Posts Categorized: Patient Management
Washdown
The frantic, comical waving stopped as soon as I was within a few feet of him. "She just stopped breathing before you got here... and I think she used to have a pulse, too!"
That's probably a safe assumption.
As soon as MPD's latest hero stepped fr…
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New Addition to the Blogroll
Please welcome Hybrid Medic to the Blogroll... He's got some great experience as both as a Paramedic and Firefighter in a major metropolitan city and I've really enjoyed the posts that he's put up. He's been one of the people that I've gone to with …
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Quick Takes
Fire & EMS news for Wednesday.
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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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Criteria based on what?
Code 3 for the cut finger, Patient is crying, Coded as a severe respiratory distress with bleeding.
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OSHA Investigates Fire
OSHA confirms they are now looking into how the city handled its firefighters during a fire last month.
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Around The Fire Web
AROUND THE FIRE BLOGS
Firegeezer's SUNDAY EMERGENCY! - Your weekly dose of EMERGENCY!
Backstep Firefighter - Willy and the Firemen
STATter911 - Covering Boston's 9-bagger! Biggest in 25 years for the Jakes!
Firehouse Zen - Roto-Ray and Feder…
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EMT’s Surgery First in SC
CHARLESTON - MUSC surgeons today will use tiny video equipment to repair a spinal condition that 21-year-old Jason Schroyer has suffered with for nearly a decade -- the first surgery of its kind to be performed in SC, hospital officials said. Schroyer's …
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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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Change your bookmarks!
I have gone to the dark side and joined the FireEMSBlogs.com family!
The new blog goes "live" at 12:00 p.m. EST tomorrow, August 19, 2010.
The new URL is ems12lead.com.
Here's a sneak peak.
Special thanks to Chris Hebert (Go Forward Media) …
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McLearning and 12-Lead ECG interpretation
I've been giving a lot of thought lately to paramedic education and the problem of 12-lead ECG interpretation.
Specifically, the reasons why paramedics aren't taught to actually read a 12-lead ECG and are instead given a crash course in "STEMI recogni…
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HIPAA issue: Firefighters & hospital workers are accused of photographing dying stabbing victim.
Hospital workers fired. Unclear on discipline for firefighters and paramedics.
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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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Riley Ignorant of Routley Team Wanting Thomas Out?! Rigghhtt!
NOTE: The title of this story is loaded with sarcasm.
CHARLESTON - In the wake of the Sofa Super Store fire in June 2007, which took the lives of nine firefighters, Charleston Mayor Joe Riley said the city would be remembered for how it responded to the…
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58 year old male CC: Chest discomfort
Here's another case from a faithful reader who wishes to remain anonymous.
No, these are not all from the same anonymous reader!
EMS responds to a 58 year old male complaining of chest discomfort.
Onset: 30 min ago while mopping hot tar on roof
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May I have the definition please?
Emergency:(n) an unforeseen or sudden occurrence, esp of a danger demanding immediate remedy or action
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Hemi-Inattention
One phenomenon that never ceases to amaze me is non-dominant hemisphere syndrome.
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Greenwood County Fatalities; Why?!
A SConFire Editorial. Close your eyes and imagine… you go to bed with your wife and family feeling safe and secure; thinking about what tomorrow will bring.
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Not Your Average Pool Rescue
The boys arm was stuck in the billiards table
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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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Peter Pronovost – The Science of Safety
As some of you may know, Crew Resource Management is an area of interest for me.
While the following videos don't specifically mention Crew Resource Management, the techniques discussed are very much related to Crew Resource Management.
This is worth y…
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Base Jumper Spends the Night Hanging from Cliff. Gets Rescued then Arrested
A massive search & rescue operation was mobilized
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This is for you new people
A fun video and questions. It will be on the final.
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Mayor Rebuts Routley Emails
Statement from Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr.
Charleston, South Carolina
Rebuttal to the Routley Report Emails released to media
CHARLESTON - On Sunday, August 1, the Post & Courier printed a story regarding conversational emails between various m…
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FF and Fire Wife Blogs
Updated August 2010: Blogs by the firefighter and ems community including blogs by firefighter's wives.
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