅Date: Thursday, January 15
⏱Time: 7:00 PM
📍Location: Delmar-Bethlehem EMS
114 Adams Street, 2nd Floor
Delmar, NY

Dinner will be available beginning at 6:45 PM.

No RSVP is required; however to assist with meal planning, if you plan to attend for dinner, or have any questions please email
📩steven.kroll@delmarems.org

Please park in the public parking lot across the street from the ambulance station.

*Shared on behalf of Delmar-Bethlehem EMS

01/06/2026

01/03/2026

At DocGo, we know our extraordinary team is what drives our growth, so we’re creating equally extraordinary ways to help return the favor. Our DocGo Academy gives you the clinical skill training you need to move beyond EMS and transportation. With our Employee Equity Incentive Plan, qualified empl...

01/03/2026

Behind the scenes, the new Capacity Command Logistics Center coordinates care between the Albany Med Health System’s four hospitals, 125 locations, Level 1 Trauma Center, and children’s hospital. The team manages patient flow throughout the System to ensure patients get the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
https://www.albanymed.org/news/new-logistics-center-enhances-care/

01/03/2026

Please RSVP if you are going to Journal Club 1/13/26 at 6:30 pm. Thank you!

AMC EMS division is excited for our upcoming Journal Club on January 13, graciously hosted at Guilderland EMS Station 1. The discussion will include prehospital blood transfusion and TXA use backed by recent literature. These are always fun and engaging discussions, and we hope to see you all there. Articles will be disseminated to the RSVP list.

01/03/2026

https://www.jems.com/ems-management/regulators-perspective-ems-professionalism-accountability-future/

Documentation in EMS is essential for credibility and continuity of care. Accurate patient care reports protect patients and clinicians, impacting billing and quality assurance.

01/01/2026

IPH Literature Review

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01/01/2026

We wish you and your loved ones a safe and healthy 2026!

12/30/2025

Gov. Kathy Hochul rejected two major EMS support measures, prompting providers to caution that funding limits and rising costs could worsen coverage gaps

12/30/2025

Broselow Pediatric Emergency Rainbow Tape Recall: AirLife Removes Certain Broselow Pediatric Emergency Rainbow Tapes due to Misprinted Information | FDA

Certain Broselow Pediatric Emergency Rainbow Tapes were manufactured with incorrect information on the tape.

12/26/2025

Pushing an "Amp of Bicarb" should no longer be standard practice.

A new systematic review and meta-analysis looked at 126,013 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients and asked a simple question: Does sodium bicarbonate improve outcomes when used during cardiac arrest?

The answer: not routinely.

Across 11 studies, there was no improvement in ROSC, survival to admission, survival to discharge, or neurological outcomes when sodium bicarbonate was given as part of standard resuscitation efforts.

That doesn’t mean it has no place in EMS. It remains appropriate for hyperkalemia, tricyclic antidepressant toxicity, or profound metabolic acidosis, but routine use for undifferentiated cardiac arrest isn’t supported by current evidence.

This study reinforces something critical in prehospital medicine:
🔍 If we want to improve survival, we need high-performance CPR, early defibrillation, airway and ventilation management, and timely access to definitive care. Medications alone are not the magic bullet.

Check out the study here:https://www.handtevy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Effectiveness-of-Sodium-Bicarbonate-Administration-in-Out-of-Hospital-Cardiac-Arrests-An-Updated-Systematic-Review-and-Meta-Analysis.pdf

With better reporting on timing, dosing, ETCO₂, and airway strategy, we may learn more about when sodium bicarbonate could help, but for routine use, the science isn’t there.
Evidence matters. Protocols should evolve with it. 💙

12/26/2025

Greene County is seeking 20 new paramedics - We'll even pay up to $14,500 to get you certified! Download an application today.

https://greenecountyny.gov/greene-county-paramedic-training-awards/