Bryan Selvage

Reading Time: 8 minutesAfter 20 years in EMS and another decade teaching the next generation of life-savers, I’ve seen some things that make my mustache curl (and I don’t have one). But few things get under my skin quite like…

Reading Time: 5 minutesBy that same paramedic who still watches too many crime shows Listen up, investigators. Today we’re conducting a thorough interrogation of an increasingly popular witness in our prehospital investigations – the point-of-care ultrasound. Like that rookie detective…

Reading Time: 6 minutesAfter 20 years in the field and 15 years teaching, I’ve developed what you might call a love-hate relationship with mnemonics. You know, those clever little memory devices we all learned in school? SAMPLE, OPQRST, DCAPBTLS –…

Reading Time: 4 minutesListen up, medical warriors. After years of developing  Intubation/RSI Checklist and reviewing hundreds of Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI) protocols, I’ve discovered something that makes me cringe harder than a first-year medic attempting cricoid pressure – between 80%…

Reading Time: 2 minutesYou associate sweet potatoes with many things: Thanksgiving and sweet potato fries! However, I recently had the chance to learn that sweet potatoes can be cold-blooded killers!  Let me set the scene for you. It’s a day…