How to measure pulse rate?

The best and easiest place in our body to check the pulse rate is the wrist. All you will need is your fingers and a watch.

Sit comfortably and place your arm on a rigid surface, palm facing up, while making sure that the elbow is parallel with your heart. In order to find the pulse, use your right hand and place it on the right side of the wrist. Press down and count the beats for one consecutive minute.

Another easy way to stay on top of your pulse is by using a Digital Finger Pulse Oximeter.

The Nonin Onyx II 9550 for example, has a superior performance, comes with an exclusive pulse quality indicator, a brilliant and an easy-to-see LED that provides a quick and accurate assessment of patient readings.

At www.dixieEms.com you can find a large selection of discounted Pulse Oximeters and other Emergency Medical Supply. Dixie EMS has been providing EMS corporations, state agencies, city agencies and hospitals with quality emergency medical products and supplies for over 30 years. For more information or to view our products please visit us online at www.dixieEms.com. Read More!

Save a Life: Learn Basic CPR

It’s not enough to look briefly at the CPR poster at your local burger joint. When the crucial time comes, you should be prepared and at have the basic knowledge – which can help you save a life! CPR - Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation - is a basic manual method to keep the heart pumping in an emergency situation.

CPR should be preformed when a victim is unconscious and doesn’t have a pulse, or does not breathe. Before you start, make sure that someone calls 911. If you are alone and the victim is an adult, call 911 first. If it is a child, you should perform CPR for two minutes and call the emergency services. In most cases, a 911 representative can help you with CPR instructions.

In order to clear the victim’s airway, tilt the head back. Pinch the victim’s nose and make sure no air will escape during the procedure.

Using a CPR kit mask, cover the victims mouth with yours and breathe twice, making sure that the chest is rising. Each breathe should be approximately one second.

If the patient does not respond to the artificial breathing and the chest does not rise, place both your hands over the victim’s chest, when the middle fingers are inline with the nipples. Push down fast, at a rate of 100 beats/minute for 30 times, and repeat the artificial breathing. Continue with two breathes and 30 pumps until the victim starts to breath and help arrives.

If the victim is a child use one hand and only two fingers if performing CPR on an infant.

Keeping a CPR kit is always important. An Ambu Res-Cue Key CPR Face Shield for example is an easy to use and inexpensive CPR barrier with a one-way valve that prevents direct contact with the patients mouth, nose, and face. Visit www.dixieems.com for all of your EMS medical supplies and emergency preparedness requirements.

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Hot Thermometry News

Checking a patient’s temperature is one of the first things you take care of. Keeping up with a fever is a basic requirement and it should be done properly. It may seem simple; it only takes a thermometer and a couple of minuets, but just like any other technology in the field, there are some interesting developments in thermometry. The mercury-based thermometers that our moms used during our childhood were found to be too risky and mercury was replaced with other heat sensitive materials or digital electronic thermometers. Although temperatures are still taken in the old fashioned way (oral, rectal or under the arm) some new thermometers only require a gentle stroke on the forehead. The TemporalScanner Thermometer for example, is a totally non-invasive system with advanced infrared technology providing maximum ease of use with quick, consistently accurate measurements. It captures naturally emitted heat from the skin above the temporal artery 1,000 times a second, and then gives a reading of the most accurate temperature.

If you are interested to learn more about the newest thermometry technology available, check out Dixie EMS Supply. We can answer all your of your diagnostic equipment and medical supply needs, with the lowest prices in the industry and a quick turnaround time. Give our customer service department a call or visit us online at www.dixieems.com.

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First Aid – the Dixie way

Let’s say that you are going on a hike. As a responsible individual you probably brought along the first-aid kit you have at home. Let’s say your friend just tripped and he is bleeding. No problem! You take that kit and find out that it has a small bandage, an aspirin tablet and tweezers. Now what? You’ll probably end the hike, carry him on your back to the nearest drugstore and buy some gauze pads, antibiotic ointment and head back home.

At Dixie Medical Supplies we know the importance of having a first-aid kit available in that hiking backpack, around the house, in the car, or in the classroom. But do you keep the same emergency kit in the car and in the house? No. Every setting requires its own unique first-aid kit. That is the reason why Dixie EMS provides special customized emergency medical supplies and first aid kits.

For that trip you’ll probably need the Ever Ready Basic Kit which carries all the first aid essentials you need. The kit comes in a hard plastic box, small enough to fit a backpack, yet still holds over 100 items. You should try and carry the compact Ever Ready Pocket Kit in your purse, just in case. Make sure that you have the Ever Ready Auto Kit in the car – it even contains a tire inflator spray if it’s the car that needs emergency medical assistant. At Dixie EMS Medical Supplies you will also find a 25 people emergency kit and even an industrial kit that will take care of 250 people. And if you are looking for an extra cold-pack in your kit, just let us know and we will work around your special needs.

Because unlike other medical providers, Dixie EMS Medical Supplies’ in-house manufacturing capacity allows us to offer you custom made products, the lowest prices in the industry and a quick turnaround time. Give our customer service department a call or visit us online at http://www.dixieems.com/ and let us take care of all of your first aid kit and emergency preparedness requirements. Read More!

Medical Training Aids

Before you can respond to 911 calls, before you can treat a patient, before you can help... you need training and emergency medical supplies to conduct that training.. At Dixie EMS supply we understand that training is a very important part of providing services to the public. We offer affordable training solutions to help your trainees get the best training experience available.

Laerdal AED Trainer 2

A AED trainer is simulates the HeartStart FR2 AED in appearance, operation and voice prompts. This tool is an affordable alternative for educating the layperson and health care provider on how to use an automated external defibrillator.


Phillips HeartStart FR2 Defilrillator Training Kit

This kit includes instructional aids, video tapes, CD's and PowerPoint presentations in order to teach a large group of people on how to operate the HeartStart FR2-series Defibrillators and HeartStart HS1 Defibrillator.

We carry products that help save time, money and ensure the upmost in safety. Dixie EMS has been providing EMS corporations, state agencies, city agencies and hospitals with quality emergency medical products and supplies for over 30 years. For more information or to view our products please visit us online at http://www.dixieems.com/.

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