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Olympic Papoose Board with the three-tier flap set open, showing the flat backing board and the diagonal cut that lets the flaps cross at the midline.
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Papoose Board: Clinical Uses, Sizes, Safety, and Monitoring

The Olympic Papoose Board is a protective stabilization tool used in pediatric dentistry, emergency care, and imaging. Sizing, indications, and monitoring.

August 7, 2026 · 25 min read
FORA GD20 blood glucose meter displaying a reading of 105 mg/dL. A finger-stick glucose is one of the two reversible causes to rule out first in an altered patient.

AEIOU-TIPS

AEIOU-TIPS: A Field Guide to the Altered Patient

Alcohol on the breath is the easiest call to make and the easiest way to miss the stroke underneath. A field guide to working altered mental status with AEIOU-TIPS.

July 16, 2026 · 10 min read
Civil War ambulance corps loading wounded onto horse-drawn ambulance

EMS History

EMS History: 250 Years From the Battlefield to Prehospital Blood

Every piece of equipment on your truck was paid for in a war. The story of how American military medicine built civilian EMS, from the Revolution to whole blood on modern ambula...

July 4, 2026 · 35 min read