Posts Categorized: Patient Management
Making Paramedicine a Profession
The 2009 EMS Educational Standards vaults paramedicine out of the vocational training arena. Need to build our professional educational resources.
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“We have a firefighter shot” Scott Miller 1992
Remembering a near-miss that nearly killed a firefighter.
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Noobs
Rookie Partner and I have a student, and because it is a female student she is "technically" under the control of RP. Not that I have any fears about RP not being able to do this. She's smart. She's good. But she's sooooo impressionable. If I'm grouchy a…
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Raw video & pictures: PGFD technical rescue with medical ‘Go Team’ on scene. Man trapped in machinery in Laurel, Maryland.
Go Team assists in 90-minute rescue.
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Is Spiderman needed when you can just open a window? Another FDNY – NYPD ESU rift.
Echo of last year's motorcycle crash in Brooklyn.
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“Rush” recreation of Niki Lauda ’76 crash
Sneak peak at Ron Howard 2013 "Rush" - Lauda 1976 Nurbugring crash.
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Damn it, Jim!
Starting a story with a misquotation is likely a serious faux pas, but alas, I did it. Get over it.
We were called to Jim's house by a 3rd party. Actually a fourth party. Jim had missed a lot of work so his boss called his next of kin--and estranged …
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Must see video: Fire department helicopter shatters after emergency landing.
All four people aboard Brazil's State of Para Fire Department chopper escaped unharmed.
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Eagles “State of the Science” 2012 Agenda
2012 EMS State of the Science Agenda - the Eagles Speak
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Firefighters say rules wouldn’t allow them to go beyond ankle deep to reach drowning man in lake three feet deep. Inquest in UK brings out similarities to Alameda, CA case.
Cop and paramedic also ordered not to go in.
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Fireground audio & raw video: Baltimore battalion chief calls in dwelling fire with jumpers.
Battalion chief returning from another fire when he spots this one. Jumpers in the front and back.
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Raw video: Woman pulled from apartment fire in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. Man dead on the scene.
Both victims were in the apartment where the fire started.
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Maine’s Franklin Hospital/Northstar Ambulance issues a non-statement about dying man’s wife claim she was left on side of road. Another lesson in reputation mismanagement.
Eight days after incident hospital and ambulance service have no facts to provide.
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Update: Skier’s widow says story is even worse than depicted. Maine hospital may release information on investigation today.
Some lessons in how not to handle the bad news.
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January 17th, 1908 – Scranton PA Fatal Knitting Mill Fire
SCRANTON FACTORY FILLED WITH GIRLS A PREY TO FLAMES
FOUR KILLED AND MANY MEET SERIOUS HURTS
Several Of The Victims Leaped From The Windows.
FEARFUL JAM ON A FIRE ESCAPE.
The Flames Gutted the Interior of the Knitting Mill in Which the Girls Were …
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30-years-ago today, twin disasters in DC. Air Florida Flight 90 crashes into the Potomac River followed by the first fatal Metro train accident. DCFD radio traffic, lessons learned & more.
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DCFD radio traffic from Air Florida Flight 90 and Metrorail crashes- Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Cockpit voice recorder audio from Air Florida Flight 90
Seconds From Disa…
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Christmas Dawn 1971
Mike's first Christmas on the job.
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Detroit EMS: One Year Later
Charles LeDuff: "Things Have Gotten Worse" for Detroit EMS
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Report & audio tapes from deadly Indiana State Fair collapse. TV station looks at lack of MCI plan & coordination.
TV station reports Indianapolis Fire Department had been on site in support role but became incident command by default.
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Raw video: Firefighters rescue man from burning home in Whitehall, Pennsylvania.
Report indicates man had gone back in to get his dogs.
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Not dead until the ambulance crew assesses the patient. A Winter Carnival memory.
A cautionary Winter Carnival tale of patient assessment
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Police CPR Saves Houston Reporter
Security video documents CPR performed by Metro police officer John Zepeda before Fire-Rescue arrives.
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Booze in the Nose.
of "alcohol on her breath". I've started a lot of charts like this. Seen PD run reports that said the same. I've seen it testified to in court.... And it is pretty interesting, in part because you can't smell alcohol. Sure, you can smell booze--the oth…
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Congrats to Captain Happy Medic
Happy Medic becomes the CQI Captain in Headquarters.
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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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