LIFESTAR/Emergency & Trauma Services
Continuing Education Luncheon

EMS Campaign

Since 2009, CARES Foundation has been advocating for immediate, appropriate emergency medical response for adrenal crisis.

People who do not have adrenal insufficiencies naturally produce up to ten times the normal amount of cortisol, which is vital to the maintenance of blood pressure and heart muscle tone, as well as sugar and salt balance, during times of physical stress.  When illness or injury occurs in adrenally insufficient individuals, however, an immediate additional dose of glucocorticoids (hydrocortisone) is necessary to avert adrenal crisis. Delay in administration of these medications can lead to shock, heart failure and death.

Signs of adrenal crisis, which are not readily identifiable, include:

Evaluation of the S.A.L.T™ as an Adjunct to Blind Endotracheal Intubation Using Simulation

SALT Airway Study

This study was done by the Medical Simulation Center at the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, and was presented at the 2011 International Meeting of Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) in New Orleans.

UT Trauma Patient hand-off Report (MIVT)

 The ER has requested that when bringing a patient into the trauma bay at the ER that the paramedic should wait until the residents perform the primary survey before the paramedic gives his report. After the physicians have performed the primary survey they will ask for a brief 30 second report from the paramedic.   Any interventions which are needed to support the ABC’s will be done prior to the paramedic’s report. 

• Onset
• MOI
• Injuries noted
• Vitals
• Treatment