/medical-monitoring Medical Monitoring en-US Fri, 02 May 2025 16:31:22 GMT /diabetes/not-your-average-sugar-rush-ems-strategies-for-dka Diabetic ketoacidosis calls are rising — are your skills ready for the spike? Fri, 02 May 2025 16:31:22 GMT /diabetes/not-your-average-sugar-rush-ems-strategies-for-dka /cardiac/articles/pump-up-the-volume-b7s4NzjPTC3TKUm7/ Caring for patients with ventricular assist devices in EMS Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:42:00 GMT /cardiac/articles/pump-up-the-volume-b7s4NzjPTC3TKUm7/ /capnography/articles/5-things-to-know-about-capnography-in-cardiac-arrest-YipMTGQ2yTt5mTub/ Understand how continuous waveform capnography and ETCO2 monitoring during CPR can improve cardiac arrest outcomes Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:03:00 GMT /capnography/articles/5-things-to-know-about-capnography-in-cardiac-arrest-YipMTGQ2yTt5mTub/ /diabetes/not-your-average-sugar-rush-ems-strategies-for-dka Diabetic ketoacidosis calls are rising — are your skills ready for the spike? 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