06/23/2026
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The First 72-Hours: What ICU Outcomes Tell Us About the First 10 Minutes of Field Care: https://ow.ly/6Xme50ZfXB0
Effective prehospital care during the first 10 minutes can significantly impact ICU outcomes. Did you know nearly 20% of ICU patients don’t survive past 24 hours (and most of those are non-surgical cases)? This underscores the critical role EMS professionals play in those initial moments. Continuous training and protocol updates are vital.
The work you do in the first 10 minutes shapes everything that follows. The patient you transferred at 3 a.m., whom you never heard about again? They were in someone’s ICU. The field decisions you made are still echoing through their recovery, days or weeks later.