Posts Categorized: Paramedic
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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Tripping at the Hospital – A Teachable Moment for EMS
Have you ever been called to an emergency on the property of a hosptial? A case in Canada provides a teachable moment for our profession.
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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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Get a Pulse, Get a Steak? Random Incentive
An interesting incentive program idea for EMS people. Yeah, the idea needs work... but it's freakin delicious.
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A Medic Roast in Tennessee
In this post I make the statement "If you’ve been a paramedic in the field for any length of time and this article doesn’t scare you, you’ve not been much of a paramedic for any length of time." It will, trust me.
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Keeping an Eye on the Sky
[caption id="attachment_206" align="alignright" width="300" caption="You never know what might come "][/caption]If some of you out there don’t know it yet, I’m away from my home area working one of my j…
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From the #WTF files – AL Fire Chief Flushes Twins down the Toilet?
This case is so strange... I can't believe it. I almost don't *want* to know more. Did this really happen?
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We Oughta Look In to This – EMS 2.0
I came across a company called "Mobile Doctors" and the seem to deliver what they promise. What can we learn from their business model?
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Remembering the True Heroes – D-Day, June 6th 1944
Every now and then, I have the chance to meet a true hero, the likes of which I could never be. This was one of those times.
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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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EMS Week 2011 – WANTYNU
We’re going to do a little thought exercise here, Folks.
If you’re in a place where you’re around people, pick out five people at random. If not, think of five friends or family members. Look at their faces and get a good mental pictur…
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Dreamland Paramedics…
So there I was, on shift and driving around in what we call our Interceptor vehicle. It’s a marked SUV outfitted with lights and sirens that carries a full compliment of ALS gear. We use it to quick-respond to 911 calls in our own jurisdiction and to intercept BLS ambulances with a single paramedic.
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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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Change Medicare? Save EMS
The "Fee-for-Transport" revenue model has failed us. EMS has grown to fit the healthcare payment system and has limited so much of our profession's evolution. We need new revenue streams and innovation, not archaic regulation. Viva EMS!
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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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Thinking about the ones that got away… at Midnight on a Wednesday
Yep. It's midnight. It's a non-descript Wednesday. I'm... letting the ghosts in my head chase each other around. I thought you might enjoy reading some older posts that you may not have read about. An old medic remembers.
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Remebering My Father, Chief Richard A. Kaiser
Has it really been 11 years? In rememberance of my father, I'm asking everyone out there to help me spread some of his legacy. Care to do me a favor?
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Heart Attack? Call 911 – Don’t just burp
"If I could only belch, I would feel better" - Why do people bargain with their hearts? This is a public awareness piece, don't rationalize your heart health. Just call 911.
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My Johnny and Roy moment
As a kid, playing fireman, perched on a garage roof in a raincoat and plastic fire helmet, I would yammer about “Sinus Rhythm” and “Ringer's Lactate” into an old telephone handset that we carried in a lunchbox that my dad had spray painted orange. Who knew that yesterday, almost 30 years later, I would have my Johnny and Roy moment.
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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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