Center for EMS Services at Trinity Health Of New England

11/21/2025

Do you keep hearing people quote "recent research" and "the literature"? Do you want to read these for yourself and make your own determinations? This seminar covers the basics of how to read and interpret a scientific paper, and apply our framework to compare and contrast 2 recent complications on ketamine:

Kwong JL, Verbeek PR, Leong YC, Turner L, Huiskamp M, Drennan IR, Francom S, Ropp S, Cheskes S: Paramedic use of ketamine for severe agitation and violence. Can J Emerg Med. doi: 10.1007/s43678-025-00963-w (Epub ahead of print).
Fernandez, Antonio R., Scott S. Bourn, Remle P. Crowe, et al. “Out-of-Hospital Ketamine: Indications for Use, Patient Outcomes, and Associated Mortality.” Annals of Emergency Medicine 78, no. 1 (2021): 123–31.

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11/20/2025

Partnering with Town of Coventry Fire EMS and Windham Hospital EMS heped a patient receive prompt treatment at Saint Francis Hospital.

11/07/2025

Congratulations Natalie!

Congratulations to Natalie McPhee on being granted Medical Control from Saint Francis Hospital ! Natalie is a graduate of our EWYL Paramedic program!

11/06/2025

Congratulations Paramedic McPhee!

Congratulations to Natalie McPhee on being granted Medical Control from Saint Francis Hospital ! Natalie is a graduate of our EWYL Paramedic program!

11/06/2025

Ketamine: It's a game-changer for most EMS agencies. We're diving into the real science behind prehospital ketamine.

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Myth: It's only for critically injured patients.
Research: We will analyze recently published EMS ketamine research using the PICO model: Patients, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome.

Fact: From pain management in trauma to calming the agitated patient, it's safe, and its uses are broad and evolving. What's the biggest ketamine myth you've heard on the streets? Drop a comment and share your experience! This powerful tool has many purposes.

11/06/2025

Dr. Wes Kyle, EMS Medical Director at Saint Mary’s Hospital, led a live in-person training session this evening for regional EMS providers, concentrating on supraglottic airways and end tidal CO2 monitoring. This newly approved skill for BLS providers marks a major milestone in enhancing the lifesaving care our EMS professionals provide to our communities.

10/17/2025

Wesley Kyle, M.D., Emergency Medical Services Director at Saint Mary’s Hospital, recently led a class on Difficult Airways and Surgical Cricothyrotomy. His instruction emphasized the importance of staying prepared for high-stakes airway emergencies, and offered tools to act decisively when seconds count.

10/16/2025

Congratulations Erica!

Lucky number 4!!! Erica Robertson was granted Medical Control from Saint Francis Hospital ! Erica is our first graduate from our Earn While You Learn Paramedic program! Congratulations!!!

10/14/2025

Congratulations Pierce!

Congratulations to Pierce Perez on obtaining Medical Control from Saint Francis Hospital! Pierce will be working as a PT paramedic! Way to go Pierce!

10/10/2025

Congratulations to Chez Bowman who completed his precepting and was granted medical control to practice as an independent paramedic with AMR - Greater Hartford/ Northeast, CT

He is joined by Patrick Gauthier, EMS Manager, Saint Francis Hospital, and AMR Supervisor Jane Gordon.

10/09/2025

Why Ketamine is a Game Changer for Trauma Pain:
✅ It's hemodynamically neutral - it won't drop most patients’ blood pressure.
✅No one has a tolerance to it.
✅It's an ideal choice for patients with opioid use disorder or that are on methadone or suboxone.

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