Posts Categorized: Paramedic Education
Changing Cardiac Care – Being Suspicious
A study published in the JAMA may have big implications for how we treat "Chest Pain" patients. It changed my care, will it change yours?
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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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EMS 12-lead Case – Ischemia and Failure
The 12-lead was no better. It showed bad, bad mojo. This poor guy was sick.
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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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Assessing Greatness – Catching the stuff you’re supposed to
Have you ever felt that sinking feeling you get when you've missed the obvious? Here are some things to think about to help you catch your zebras and be great at patient assessments.
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Colorado CRNAs Vs. Virginia Physicians? An interesting feud for EMS
This article caught my interest, it's a feud between CRNAs and Anesthesiologists from Colorado to Virgina. There's a lot to learn here for EMS 2.0.
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EMS case law? AMA Refusals, Death, and Documentation
This post highlights a recent piece of EMS case law where an ambulance service was successfully sued over an AMA refusal and a patient's subsequent death... It's a must read
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What Difference Does EMS Make? Choose Your Own Ending
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?
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Too Much Information For a Paramedic?
Our friend Greg Friese was told that a class he taught was "too much information for a paramedic". Now there's three bloggers ranting, good job there, Anonymous Student Evaluation.
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Automatic Window Roller Uppers and Other “Great” Ideas
Wanna hear about a time I thought I was smart but when I was actually stupid? It happens about as often as you'd think. Thanks Car Company Engineers!
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Four Words: EMS, Apathy, Disgrace, Massachusetts.
You've heard about the Mass. 200, right? Well, this is my take on it. The system may be broken, but they needed to do more than just ignore it. There's more.
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Paramedics and EMTs are Special, a salute to the Spork!
The humble spork, the very symbol of efficiency, ingenuity, and ineffective eating performance. How does the spork tie in with EMS? Very well, actually. We are sporks and we're not sporks. It's complex... you'll see
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Should EMS Improvise? And the Recipe for the “Kaiser Cocktail”
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?
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Police Car Drivers, Ambulance Drivers, and their responsibilities
A news story I read on EMS1.com via Twitter today caught my interest. Can you identify the three professions in the picture before someone dies?
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When all you have is a hammer… Every problem looks like, lasix?
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?
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EMS 2.0 as Explained to My Brother
I had a good conversation with my brother the other day. We talked about this "blogging" stuff I do and the topic turned to EMS 2.0. Guess what he wants me to do?
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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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A Slap in the Face for Medics? How about a Wake-up call
Following up to the "A Slap in the Face to Paramedics Everywhere?" Post, this is how I see it once I've calmed down a bit. It is a slap, but it should serve as a wake-up call for EMS.
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A Slap in the Face to Paramedics Everywhere?
Maybe I'm way off base here, but I'm just plain ol' irate. I saw this ambulance on display at FDIC last weekend and I think it's a full-on slap in the face to paramedic types like myself. It's real, I took the picture myself.
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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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Trust… It’s everything
This post is about when "Stuff gets real". It's about trusting your colleagues and yourself to perform when everything's on the line. It's about trusting your fellow EMTs and paramedics to perform when it's your loved-one on the line. Do you trust them? Do you trust yourself?
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Any Random Person
Hey, I could do that ALS stuff. Any Random Person could do some of that stuff. Right? Well, I counter that it takes a VERY SPECIAL KIND of random person to be a good ALS provider.
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Two Cases, One letter – From one Paramedic’s struggles, change can come
A letter I got from a fellow Paramedic has caused me to write a long tyrade on the state of EMS. This post will make you mad. It will challenge you and challenge our profession. You will probably see yourself in the words this Paramedic wrote to me. We Need Change.
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Why I am Passionate about the Chronicles of EMS
I am energized, passionate, and genuinely excited about the Chronicles of EMS. I'm in 100% - Here's why you should be too.
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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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