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What Difference Does EMS Make? Choose Your Own Ending

By in Life Under the Lights at September 7, 2010 at 5:39 pm
I got a little philisophical with this post and I'd like you to pick the ending I should use. What do the three cases I present mean to you? Read More »

Should EMS Improvise? And the Recipe for the “Kaiser Cocktail”

By in Life Under the Lights at June 21, 2010 at 7:27 pm
Sometimes EMS providers need to improvise for the best possible patient care. Here's something I use to treat mild hypoglycemia in the known diabetic. I'm asking for your opinion on this one, should I be doing this? Read More »

When all you have is a hammer… Every problem looks like, lasix?

By in Life Under the Lights at June 14, 2010 at 12:42 am
Ever heard the expression "When all you have is a hammer, every problem tends to look like a nail". I do that on fire scenes, but is it good to do that with EMS? Read More »

Mental Quickness – Do Smart Alecks Make Better EMTs?

By in Life Under the Lights at February 2, 2010 at 12:13 pm
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 Read More »

EMS practice

By in Life Under the Lights at February 1, 2010 at 4:10 pm
What does Highschool Football Practice have to do with EMS? Does passing a football have anything to do with passing a tube? Maybe it does Read More »

Education vs Training: The “Professional Ambulance Cleaner”

By in Life Under the Lights at November 12, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Imagine if you will this hypothetical scenario: You and your roommate have just graduated EMT school together and go to work at competing ambulance companies in the same city. He works for HIS ambulance service, and you work for YOUR ambulance service. Both services have similar fleets, similar deployment patterns, and similar call-volumes. In fact, there’s really no way to tell them apart other than the fact that the HIS ambulance service uniforms are sickly green jumpsuits, and YOUR ambulance uniforms are Macho Blue Shirts with navy blue pants. Read More »

Will your career survive a decade or more in full-time EMS? Take this three question quiz!

By in Life Under the Lights at November 6, 2009 at 3:29 pm
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. Read More »

Daily Training Topics 10/16/09

By in Life Under the Lights at October 17, 2009 at 12:36 am
Daily EMS Training Topics from 10/16/09 - A link to a great article on IV placement and some quick BLS Airway skills refreshment. Can you find the hidden video? Read More »

Could it be? A Good EMT-B Student?

By in Life Under the Lights at October 16, 2009 at 7:53 am
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. Read More »

The Medics are Revolting

By in Life Under the Lights at October 15, 2009 at 9:59 pm
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 Read More »

Ckemtp is now on Twitter and Facebook!

By in Life Under the Lights at October 14, 2009 at 8:57 pm
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,… Read More »

Paying My Pennance

By in Life Under the Lights at October 13, 2009 at 2:59 am
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 … Read More »

Two blogs that I found in this long week that are just awesome

By in Life Under the Lights at October 12, 2009 at 2:58 am
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… Read More »

Soapy Demons – Ckemtp is a geek

By in Life Under the Lights at October 10, 2009 at 3:13 pm
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… Read More »

If I wasn't so busy running calls today…

By in Life Under the Lights at October 9, 2009 at 10:26 pm
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… Read More »

Scenarios. A lot of EMS, a little Einstein

By in Life Under the Lights at September 22, 2009 at 5:19 am
A while back ago I had a kick where I did a scenario-based EMS ethics piece that took a look at a possible situation that could be faced by some Paramedics and asked readers what they would do in that case. The response was pretty good. You should add… Read More »

Passed HazMat and picked up a Blogroll addition!

By in Life Under the Lights at September 21, 2009 at 5:00 pm
I guess it's now somewhat more official... after much kicking, screaming, and crying... Ck is kinda now a glow worm. At least in certification, that is. I passed my HazMat Operations level class and now glow just a bit more than I did before. Honestly, I… Read More »

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