Posts Categorized: Als
What is the next “Low Hanging Fruit” of EMS 2.0 and of US Healthcare Reform?
I'm inviting all types of healthcare providers to the party on this one. What's the next "Low Hanging Fruit" for EMS 2.0 and for US healthcare reform. What can paramedics do that would remove some of the burden from the Emergency Healthcare System inside of six months?
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Advances in Prehospital Analgesia and Conscious Sedation
From the Plover, WI Polytechnic Institute of Cosmetology and Cheese Making comes these handy tips for prehospital analgesia and anesthesia. Control all complaints of pain and induce sedation for RSI easily and cheaply.
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The Paramedic Intercept – Rural EMS
A series on the issues facing rural EMS and rural paramedicine - The ALS Intercept, or Paramedic Intercept, is a useful tool in extending the highest level of care to rural communities. I've done this from both sides and believe that it's a useful tool
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EMS 2.0 & EMS Ethics – How far would you go?
EMS 2.0's going to need us to find answers to questions we haven't even asked yet. This is one of them. Where is the line between "progressive" protocols and "I ain't getting paid enough"?
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Advances in Resuscitation – CCR If you’re not doing it now, you will be
New advances in the fight agains Sudden Cardiac Arrest - There's some exciting results here. We seem to be getting a fighting chance.
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The Happy Medic does a great bit on his blog entitled: "You make the call". In these posts, he lays out a situation and invites the audience to comment on what it is that they would do.As a currently ill paramedic/blogger, I think that I can do this too.…
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A sick medic is a lazy blogger
Thursday I came down with something. Sore throat, sinus gook, earache, fever of 102 point something. I was sick. I ended up going home sick from shift that day and I haven't gotten better yet. I've been working, but not feeling good at all. Then last shi…
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Good Post on "Rescuing Providence"
The good Lieutenant over at "Rescuing Providence" has written a good and touching post on one of the simple pleasures in EMS.http://rescuing-providence.blogspot.com/2009/06/difference.htmlSince the wedding (OMG! Today is my 1 week anniversary and I haven…
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Enough: EMS 2.0
Your Happy Medic, one of my favorite EMS bloggers who is waaay better at this than I am has written a great post that I'm linking to: HEREIn response, Medicblog999, our buddy from the UK wrote a response, that I'm linking to: HERE.Happy states that there…
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A warning to the EMS Blogosphere
http://www.iemta.com/KEMSA%20Chronicle%20Article.pdfThe above link is to an essay written by a Paramedic from the State of Kansas who got into a very large amount of trouble by being less than flattering in a blog post that he wrote about a specific pati…
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A Shoutout to Happy Medic
http://yourhappymedic.blogspot.com/2009/05/sunday-fun-more-posters.htmlHappy Medic had a great post. Here it is.I'm married!!! Yay!!!
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