Richard Main, MEd, NRP, Author at DistanceCME

About Richard Main, MEd, NRP

Richard Main, MEd, NRP, is an EMS instructor. He has worked in EMS since 1993 after obtaining his EMT from Johnson County Community College. He has lived in Kansas, Arizona and Nevada. While in Arizona, Main worked for Avra Valley Fire District in for 10 years and worked in private EMS in Southern Nevada. He currently works as a professor of emergency medical services at the College of Southern Nevada and is lead instructor for Distance CME.

Type 3 diabetes?

Alzheimer’s patients who have trouble with insulin production may suffer from type-3 diabetes. Learn the symptoms and treatments available so you can better serve your community.

Narcan resistant fentanyl?

A paramedic quickly breaksdown the appearance Acryl fentanyl, a narcan resistant form of the fentanyl drug. With the opioid crisis already out of control, how can paramedics best respond to calls involving this new drug?

Children dying of hyperthermia after being left in hot cars

We take a look at the incidence of children dying from hyperthermia or other heat-related illnesses after being left in hot cars.

Anaphylactic reaction from eating meat? What the what?!

A discussion of how anaphylactic reactions can be caused by meat comsumption if you've recently been bitten by a tick. Just another reason to hate ticks.

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