EMS Alerts

EMS Alert 21-001 July 16, 2021 Monkeypox Dallas County Health Monkeypox Press Release

EMS Alert 2020-010  August 27, 2020 EV-D68 Illness & Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Children

EMS Alert 2020-009  May 12, 2020 COVID-19 in Infants and Children

  April 17, 2020 BioTel EMS System COVID-19 PPE Guidance

EMS Alert 2020-008 April 24, 2020 Update #8 COVID-19 Modified Cardiac Arrest Management Policy

EMS Alert 2018-001 Dosing Interval of IV/IO Epinephrine During Cardiac Arrest

EMS Alert 2018-002 Normal Saline & Administration of IV Fluids

EMS Alert 2018-003 Advisory Regarding Sternal Rub During GCS Assessment

2017 Alerts

EMS Alert 17-001 Addition of Anticoagulant Therapy as a Prehospital Trauma Triage Criterion

EMS Alert 17-002 Shortage of “Cardiac” Epinephrine Prefilled Syringes (0.1 mg/mL) 

EMS Alert 16-001 End of the Field Hypothermia Protocol Under the “Post-Cardiac Arrest Care” Treatment Guidelines

EMS Alert 16-002 Change to Adult Glucagon Dose Range & “Minimum Carry” Requirement 

EMS Alert 15-001 Securing Ambulances at Baylor Medical Centers  

EMS Alert 15-002 250 mL Normal Saline Supply Shortage – Treatment Guidelines and Pharmacology Sheets Changes 

EMS Alert 15-003 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Health Alert

EMS Alert 15-004 Transporting BOTH a Pediatric Patient and an Adult Patient in One Ambulance to New Parkland Hospital 

EMS Alert 15-005 End of ALPS Trial

EMS Alert 15-006 CHANGE in Upper Age Limit for Pediatric Trauma Patients Transported to Children’s Medical Center Dallas Campus