Posts Categorized: Paramedic
A Blogoversary for my Blogger BFF !
If by some strange reason you havent wished him many congratulations or if by some freak of interdimensional freakishness you have yet to read 'The Happy Medic', I would strongly encourage you to click here and go and say hi and send a lovely big cake over there!
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Do we really need paramedics on Ambulances?
Does every ambulance need a paramedic on it?
I would suggest no, and here is my rationale:
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Shining through Suffering – Learning How to Cope with Sadness in EMS
Dealing with the level of sadness we see in EMS isn't something that comes naturally. It's a learned skill. Take your time and find your way. We're all nothing but human.
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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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EMS: Is what you do the Best You Can Do?
"Is that the best you can do?" Those seven words are so simple, yet when asked of ourselves and others, can become so powerful. Is what you're doing in your EMS career the "best" you can do? Think of what we could accomplish if all simply "tried our best".
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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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Thanks Rogue Medic – What are EMS’s “Fad Diagnoses”?
Our friend Rogue Medic has a shiny new site up there on the Interwebs. It rocks. Rogue Medic is one of the many, many bloggers, non-bloggers, and/or random people who are much, much smarter than I am. I read his site a lot and I am very pleased to throw …
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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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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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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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As AmboDriver Always says… For all you EMS types
There's a new EMS article about to blow up your mail box in the July issue of EMS magazine... or you could follow this link to the article on EMSresponder.com
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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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A comment to make me think….
Today, a comment popped up from my old blog site, from a post from about a year ago, which detailed my thoughts and troubles following a particularly difficult suicide I had to deal with.
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ECG Geek 10 – The Discussion
What if I didn’t take him to a PPCI centre and this did turn out to be an MI? I would be hung out to dry!!
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Master Paramedics? I’m asking you a question
I have a question for all of you readers out there. Trade Unions have always honored their best and most experienced members by bestowing the title of "Master". How would we in the Profession of EMS honor our own Masters?
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ECG Geek 10
So, what is going on with this chaps ECG and what is your next course of action?
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When ‘caring’ becomes a challenge.
For the first time in my career I was faced with a situation where I found it difficult to really ‘care’ for a patient, and this has made me think long and hard about my feelings that I had and the way that I conducted myself.
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One quick glance
I hope that you will all read it and be able to recognise the very same abilities that you have when assessing a patient. I think, that this sort of thing shows experience more than anything else, so if you cant say this has happened to you yet, then dont worry because one day it will!
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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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Who`s reality is real?
After finishing looking after a patient who informed me that he was the son of God and has been placed back on the earth to help us negotiate through the final years of our survival after spending 3 years in Hell, I couldnt help but think a little.
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In an Instant
This is a therapy session for me. An incident that happend to me years ago has been haunting my mind lately and I thought writing it down would help. Spoiler alert: The kid dies at the end.
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EMS Week 2010 – Sent to the Newspaper
I wrote this piece in honor of EMS week 2010 and sent it to my local newspaper. You might want to do the same. This is appropriate for the public and you may use it as you see fit.
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