Posts Categorized: Ems Humor
GPS in the Ambulance – An overreliance on Ms. Kitty
Do you have a magical voice box on your dashboard that tells you where do go? Do lives depend on it?? Maybe you might want a backup plan.
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“Teamwork” on the ‘bambilance – Shown as a video metaphor
Guy Haskell got me thinking about teamwork... with video.
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Wake Up! You may have a call…
How do you wake up for a call? Could that method be killing you? Here's an innovative way thought up by an intrepid inventor, complete with video.
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Wheel of the Regulars: Turn Turn Turn
Tonight is just one of those nights... However, I think I have come up with the next big hit in EMS gaming. What do you think?
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Does How Your Brain Works Affect Your Patient Care?
If you're a regular reader, you know by now that my brain works differently than well... a lot of people's do. How does your brain work? How does that affect your care? How does this affect EMS?
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Back in the Saddle Again!
After a short, unscheduled break... I'm Back Baby! Here's something that made me laugh till I cried this morning. I love EMS.
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You Can Nap if You Want To! Or You can Leave Your Calls Behind!
You can Nap if you want to! You can leave Leth-ar-Gee Behind! Because EMS can nap and if they don't nap - they leave, Patient Care behind. - Introducing the "Safety Nap" Who's with me?
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To Kneel or not to Kneel
Exploring the squishy side of emergency response. Do you always remember to look where you're putting your knees? I don't... Eww.
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Foot-in-Mouth-Itis. Stupid Things We Say in EMS
Does your foot seem to have an oral fixation? Mine does. Sometimes I say some really stupid stuff. A letter I recieved from a "paramedic student" has gotten me thinking about some of those times.
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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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Mental Quickness – Do Smart Alecks Make Better EMTs?
Input, processing speed, and decision making skills are all part of being a good EMT or Paramedic. How can we improve our own? By thinking about it in a new way... and by busting some chops too
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Zombies!!!
There's a twitter tag going around for #ZombieAwareness - Am I a scardy cat? Would YOU think that you were about to git eated?? I sure did
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Swinging a Sledgehammer and Thinking about the UK… Strange times
Good news! I'm embarking on a journey of self discovery! Wait.. no I'm not. I'm doing construction work! Aren't I supposed to be um, like... doing Paramedic type stuff? Hmmm... what would Mark Glencourse do?
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A quick Shoutout to EMS Chick
A shoutout to EMS Chick and her blog "That's BLS, not BS" - She's pointing out some of my EMS geekery.
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My Biggest Blogging Fears and Heart Attacks
What's my biggest fear as an EMS blogger? I'll tell ya that it's probably something that most EMTs and Paramedics are secretly afraid of too. Oh, and I put some stuff about cardiac care in here too for some reason. Just read it, please.
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Will your career survive a decade or more in full-time EMS? Take this three question quiz!
Think you've got the right mindset to survive a long career in EMS? Come take this helpful three-question quiz to determine if you've got the proper amount of insanity to handle it. EMS Humor folks.
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The Project is coming and I’m Helping
Hey, UK medics. What's that? Awful quiet over there. This is my contribution to The Project that my buddies The Happy Medic and Medic999 are cooking up. Here's hoping that US EMS isn't too Intense for our British friend.
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Could it be? A Good EMT-B Student?
EMS Students these days... What's with you? Was I like that? Probably. Here's a kid I had lately that I think's gonna be alright.
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The Medics are Revolting
Welcome to my new blog. Allow me to head off on a rant here, no use pulling any punches. EMS Needs some changin'. Here's how we're going to do it. Hint: It's together
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Ckemtp is now on Twitter and Facebook!
So I've finally joined the final frontier or something like that. After much prodding, teasing, cajoling, and downright coersion, Ckemtp has joined Facebook and Twitter.I'm Ckemtp on facebook and, coincidentally, @Ckemtp on Twitter (I think).At any rate,…
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Paying My Pennance
Ouch.
Today I begin what I am sure to be a long, arduous process of atoning for my every IV sin. Out of the tens of thousands of patients I’ve treated, I’ve gained intraveinous access thousands of times. Probably I’ve missed a thousand or two …
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Two blogs that I found in this long week that are just awesome
This is a light week for me, or at least a 7 day period. Yesterday I worked a 12, today a 24, tomorrow a 12, the next day a 24. Then I have a day off, then a 24 then a 12. So by my count, since Saturday and until Friday I'll have worked 108 hou…
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Soapy Demons – Ckemtp is a geek
Ok, so this post really proves just how much of a geek I really am. Just bear with me for a bit.
This subject causes me a lot of personal grief. I know that it probably shouldn’t and that I am indeed a geek for worrying about this issue because seem…
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If I wasn't so busy running calls today…
I would get a post up about EMS Ethics and patient advocacy involving a scenario for y'all...I would get more done on my new upcoming site that's going live (probably) early next week: http://www.lifeunderthelights.com/I would write a response to an…
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“In Their Eyes” – From Guest Author – Randy Lovelace EMT-B
... We're an anomaly, our small-but-proud department. We've got a fanatically devoted, passionate group of highly trained volunteer firefighters and EMTs that provide the best possible service to our citizens...
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