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A Medic Roast in Tennessee

By in Life Under the Lights at September 15, 2011 at 12:19 pm
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. Read More »

EMS 12-lead Case – Ischemia and Failure

By in Life Under the Lights at March 15, 2011 at 1:28 am
The 12-lead was no better. It showed bad, bad mojo. This poor guy was sick. Read More »

Thanks Rogue Medic – What are EMS’s “Fad Diagnoses”?

By in Life Under the Lights at August 12, 2010 at 12:01 am
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 … Read More »

You Can Nap if You Want To! Or You can Leave Your Calls Behind!

By in Life Under the Lights at August 4, 2010 at 3:29 pm
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? Read More »

Police Car Drivers, Ambulance Drivers, and their responsibilities

By in Life Under the Lights at June 15, 2010 at 1:19 pm
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? 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 »

Foot-in-Mouth-Itis. Stupid Things We Say in EMS

By in Life Under the Lights at April 20, 2010 at 8:29 pm
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. Read More »

Trust… It’s everything

By in Life Under the Lights at March 15, 2010 at 12:29 am
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? Read More »

Two Cases, One letter – From one Paramedic’s struggles, change can come

By in Life Under the Lights at February 25, 2010 at 5:48 pm
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. 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 »

Are We the Gatekeepers to the Emergency Healthcare System? – EMS 2.0

By in Life Under the Lights at January 21, 2010 at 1:16 am
EMS 2.0 has so much potential to save billions in unneccesary healthcare costs here in the US. Could this be an example? In this scenario, I tell the story of what I've put into practice since the Chronicles of EMS came on the scene. Read More »

“CPR Theatre” – Pediatric Deaths, resuscitations, and futility

By in Life Under the Lights at January 5, 2010 at 8:53 am
This post is a cooperative joint topic with two widely respected EMS bloggers, Steve Whitehead from Http://www.TheEMTspot.com and Greg Friese, from Http://www.EveryDayEMStips.com – Our topic is supposed to be on why it is that EMTs, Paramedics, and oth… Read More »

The Paramedic Intercept – Rural EMS

By in Life Under the Lights at December 18, 2009 at 6:42 pm
A series on the issues facing rural EMS and rural paramedicine - The ALS Intercept, or Paramedic Intercept, is a useful tool in extending the highest level of care to rural communities. I've done this from both sides and believe that it's a useful tool Read More »

Paramedics Providing Physicals? Decreasing Healthcare Costs and Improving Care – EMS 2.0

By in Life Under the Lights at December 8, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Brainstorming ways that Paramedics and EMS could improve the Healthcare system and save money is part of EMS 2.0. Could a paramedic provide your next annual physical exam? Maybe we should. Read More »

Guest Post – An Open Letter to Wisconsin Physicians Concerning Do-Not-Resucitate Orders

By in Life Under the Lights at December 3, 2009 at 8:25 am
Do-Not-Resuscitate, or DNR orders, can be wonderful tools. However, physicians must provide the proper input and patient education in order to prevent tragic consequences - This is an open letter to Wisconsin Physicians written by a long-time paramedic. Read More »

EMS 2.0 & EMS Ethics – How far would you go?

By in Life Under the Lights at October 18, 2009 at 10:05 pm
EMS 2.0's going to need us to find answers to questions we haven't even asked yet. This is one of them. Where is the line between "progressive" protocols and "I ain't getting paid enough"? Read More »

Advances in Resuscitation – CCR If you’re not doing it now, you will be

By in Life Under the Lights at October 17, 2009 at 3:54 pm
New advances in the fight agains Sudden Cardiac Arrest - There's some exciting results here. We seem to be getting a fighting chance. Read More »

MCMAID Resuscitation Protocol

By in Life Under the Lights at October 17, 2009 at 3:16 pm
This is a new cardiac arrest protocol currently in use which is showing great success - This is a supplemental post to "Advances in Resuscitation - CCR, if you're not doing it you will be" 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 »

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