Posts Categorized: Scenario Based Training
EMS case law? AMA Refusals, Death, and Documentation
This post highlights a recent piece of EMS case law where an ambulance service was successfully sued over an AMA refusal and a patient's subsequent death... It's a must read
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What Difference Does EMS Make? Choose Your Own Ending
I got a little philisophical with this post and I'd like you to pick the ending I should use. What do the three cases I present mean to you?
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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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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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Mental Quickness – Do Smart Alecks Make Better EMTs?
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
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Education vs Training: The “Professional Ambulance Cleaner”
Imagine if you will this hypothetical scenario:
You and your roommate have just graduated EMT school together and go to work at competing ambulance companies in the same city. He works for HIS ambulance service, and you work for YOUR ambulance service. Both services have similar fleets, similar deployment patterns, and similar call-volumes. In fact, there’s really no way to tell them apart other than the fact that the HIS ambulance service uniforms are sickly green jumpsuits, and YOUR ambulance uniforms are Macho Blue Shirts with navy blue pants.
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Will your career survive a decade or more in full-time EMS? Take this three question quiz!
Think you've got the right mindset to survive a long career in EMS? Come take this helpful three-question quiz to determine if you've got the proper amount of insanity to handle it. EMS Humor folks.
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Scenarios. A lot of EMS, a little Einstein
A while back ago I had a kick where I did a scenario-based EMS ethics piece that took a look at a possible situation that could be faced by some Paramedics and asked readers what they would do in that case.
The response was pretty good. You should add…
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Passed HazMat and picked up a Blogroll addition!
I guess it's now somewhat more official... after much kicking, screaming, and crying... Ck is kinda now a glow worm. At least in certification, that is. I passed my HazMat Operations level class and now glow just a bit more than I did before. Honestly, I…
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