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  • Hunting Safety Reminders

    Greg Friese
    21 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    Hunting Safety Reminders is a post from: Everyday EMS Tips This morning the 9 day Wisconsin gun deer season opens. Opening day is an unofficial state holiday for me and more than 500,000 other hunters. As you read this I am nestled into a tree stand not far from the shores of the Little Wolf River. It is an idyllic spot. Today’s Everyday EMS Tips are a reminder to me and all of you that hunt to: 1. Always point the muzzle in a safe direction. 2. Treat every firearm as if it were loaded. 3. Be sure of your target and what is in front of and beyond your target. Have a safe and fun…

  • Medical Math: Live Online EMS Education

    Greg Friese
    20 Nov 2009 | 8:42 am
    Medical Math: Live Online EMS Education is a post from: Everyday EMS Tips ” Medical Math – Get it Right Every Time “ Date : November 23rd 2009 Time: 1400 hours EST. This session will target Medical Math, i.e. Drug Calculations. Special guest speaker Buck Feris is an EMS educator that has years of experience helping students who struggle with drug calculations. Several years ago he did some research on the origins of the drug calculation formula and found that it was based on a very simple concept in chemistry called “dimensional analysis.” By teaching the…

  • 8 Things to Tweet About

    Greg Friese
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    8 Things to Tweet About is a post from: Everyday EMS Tips During a conversation this week – face to face – with an Everyday EMS Tip reader asked me about what he should be tweeting about. Like many EMS professionals he has established a personal social media presence and is also considering a social media strategy for an organization that he coordinates. As a regular Twitter user (@gfriese, @everydayemstips, @emseducast, @piosmtraining are the accounts that I tweet from) I find myself writing tweets in these general areas. 1. Questions - use Twitter to crowd source answers to your…

  • Saber’s Edge: A Combat Medic in Ramadi Iraq Medical Author Chat with Thomas Middleton

    Greg Friese
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:00 am
    Saber’s Edge: A Combat Medic in Ramadi Iraq Medical Author Chat with Thomas Middleton is a post from: Everyday EMS Tips Thomas Middleton was a firefighter, EMT, RN, and member of the Vermont National Guard. In 2005 his unit was called to duty for the ongoing mission in Iraq. In episode 4 of Medical Author Chat from EverydayEMSTips.com Tom describes his experiences and the lessons he learned as an infantry combat medic. The lessons he wrote about in Saber’s Edge (Amazon Link) are based on his real life experiences and are for combat medics, urban/suburban EMS professionals,…

  • Event: Great American Smokeout

    Greg Friese
    19 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    Event: Great American Smokeout is a post from: Everyday EMS Tips Free help for quitting smoking is available by calling 800-QUIT-NOW (800-784-8669) or visiting http://www.smokefree.gov. Everyday EMS Tips readers today is the Great American Smokeout. If you smoke today is your day to stop. I am here to support, encourage, and cajole you to change your life today. You will feel better (eventually), have more money, have more oxygen capacity, and live longer. A few facts from the CDC MMWR about smoking, “approximately 46 million adults (20.6% of the population) still smoke (1), and every…
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  • Webinar Best Practices

    Greg Friese
    19 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    I am getting lots of questions from service and product vendors, education organizations, and membership associations about planning and delivering webinars in 2010. Questions include which platform to us, how often to deliver, how long the session should last, and how to include interaction. Like any elearning project content is king. An audience will tolerate lots of other technical and design problems if the content is good and the speaker is credible. Start your webinar project with a focus on the goals and objectives for the content you want to deliver. Then pick the platform, time…

  • Video: EMSEduCast – the podcast by and for EMS educators

    Greg Friese
    17 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    In this video I describe the purpose and format of the only podcast by and for EMS educators. Each week me and my terrific co-hosts Buck Feris, Rob Theriault and Chris Montera discuss issues, resources, and tips for EMS educators with guest experts from around the world. The podcast is recorded using a Skype conference call and the weekly recording is broadcast live, http://emseducast.com/live to listen and participate in live shows. Listen to the most recent EMSEducCast shows. ParamedicTV is powered by EMS1.com

  • Video: Trends in Online Education for Emergency Responders

    Greg Friese
    12 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    In this video I describe discusses emerging trends in elearning. These trends are shaping the availability of elearning, the cost of elearning, and the creation of elearning content by subject matter experts.This video was recorded at the 2009 National Association of EMS Educators Symposium. In the comments area share your thoughts on emerging trends in online education for emergency responders. I discuss these trends and more in my 2009 EMS Expo presentations. ParamedicTV is powered by EMS1.com

  • Webinar Announcement: Using Games to Teach

    Greg Friese
    11 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    Join emergency response educators, Greg Friese and John Dillon, for a quick introduction on using games to teach and Audience Response Pads. There will be no preamble. Instead we will jump into how you can use games to teach core content. Participants will use virtual response pads during the Webinar as John demonstrates through interactive examples how games and audience response pads can help you know what your audience knows and how you can use that information. We will also show you how you can use a game to deliver information effectively to your audience while keeping them engaged in…

  • Video: Student Creation of Social Media Content

    Greg Friese
    10 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    In this video I describe how educators can engage their students in the creation of social media – photos, videos, podcasts, and blog articles – as a learning activity. Students likely already have the tools and experience using social media. Educators can harness this experience to create content for learning and to share with future student groups. This video was recorded at the 2009 National Association of EMS Educators Symposium. In the comments are share how you are engaging students to create social media as an education activity. Also I talked about social media as an elearning…
 
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  • Driver found guilty of murder of Del. firefighter-paramedic

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:18 pm
    Paraplegic Joseph Taye used a stick to work the pedals in the vehicle that struck Michelle Smith last December

  • Investigators: Mich. paramedic stole pain relievers on the job

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:30 am
    By Lori Dougovito WJRT GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. — Investigators say a Genesee County paramedic stole potent pain relievers while on the job and replaced them with saline.Wednesday, Michael Rose was charged. He is accused of switching out powerful drugs like morphine and fentanyl and then using them himself.Rose can't currently serve as a paramedic in Genesee County. The county's medical control authority ...

  • NBC's 'Trauma' revived after cancellation

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:05 am
    By EMS1 StaffSAN FRANCISCO — Paramedic TV drama "Trauma" will be returning to the air after NBC reversed its decision to cancel the show, it emerged Friday. The network has requested three more episodes after saying last month production would be halted after the initial 13-episode order, according to reports. It has ordered additional material following a recent spike in ratings and ...

  • Police: Texas man posed as paramedic

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:53 am
    By Janelle Stecklein The Amarillo Globe-NewsAMARILLO, Texas — An Amarillo man already busted for impersonating a public servant has been arrested again, this time for allegedly pretending to be a paramedic and providing medical treatment to people at events around town.Zachary Paul Harris, 22, is accused of attending events such as Homer's Backyard Ball in May under the guise of a paramedic working ...

  • Okla. ambulance service focus of drug query

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:50 am
    By Ann Kelley The OklahomanSEMINOLE, Okla. — Law enforcement officials are investigating allegations that narcotics are missing from Medicus, the cityowned ambulance service.An agent from the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control opened an investigation Tuesday after receiving a tip about possible misuse of drugs, spokesman Mark Woodward said.Woodward said he couldn't comment ...
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    EMS1 Tips

  • Pre-Work Tips for New EMS Professionals

    19 Nov 2009 | 1:23 pm
    It's not uncommon to make mistakes every now and then. Read on for some work preparation tips that will keep you at your professional best.

  • Teaching CPR to Lay Rescuers

    16 Nov 2009 | 1:24 pm
    Do you aspire to become an EMS educator? If so, learning how to teach CPR to lay rescuers — and teach it well — is an excellent first step.

  • Collaborating for Fall Prevention

    12 Nov 2009 | 11:20 am
    If your area could use a fall prevention program but can't afford it, collaborate with other health organizations.

  • Coping with Stress

    10 Nov 2009 | 10:14 am
    As responders, we are trained to handle traumatic events. However, some calls can still leave an emotional mark. Here are some tips to get through those stressful events.

  • Connect with EMS Vendors via Social Media

    4 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    Did shiny displays catch your eye at EMS Expo? If so, use these social media tips to learn more about EMS vendors and their products.
 
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  • Arlington students set CPR record at Cowboys Stadium

    19 Nov 2009 | 8:58 am
    More than 4,600 people, mostly Arlington eighth-graders, learn CPR at Cowboys Stadium. The previous record was set in Oslo, Norway. (Nov. 17, 2009) Video by Jen Friedberg, courtesy the Star-Telegram.

  • Sailboat Capsizes, Man Rescued

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:48 am
    Exhausted and cold, an Oak Bay man is left with no other option Wednesday morning but to simply cling to the keel of his overturned sailboat and wait for help.

  • Rescue 911: "EMT Husband Save"

    19 Nov 2009 | 5:33 am
    When a police officer is shot, his EMT wife is among those treating him on the scene. This segment of episode 954 aired on February 7, 1992 on CBS, though this version comes from a 30-minute syndicated episode which may have small parts cut for commercial time.

  • NAEMSE Tradeshow Tour - 2009

    19 Nov 2009 | 3:39 am
    Joe Grafft & John Todaro provide a whirlwind tour of NAEMSE's annual symposium tradeshow floor in Orlando, Florida at Disney World!

  • Quick Video Tour of EMS Expo 2009

    18 Nov 2009 | 9:31 am
    Quick video tour of the 2009 EMS Expo vendor hall with a glimpse of the social media coverage provided by the podcasting, blogging, and video team of EMSExpoLive.com. View more videos at http://emsexpolive.com
 
 
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  • Global EMS Education: Episode 38

    buckman
    11 Nov 2009 | 8:49 pm
    This week Mathias Duschl and Ben Hoffman tell us what EMS education is like on other parts of the globe. Please give us feed back at 303-720-6001. Sponsored by: GoToMyPC Hosts: Greg Friese Rob Theriault Chris Montera Buck Feris

  • Remediation of Paramedic Students: Episode 37

    buckman
    9 Nov 2009 | 4:22 pm
    This week Angel Burba talks to us about her experiences developing a remediation program for paramedic students. Please give us feed back at 303-720-6001. Sponsored by: GoToMyPC Hosts: Greg Friese Rob Theriault Buck Feris Links: Howard Community College

  • Journal Club 1: EMS Educast Episode 36

    bferis
    9 Nov 2009 | 4:21 pm
    This week we discuss the following articles in our first ever Journal Club: Is Mechanism of Injury Alone in the Prehospital Setting a Predictor of Major Trauma – A Review of the Literature’ Author: Malcolm J Boyle and ‘Is Mechanism of Injury Alone A Useful Predictor of Major Trauma?’ Authors: Boyle, Smith, Archer Presented by Greg Friese ‘Mechanism of Injury Predicts Patient Mortality and Impairment After Blunt Trauma’ Authors: Haider, Chang, Haut, Cornwell, Efron Presented by Rob Theriault Prehospital Prediction of the Severity of Blunt Anatomic Injury Authors: Mulholland,…

  • Improving the Writing Skills of EMS Educators and Students: Episode 35

    buckman
    14 Oct 2009 | 8:31 pm
    This week Sam Bradley talks to us about her experiences as a writer, and how to improve the writing skills of EMS educators and students alike. Please give us feed back at 303-720-6001. Sponsored by: GoToMyPC Hosts: Greg Friese Rob Theriault Buck Feris Links: Sam Bradley’s Blog To the Rescue: Stories from Healthcare Workers at the Scenes of Disasters America’s Darkest Secret EMS Bootcamp

  • Games and Education: Episode 34

    buckman
    9 Oct 2009 | 4:37 pm
    This week we have as our guest John Dillon who talks to us about using computer games as a learning aid in the classroom and on the web. Give us feed back at 303-720-6001. Sponsored by: GoToMyPC Hosts: Greg Friese Rob Theriault Buck Feris Chris Montera Links: C3softworks
 
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  • Spot the Crazy Guy: EMS Garage Episode 62

    BuckF
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:47 am
    PALS is it dead? Too many merit badges? Listen and decide. AMLS, PALS, PEPP, ACLS, IMLS, ITLS, ATLS….Do we need the stinking badges? Should EMS providers be required to wear masks as part of the job in the “hot zone”? Tim’s post on Sirens Featuring: Chris Montera – Geekymedic Greg Friese – Nice Guy EPS411.com Steve Whitehead – theEMTSpot.com Tim Noonan – The Rogue Medic Jamie Davis – The Podmedic MedicCast Bookmark it:

  • Dr Wesley Throws Down: EMS Garage Episode 61

    admin
    13 Nov 2009 | 6:11 am
    This week we discuss Late David Taylor and his contributions to the industry in Arkansas and his untimely death. He was a great man from those that knew him and a real inspiration to a State.  Thank you Kyle for the great Graphic! Also Dr. Wesley throws down against bad science bad research and all things that really annoy him this week on the EMS Garage. Featuring: Chris Montera Keith Wesley Jamie Davis Kyle Bates Steve Blessing, President NASEMSO Bookmark it:

  • Socialize EMS: EMS Garage Episode 60

    admin
    6 Nov 2009 | 5:45 am
    This week we reveal who the Happy Medic really is and we discuss an up coming international collaboration with the Happy Medic and Medic 999 Mark Glencorse. Then we discuss how social media is changing EMS and the future of EMS Conferences. Featuring: Chris Montera @geekymedic Gary Wingrove @garywingrove Thaddeus Setla http://setlafilms.com @setla Twitter http://facebook.com/setla http://levelzeromovie.com 510-859-FILM Carissa O’Brien http://www.carissao.com — My umbrella domain http://www.redboxcommunications.com — My business http://www.baselinevitals.com — My blog…

  • EMS Expo Sneek Peek: EMS Garage Episode 59

    bend
    29 Oct 2009 | 2:51 pm
    This week we talk before the EMS Expo in Atlanta, GA. We talk about our anticipation and what we hope to get from the EMS Expo and the Conference. Featuring: Chris Montera Skip Kirkwood Jamie Davis Bookmark it:

  • Motoring in EMS the Segway Way!

    bend
    29 Oct 2009 | 1:23 pm
    Motoring in EMS the Segway Way! from Thaddeus Setla on Vimeo. Bookmark it:
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  • Leadership Roundup: EMS Leadership Episode 32

    admin
    13 Nov 2009 | 6:31 am
    This week we discuss the EMS Expo, NEMSMA, and systems coming together in New Hampshire. Featuring: Chris Montera Gary Wingrove Skip Kirkwood

  • EMS System Development: EMS Leadership Episode 31

    admin
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 pm
    This week we bring you an episode we recorded from EMS Expo with Skip Kirkwood and Carissa O’Brien on EMS System Development. This is a fun show since it was live in front of an audience. Featuring: Chris Montera Skip Kirkwood Carissa O’Brien

  • Six Sigma in EMS Management Part 1: EMS Leadership Episode 30

    admin
    2 Oct 2009 | 3:42 pm
    This week we start a series on Six Sigma and how you can incorporate it into an EMS agency of any size and how it will help you in the long run. Topics include: - The quality police model – how the traditional chart review model for improving EMS care come to be; and why it is fundamentally flawed - The industrial quality model – how does it differ from the healthcare/EMS quality police model - Six Sigma – how does it differ from the industrial quality model - How should an organization go about implementing Six Sigma? - Where to get training and more information Six Sigma…

  • Lobbying How To and Best Practices: EMS Leadership Episode 29

    admin
    26 Sep 2009 | 7:13 am
    This week we talk about how to lobby and how to get started talking to the people that make decisions. It is a way for us to get our voices heard at a local, state and national level. Aarron’s Six Sigma thingy that got him banned on flights Featuring: Chris Montera Aarron Reinert Greg Friese Gary Wingrove Skip Kirkwood

  • Generations: EMS Leadership Episode 28

    admin
    6 Sep 2009 | 4:37 pm
    This week we continue our discussions on hiring and talk about the differences in Generations. Featuring: Chris Montera Aarron Rienert Skip Kirkwood
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  • NBC’s Trauma showing signs of life…

    Leanne Bell
    19 Nov 2009 | 3:14 pm
    Rumors are swirling around the internet that,  thanks to a recent ratings boost, the love-it-or-hate-it Trauma may be resuscitated by NBC after all. NBC had planned to run the original 13 episodes that it had ordered, but now rumor has it that more episodes are forthcoming. Some believe that the ever-perplexing Nielsen ratings are responsible, but others believe that a groundswelling of fan support has tipped the scales in the show’s favor. Apparently there’s a #savetrauma campaign on Twitter, and fan fiction has sprung up surrounding the characters, always a sign of true fan…

  • CSI for EMS

    Leanne Bell
    18 Nov 2009 | 8:34 pm
    EMS personnel are an invaluable part of a crime scene, and their unique observations can greatly impact the course of investigation, according to Beonicia Loveless, Medical Examiner Investigator and Child Abuse Investigator for the State of Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Ms. Loveless gave a presentation called “Crime Scene Etiquette for EMS” that went beyond the usual basics of not disturbing the scene or cutting through bullet holes. “You may be the only person to see the inside of that house,” she said by way of example.” Even if investigators come bay later,…

  • Virginia Beach EMS to begin Therapeutic Hypothermia in the ambulance

    Leanne Bell
    15 Nov 2009 | 6:48 pm
    With the advent of portable ultrasound and other cutting edge innovations, emergency response vehicles are becoming more and more like rolling ERs every day. And starting in the spring of 2010, the Virginia Beach EMS department will be adding yet another ER treatment to their fleet. Therapeutic hypothermia with electric chilling pads, in use for about 4 years in hospitals world-wide, has had a dramatic impact on the survival rates of cardiac arrest patients. Chilling the body to 93 degrees slows the heart rate down, lessens the immediate need for more oxygen, and preserves the organs. Now the…

  • EMS Expo Product Review and Episode 193

    pmproducer
    15 Nov 2009 | 3:38 pm
    Welcome to Episode 193 The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Right Click here to download (Macs Ctrl Click) Subscribe with iTunes here! A podcast for EMTs, Paramedics, and other medical providers of all kinds. Get the Brand New Commercial Free Version of the MedicCast! Just $2 a month gets you enhanced podcasts, no commercials, and delivery via iTunes! Sign up now and get the first week free! —————————- Sponsored by the MedicCast Extra,and MedicCast Store Extra Content for MedicCast Listeners for less than $1 per…

  • Iraqi police learn from US Army medics

    Leanne Bell
    14 Nov 2009 | 8:04 pm
    It’s not often that positive news comes out of Iraq. So it’s refreshing to hear that medics from the 252nd Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team are teaching Iraqi federal police medical skills used to treat traumatic injuries. Part of the Iraqi Security Agreement, security forces in Baghdad are learning the skills they’ll need to stand on their own when the US forces eventually leave. Army medics have taught classes in assessment, stabilizing patients before transport, controlling bleeding and treating burns. “What we’re trying to get these…
 
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  • THEY CALL ME RED BAG

    Buckman
    19 Nov 2009 | 4:49 pm
    I was having gastronomical problems.  That may be putting it mildly.  It was actually quite horrific.  But to get through my shift on the ambulance I had developed a rhythm.  I would make a run, drop off the patient, and run to the restroom to take care of some business.  Make a run, drop off, restroom.  Make a run, drop off, restroom.  I went through about five or six cycles of this.  And then we got a bad run. The patient had end stage Alzheimer’s.  She was completely comatose and had a “do not resuscitate” order, but the nursing home staff was concerned about her breathing…

  • LACK OF SLEEP

    Buckman
    18 Nov 2009 | 2:45 am
    Lately this blog has been my cathartic dumping ground while I reconstruct my career, and this post will be no different.  The events that I am about to describe have haunted me for years.  I am almost 40 years old, and it is hard to change gears and start in a new direction.  This may be why I keep looking back to the past to try and categorize my feelings and thoughts.  When you are twenty-something years old the thought of doing something as self-absorbed as writing your memoirs seems conceded and absurd.  But, at my age, that’s not the case.  I don’t think what I have to say is…

  • BUICK VS. HOUSE

    Buckman
    13 Nov 2009 | 8:17 pm
    The turn proved to be too tight.  The huge divots in the lawn were proof of that.  At first big chunks of lawn were missing, as if a dog had spent all day looking for a lost bone.  Further into the grass the tires had found some purchase and bold muddy ruts were visible.  This is where the first and only casualty was found.  A garden gnome had been struck head-on.  He probably never saw it coming.  His remains lay strewn in the path of the automobile.  I followed the ruts further into through the grass towards the glowing headlights and the yelling. “What in the hell were you…

  • THE NIMROD MOVEMENT

    Buckman
    9 Nov 2009 | 9:52 pm
    Years ago I picked up an overtime shift in Denton, TX.  It was a vacation station.  Our company decided to have a presence in Denton, but the presence came before the contracts and crews mostly sat around doing nothing while our competitor ran all the calls.  Consequently it was the most coveted overtime shift in the company.  Who wouldn’t want to get paid for sleeping and playing video games? I had just gotten to work to find an abandoned station with three brand new trucks.  There was no equipment list, no stock room, no supervision, and no partner.  I called dispatch and said,…

  • SHOULD EMS INTERFERE WITH NATURAL SELECTION?

    Buckman
    9 Nov 2009 | 5:54 am
    “Ya’ll need to get out of my house.  I don’t need to go to the hospital.”  He was slurring his words and was obviously drunk.  “I will go see the V.A. tomorrow if I need to.” His right leg was snapped in half near the ankle.  Both the tibia and the fibula were broken and his boot was actually lying sideways on the carpet even though he was sitting on the couch with his leg perpendicular to the floor. “Sir, come on.  Your leg is obviously broken.  I am not joking when I am telling you that if you don’t have that treated today, they may have to cut that off and you will be…
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  • Don’t Forget To Ask The Patient

    Steve Whitehead
    18 Nov 2009 | 11:15 am
    Let the young know they will never find a more interesting, more instructive book than the patient himself. ~Giorgio Baglivi It was nearly two decades ago that I knelt on the floor before Sammy in the Santa Clara County Sheriffs booking facility. I remember him so vividly that it’s hard to believe so much time has passed. There was nothing exceptional about him. Handcuffed to the waiting area bench, he looked very much like you might expect a man high on drugs, being booked for petty larceny, might look. Sammy felt like his heart was racing and, given his drug history, the officer…

  • Test For Unconsciousness: The Sternal Rub

    Steve Whitehead
    17 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    Ahhh the embattled sternal rub. Revered, reviled … the sternal rub is the Ann Coulter of medical interventions. Abrasive, annoying, loved by many, hated by many more. The subject of the usefulness of the sternal rub is bound to cause controversy in any EMS forum. In other words … it’s a great subject for The Spot. Like many controversial assessments and treatments, the sternal rub (sometimes referred to as the sternum rub) got its bad-boy reputation more from its misuse than from its own shortcomings. Never-the-less, the technique does have its shortcomings. Like so many…

  • The Ultimate EMS Protocol

    Steve Whitehead
    14 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    I don’t handle the card much anymore. It stays inside a plastic sleeve in my planner. The edges are worn and the words are faded. It wasn’t printed on kind of paper that travels well in a wallet for twenty plus years. But it’s been worth carrying. It is, quite simply, the ultimate EMS protocol. I don’t read it often. I’ve read it enough times over the past two decades to have it pretty well memorized. It’s my STAR CARE card. I got it back when I was a paramedic student at Baystar Ambulance in San Mateo California. It was 1992. I always believed the original…

  • Back In The Day

    administrator
    12 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    A Guest Post By: Chris Framstead If you’ve worked in EMS anywhere near the Denver Metro area in the last 20 years you’re probably going to really like today’s offering by EMT Spot guest author Chris Framstead. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Chris for over a decade now and I’ve hounded him to put his fingers to the keys for The Spot. Chris is an uncomparable teacher and an insatiable student of all things EMS. Is his twenty year career he has been an EMT, a paramedic,  a firefighter, an EMS administrator, a chemical weapons and explosives specialist and a…

  • Regarding Determination

    administrator
    10 Nov 2009 | 4:00 am
    I get to work with a lot of goal oriented people. Sometimes it seems like everyone is working toward some goal. I like it. I wouldn’t want it any other way. But I must say, after 20 years of watching others work toward their goals, and living through my own personal victories and defeats, I’ve decided that determination is more important that intelligence. We give intelligence a lot of credit. Being smart is helpful, no doubt. And it gets you a lot of street creed. But as a predictor of success … it’s just not the deciding factor. We talk about talent but…
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  • Why am I not Suprised!

    medic8
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pm
    Obese SC man dies after 8 months in same recliner By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Writer Posted: Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 COLUMBIA, S.C. Authorities say a severely overweight South Carolina man sat down in his recliner in March and stayed there for eight months until shortly before his death this week. Greenwood County deputies say Tillmon Webb weighed about 800 pounds when he died Wednesday at a hospital a few hours after firefighters had to cut him from the chair. His wife says the 33-year-old former preacher didn’t move from his medical recliner at their home 70 miles west of…

  • Virginia

    medic8
    11 Nov 2009 | 2:19 pm
    Responders, I am off to the Virginia EMS Conference in Norfolk tomorrow.  If you plan on heading to the conference please stop by and say hi.  Be sure to tell your friends and co-workers.

  • Advanced Abdominal and Oblique Exercise

    medic8
    8 Nov 2009 | 5:31 pm
    Tagged: core, lateral plank, lateral stabilization, oblique

  • Step up!

    medic8
    8 Nov 2009 | 4:48 pm

  • Exercise of the week-Ball Plank

    medic8
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:50 am
    Responders this weeks exercise is a great abdominal, spine, glute and core co-contraction movement.  The stability ball plank.  Position yourself as shown, lock your knees, chin tucked and back flat/neutral.  ONLY hold the position as long as you can keep your glutes squeezed.  Do not let your heels roll in and don not shrug!  Do 3 to 5 times.  If ya are the stud roll to ball away a few inches. Tagged: abdominal, ball plank, brace, core, plank, spine stabilization
 
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  • Grand Rounds Vol 6. No. 7

    Emily
    10 Nov 2009 | 3:02 am
    Hello and welcome to this edition of Grand Rounds! As I contemplated the possibilities for a cheeky theme and racked my brains for something pithy or unique, my thoughts consistently fell on the fact that tomorrow is Veterans Day in the United States. Veterans Day is simply a day off for some. For others it is a day in which we take the opportunity to show those, who sacrificed greatly for the freedoms we enjoy, appreciation. Tomb of the Unknowns Arlington National Cemetery Photo Credit: Emily McGee What does this have to do with an international edition of a medical carnival? Without Freedom…

  • Grand Rounds & Change of Shift Host—Yes Both!

    Emily
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:07 pm
    He all, I am indeed hosting Grand Rounds on 10 November and Change of Shift of 12 November! So please, get me your submissions ASAP….and help a girl out? Please put the corresponding Carnival in the subject line! Submit to me— emily at crzegrl dot net Will let you know deadlines soon!

  • Grand Rounds & Change of Shift Host—Yes Both!

    Emily
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:07 pm
    He all, I am indeed hosting Grand Rounds on 10 November and Change of Shift of 12 November! So please, get me your submissions ASAP….and help a girl out? Please put the corresponding Carnival in the subject line! Submit to me— emily at crzegrl dot net Will let you know deadlines soon!

  • I am sick of pink

    Emily
    30 Oct 2009 | 5:41 pm
    I am sick of pink. Pink runs, pink toothpaste packages, pink yogurt. I am sick of pink articles, pink signs, pink nail polish. Every time I see pink it reminds me that my mom has cancer. It reminds me that the first time an “expert” saw her breast mass two years ago they said it was nothing. You bastard. You fucker. You may have taken my mother away from me. If you would have done your job she may not be going through chemo. She may have had no lymph node involvement. 22 TWENTY-TWO LYMPH NODES EVERY FUCKING ONE You should wake up for the rest of your life and explain to her…

  • Becoming a Flight Nurse Update

    Emily
    30 Oct 2009 | 11:07 am
    Many, MANY of you have sent me emails and posted comments asking for more information about becoming a flight nurse. I have read every single one of them, and have realized how important it is for me to finish my “Becoming a Flight Nurse” venture.  Your questions are adding a new level of depth to the content, so please keep asking!  I promise it will not be for naught. As I keep plugging away at that part of my blog, and resume a more regular blogging schedule, (if ever I had one), please be patient as I work to respond. If you are interested in getting email updates from me…
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    Rogue Medic

  • Emergency Medical Services Intervals and Survival in Trauma - Assessment of the “Golden Hour”

    Rogue Medic
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:52 am
    There is a very important paper due to be published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.[1] I expect that there will be a lot of criticism of this paper. There will be many reasons for being cautious in implementing the suggestions of the authors, but bad research is not one of them. One of the difficult things about this paper is that the authors are very good about identifying potential confounding influences. They explain that there are many factors that may have affected the results. They are thorough in pointing out the many different ways they analyzed the data to try to minimize any…

  • Zero Tolerance For Bad Behavior

    Rogue Medic
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:33 pm
    TJC/JCAHO (The Joint Commission/the Joint Commission for Accrediting Healthcare Organizations) decided that it would expand its influence in hospitals. While the problem they address is real, their solutions are as unrealistic as ever.According to this study, their results may match their logic - negligible. Or were things that much worse before JCAHO/TJC became involved? It is hard to believe that anything improves with them. Maybe they justify their behavior with the myth that in spite of being a mass murderer, at least Hitler Mussolini made the trains run on time.[1] The survey comes…

  • Going Against The Conventional Ignorance - I

    Rogue Medic
    17 Nov 2009 | 4:03 am
    This is about an example of decision making in sports. No, I am not going to start commenting on sports regularly, besides the EMS relevance is in here, just farther down. I have not followed football since the 70's. However, there is a lot of criticism of Sunday's decision by Bill Belichick, coach of the New England Patriots, to go against what everybody knows and attempt to advance 2 yards and keep his team on offense. One point about this is that punting the ball, in an attempt to give the opposing team worse field position, is really a defensive move. It is playing to avoid being beaten,…

  • Toxicology Conundrum #022 - Life in the Fast Lane

    Rogue Medic
    14 Nov 2009 | 4:20 pm
    Life in the Fast Lane is a blog by a bunch of Australian doctors. They give an interesting rationale for creating their blog - Life in the Fast Lane was born out of an intense desire to procrastinate..Our team was born out of passionate (and usually unresolved) debate pertaining to the elements of eLearning; medical education; medical history; political ambiguity; information sharing; the open source era and the ethos of web 2.0.How can you not love that approach? They do an excellent job of providing clear useful information. One of the more difficult areas to teach is toxicology, but it is…

  • An Apt Metaphor

    Rogue Medic
    14 Nov 2009 | 4:44 am
    At Life under the Lights there is a very nice example of a difference between teaching methods. On the one hand, and it turns out to be a dirty hand in this metaphor, is training. Training is all that the supporters of cross-training think EMS needs. On the other hand is education. Education is something that prepares you to understand metaphor.Education vs Training: The “Professional Ambulance Cleaner”Imagine if you will this hypothetical scenario:As I stated - very nice..By Rogue Medic
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  • Is There An Optimal Way To Get Effective CPR Training To Large Groups Of People?

    Admin
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:10 am
    There is a curious post on ems1.com’s web page today.  It relates a story about a record setting effort by a group of 8th graders in Texas. http://www.ems1.com/ems-products/cpr/articles/605748-Texas-youths-set-record-for-worlds-largest-CPR-training-class/ No it was not a pie eating contest or sporting event.  Apparently they were certified by the Guinness folks for holding the world’s largest CPR class – 4626 students. “As expected with thousands of junior high students, there was plenty of goofing around during the lesson. Giggling was common when they first gave…

  • Thoughts and Tips Regarding the Risk of H1N1

    Admin
    11 Nov 2009 | 12:48 pm
    It is difficult to know how to respond to H1N1.  Last spring schools were closing with the first whiff of a possible infection.  Now, kids who are sick are segregated until they can be sent home.  Schools are unlikely to be closed unless the numbers of absentees are large enough to prevent normal function or vulnerable populations are put at risk. Based on research, plain surgical masks were felt to afford insufficient protection compared to the more expensive, fitted, N95 mask.  This week, the result of an important N95 vs plain mask study is being questioned because of the methodology…

  • Q: Is There a Standard in Wilderness Medicine Training?

    Admin
    4 Nov 2009 | 7:41 pm
    Is there a standard in wilderness medicine training? Authors of an editorial and article that appeared in the Wilderness and Environmental Medicine Journal earlier this year (Vol 20, 106 and 113-117) argued that there is no standard in wilderness medicine training for outdoor educators.  In addition, they suggested that organizations offering this training have curricula that are not evidenced-based and are quite possibly irrelevant to the true needs of their intended audiences.  They characterized these training organizations as fractious and secretive (my selection of words).  These…

  • Where’s the Man?: Maputo, Mozambique

    Admin
    4 Nov 2009 | 2:40 pm
    These photos are from the beach and fruit stand near my current place of residence in Maputo, Mozambique.  A few weeks ago I got to put my first aid skills to use on this very beach — tending to a deep cut on my own foot!  Fortunately, I had everything I needed to clean the wound… including, somehow, the patience to pick out every last grain of sand. -Rachel Mason (WAFA Monteverde 2009) Click on the pictures for a larger image. Don’t forget! At the end of the year, we will select the 3 best submissions. The winners will receive $100 cash prize.  Send in a picture of yourself…

  • Avalanche POV video clip

    Admin
    3 Nov 2009 | 6:03 pm
    Click here to view the Avalanche POV video clip. I viewed the link below this PM and am still shaking my head. The introduction to this clip notes: “This is simply a very sobering and unbelievable video. However, you should take away from this video all the positive things that you can learn from it. Yes there are risks to the backcountry – but with proper gear, training, and guide(s) with avalanche and EMT training – you can greatly lower your chances of getting caught in an avalanche in the first place … and coming back alive if you ever were to get caught in a…
 
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    The Paramedic's Diary

  • Ghost hospital

    Xf
    15 Nov 2009 | 5:18 am
    Night shift: Eight calls; two false alarms; one by car; the rest by ambulance.Stats: 2 Head injuries; 1 ?PE; 1 ?Allergic reaction; 1 Sleeping non-fitter; 1 Homeless sleeper; 1 eTOH with fracture; 1 Abdo pain.Radio communication is still leaving me in awkward and dangerous situations and being solo without a voice at the end of a call is beginning to look like a rotten option. My first call highlighted, once again, that our new all-bells-and-whistles radio system may not be as good as we are told because I found myself crouched down next to a semi-conscious man who’d sustained a head injury…

  • Cats and dogs

    Xf
    14 Nov 2009 | 4:57 am
    Night shift: Nine calls; one treated on scene; two assisted-only; two by car and four by ambulance.Stats: 1 Palpitations; 1 Lacerated ear; 1 Drug o/d; 1 Head injury; 3 eTOH; 1 Hypoglycaemic; 1 Assault.I wish the rain would stop for a minute. It's relentless and could fill a fireman’s helmet in seconds (I know L and S will appreciate that one) :-)The first call was given as ‘chest pain’ but the 59 year-old man in the hostel for whom I’d been called denied this when I arrived. A crew was on scene and one of them knew the man well enough to tell me that he is a regular caller. Tonight he…

  • Damage control

    Xf
    13 Nov 2009 | 4:31 am
    One lucky driver...Night shift: Eight calls; one gone before arrival; one assisted-only; one by car and the rest by ambulance.Stats: 1 RTC with invisible patient; 1 Cut wrist; 1 Faint; 1 ? # ankle; 1 eTOH; 1 DIB; 1 DOAB; 1 RTC. None of us appreciate being dragged four miles on blue lights to a RTC where the patient has decided he would rather just go home and not bother to inform us of his change of heart. Luckily, I was the only one assigned and I was able to cancel the ambulance (not that one had even been sent yet) and thus avoid even more waste of resources. The driver who’d hit the…

  • Street Medic - second print

    Xf
    12 Nov 2009 | 5:08 am
    The reprinted version of 'The Street Medic's Survival Guide' is now available through SP Services and my usual stockists. There were a few minor quality faults that I felt the need to redress, so I have worked on them and replaced every single stock copy of the book with a new, improved version!FaultsThe text was printed too close to the margins of the pages, making it difficult to read without breaking the spine, so I have increased the margin slightly. Unfortunately, increasing the margin increases the page number and I am reluctant to send more trees to their deaths for the sake of a minor…

  • Fits and faints

    Xf
    10 Nov 2009 | 5:55 am
    Day shift: Four calls; one taken by car; one assisted-only and two by ambulance.Stats: 1 EP fit; 1 Abdo pain; 1 Faint; 1 eTOH fit.The whole of the morning disappeared in a flash as I ran around getting my comms sorted out and waiting for a patient. Then as lunch time crept in, I was sent to a 40 year-old man who was fitting in a cafe. He was post ictal and recovering slowly when I arrived; he made no sense yet but I managed to confirm with him that he was epileptic.The lady running the cafe said he’d fitted for 15 minutes but I found that unlikely – two of the customers said that he’d…
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    Peel Paramedics: Saving Lives with Peel EMS

  • G&G EMS Electronics Sale - Nov 29

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:33 am
    911 SAle! - sunday nov. 29th - 11 to 4pm To give appreciation to the hard working emergency responce professions, G&G is inviting all Firefighters, Police, and EMS of the GTA & surrounding areas for the annual 911 sale to take place on Sunday November 29th from 11am to 4pm. THE STORE WILL OTHERWISE BE CLOSED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.  http://www.ggelectronics.com/component/content/article/115-911-sale-fire-fighters-ambulance-a-police-only

  • Paramedic gets kudos from Governor General - Brampton Guardian

    14 Nov 2009 | 1:03 am
    Paramedic gets kudos from Governor GeneralBrampton GuardianRegional councillors have tipped their caps to a Peel paramedic who recently received a national exemplary service medal. Peel Paramedic John Thompson was Read Full Article

  • OPSEU Brokers Deal for Full Time Napanee Paramedics

    12 Nov 2009 | 11:04 am
    Lennox & Addington County Council and OPSEU have come to an agreement which will see an end to volunteer ambulance staff in Denbigh and Northbrook and will cost an additional $1 million dollars per year by 2014. The move was sparked by an review of the County's ambulance service conducted in 2008 by IBI Group, an independent consultant. The IBI Group report identified "operational challenges unique to L&A's ambulance service," including the "use of a relatively large number of volunteers, separate collective agreements governing the southern paramedic and northern volunteer divisions…

  • Walkom: Recession's next victim will be public sector - TorStar

    7 Nov 2009 | 10:49 am
    Governments used the recession of the '80s to curb wages. They used the recession of the '90s to gut social programs. The theme of this recession promises to be a concerted assault against unions. Not that there are many left to assail. In Canada, just 17 per cent of private sector workers belong to trade unions. In the U.S., the proportion is even smaller. But two bastions remain. The first includes those, like the Canadian Auto Workers, that operate in industries where individual firms historically have wielded unusual market power. The second, and more important, is the unionized public…

  • Peel Paramedics seek donations for fundraiser - Brampton Guardian

    19 Oct 2009 | 4:05 am
    Peel Paramedics seek donations for fundraiser Brampton GuardianPeel Regional Paramedic Services has participated in fundraising in the community for over five years. This year, it is looking to help one its our own. Read More of the Article
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    Google News: Paramedics

  • Privacy boss wary about cops, paramedics sharing info - Edmonton Sun

    21 Nov 2009 | 3:25 am
    Privacy boss wary about cops, paramedics sharing infoEdmonton SunAlberta's privacy watchdog wants to send legislation that allows information sharing between cops and paramedics back to the New law worries privacy bossCalgary SunBill dealing with police/EMS sparks privacy concernsCHQRFull disclosure bill causes stirCBC.caall 8 news articles »

  • Medical helicopter crew remembered as selfless heroes - Reno Gazette Journal

    21 Nov 2009 | 1:40 am
    Medical helicopter crew remembered as selfless heroesReno Gazette JournalMore than 1000 people, including paramedics and firefighters from across Northern California and Northern Nevada, packed the Mountain Lifeflight hangar at and more »

  • Fifteen disabled people inured in crash - Independent Online

    21 Nov 2009 | 1:29 am
    Fifteen disabled people inured in crashIndependent OnlineFifteen disabled people were injured, two seriously, in an accident in Bethlehem on Saturday morning, Free State paramedics said. and more »

  • Chair horror of 60st man - Mirror.co.uk

    20 Nov 2009 | 10:40 pm
    The SunChair horror of 60st manMirror.co.ukParamedics found Tillmon Webb, 33, covered in sores and physically stuck to the seat amid "a very bad odour". His wife Ada told police he had stayed in Obese SC man dies after 8 months in home reclinerThe Associated PressStuck in Recliner 8 Months, Man DiesShortNews.comTILLMON WEBBWeekly World News (satire)ABC Online -LALATE (blog) -Associated Contentall 404 news articles »

  • Paramedic: Cops abuse law to detain people - Minneapolis Star Tribune

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:59 pm
    Paramedic: Cops abuse law to detain peopleMinneapolis Star TribuneA veteran paramedic sued his employer and Brooklyn Center Police Department on Thursday, alleging they have routinely abused a state law that allows police
 
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    Pedro the Paramedic

  • What Was That?

    16 Nov 2009 | 2:52 pm
    Could this be part of the reason no one yields right for your ambulance?Flea market hauler- complete with decals- or outlines of decals, side and rear emergency lights, and the mount for the front light bar.

  • Amazing Emergency Medical Break Through Revealed

    4 Nov 2009 | 9:23 pm
    Long time big city paramedic Pedro the Paramedic reveals an amazing break through in emergency medicine, that could save you time, money and anguish the next time you contemplate a visit to the emergency room.Folks, I need you all to sit down. NOW! What I am about to reveal to you will change forever your view of medicine in the modern world.Let's take a moment- there are still some stragglers who have yet to sit down... Believe me- THIS-WILL-ROCK YOUR WORLD. Ok, I can't hold it in any longer. Ka- boom! You will be amazed, astonished, gob smacked to learn that not every medical problem needs…

  • Who Says You Can't Ride A Bike In The City?

    31 Oct 2009 | 12:08 pm

  • How 'bout This One Boys and Girls...

    28 Oct 2009 | 9:42 pm
    This story is true. I reluctantly changed the names to protect the knuckleheads involved. One of the ambulances from my station was dispatched for an “unresponsive male, possible overdose. Police and family on scene.” The crew arrived and found a male in his 30s, obviously and irretrievably dead. The family members who had congregated were extremely upset and angry- presumably angry that their loved one had taken an overdose of heroin and angry that the crew would make no effort to revive him. By all accounts it was a very ugly scene. Tragic certainly- but it soon would have been just…

  • Pedro on System Abusers

    21 Oct 2009 | 9:07 pm
    The bottom line is- sometimes the EMS system abuser gets you, and sometimes, rarely- you get the system abuser.Later in your EMS management course of study we will delve further into the world of the system abuser but for now let's just say this- EMS or 911 system abusers come in all shapes and sizes of motivations. Some need attention, some view EMS as part of a city wide rapid transit network, they're drug seekers, on and on and on...Sometimes, the abusers come from inside the system. Hmmm...So it's a busy Wednesday in the City, when you are dispatched via the County wide 911 emergency…
 
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    Random Acts Of Reality

  • Mr And Mrs Sundin

    Reynolds
    15 Nov 2009 | 1:14 pm
    A couple of days at work and then two days off where my brain refused to get out of idle means that I've seriously fallen behind schedule for NaNoWriMo. If I don't have the chance to get going then I'm unlikely to 'win'. Still, even if I don't finish the 50,000 words by the end of November, I'm still planning on finishing this thing. What I do with it once it's written may be something... interesting. It would seem that Judith’s lead has paid off, she’s leading be down some cobbled Swedish backstreets to a bar where I’m to meet a family that is dodging their responsibility to the…

  • Sweden

    Reynolds
    13 Nov 2009 | 2:32 am
    Sweden has long been held as a perfect example of socialised healthcare, that and the UK. I went there to find out how Sweden coped with the first outbreaks of CLBD-7 I’m speaking with a Doctor Anders Kask in a beautiful park. Judith meanwhile is next to some trees aggressively smoking a cigarette while watching some young men play football. She’s got her back to me and I think it’s the first time she hasn’t had her eyes on me. I swear she waits outside the toilet for me to finish, eyeballing the other patrons to see if they are international assassins. I ask Dr. Kask how the…

  • Two Rumours

    Reynolds
    12 Nov 2009 | 4:13 am
    A short break from the NaNoWriMo posts so that I can tell you about two rumours that I've heard. Note that these are rumours, if I had the time/energy/inclination I'd check them out to see if they are true, instead I'm just relying on the trust I have in the person who told me them. If anyone knows if these rumours are untrue, feel free to let me know.* Rumour number one is that a man from the Department of Health visited the ambulance service recently and told people that the moment the government changes (i.e Britain has a collective brain fart and a memory wipe of the last tory government…

  • A Written Statement

    Reynolds
    10 Nov 2009 | 7:19 pm
    I really need to get hold of a proper written statement so that I can make sure the format and language is more realistic, rather than sounding like one of my statements to a coroners court. What this hopefully shows is that the story is not going to be all first person/interviews. Personal report of Cpt. P. Almert, Bureau des Impôts 12th March 2011. On the date in question I was commanding an armed fire-team at Jersey Airport. Our duties for that day were to provide a rapid response to any situation that required a less than lethal/lethal response. I was initially informed of the incident…

  • Jersey

    Reynolds
    10 Nov 2009 | 1:38 am
    Once more I find that I'll be checking some research when I come round to editing this. Right now I'm struggling with SAD. Where I was on schedule two days ago I'm now dropping behind because I'm self-medicating on World of Warcraft which is the only thing that'll get me out of bed at the moment. Maybe I'll get a chunk done later today. I got to Gatwick airport for our flight to Jersey with plenty of time, despite my luggage (one carry on and one booked suitcase, plus several pockets full of gadgets) weighing a ton. Judith was waiting for me through security sipping an over priced coffee. Our…
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    EMS Advocacy

  • Fight for equal benefits for ALL EMS practitioners!

    17 Nov 2009 | 10:31 am
    NAEMTQuestion: If you died in the line of duty, would your family receive a federal benefit? Answer: Only if you work for a governmental entity. NAEMT believes that ALL EMS practitioners who die in the line of duty deserve the same benefits. Don't you agree?Congress established the Public Safety Officer Benefit (PSOB) program to provide a one-time financial benefit to eligible survivors of governmental ...

  • Ark. trauma system still on track despite budget cutback

    15 Nov 2009 | 12:04 am
    A $1.2 million cut to the $25 million budget won't interfere with getting the system in place

  • Mo. ambulance district sued for union-only labor agreements

    10 Nov 2009 | 7:51 am
    By Sarah Wienke Missouri Lawyers MediaST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. — The St. Charles County Ambulance District is one of two public entities being sued for allegedly violating a Missouri law that prohibits union-only project labor agreements.The Heart of America Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors and St. Louis-based Raineri Construction filed suit in Cole County Circuit Court against ...

  • Wis. legislation protects volunteer responders

    9 Nov 2009 | 9:08 am
    By Rick Benedict The Daily ReporterMILWAUKEE, Wis. — A poorly timed fire nearly cost Ryan Peterson his day job as an apprentice plumber."I got called to a fire at about 5 a.m. up near Arlington," said Peterson, a volunteer firefighter. "Usually I'm getting up and ready for work at about 5:30, but this was a little earlier. I had to run out and didn't grab my cell phone. "Peterson ...

  • Striking Canadian paramedics ordered back to work

    8 Nov 2009 | 7:41 am
    CBC NewsBRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada — After a night-long session of the legislature, the provincial government has passed legislation forcing B.C.'s striking ambulance paramedics back to work.After nearly 13 hours, Bill 21 passed early Saturday morning, forcing a new contract on ambulance paramedics, who have been on strike since April.Union leaders representing B.C.'s paramedics called it a sad ...
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    EMS Daily News

  • Spencer man arrested for EMS building burglary

    wyoskibum
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:57 am
    SPARTA, TN – Sparta police charged Tony Jason Sullivan, 33, of Spencer, with burglary, on Nov. 16, after he was found inside an ambulance parked at White County Emergency Medical Services building. According to Police Chief Jeff Guth, Officer Brent Copeland was dispatched at approximately 1:18 p.m., to the EMS building on Medic Drive, about a burglary in progress. Guth stated an employee of the ambulance service saw a person inside one of the ambulances, sitting on a cot facing a narcotics box wearing a surgical mask. Sullivan was reportedly unable to supply an adequate answer to why he…

  • Ambulance en route to school-bus accident is involved in crash

    wyoskibum
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:54 am
    ROCHESTER, MN – An accident involving an ambulance headed to another crash site sent two people to the hospital this evening. The accident happened shortly after 5 p.m. when a Gold Cross Ambulance was responding to a crash in north Rochester. According to Rochester Police Sgt. Jim Evenson, the ambulance was traveling westbound on Second Street Southwest when it collided with a car headed northbound on Third Avenue Southwest. The ambulance and car then crashed into two vehicles in the eastbound lane of Second Street. Evenson said firefighters had to extricate two injured victims —…

  • Woman pleads guilty, stole from ambulance service

    wyoskibum
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:52 am
    DEER LODGE, MT – A 31-year-old Deer Lodge woman has pleaded guilty to forgery for stealing about $160,000 from the Powell County Ambulance Service while she worked as treasurer. Michelle Boese pleaded guilty Tuesday before District Judge Ray Dayton. As part of the plea agreement, an embezzlement charge will be dropped. A sentencing date has not been set. Boese was accused of forging checks totaling nearly $157,000 and charging $3,700 worth of gasoline to the ambulance company’s fuel account. Boese was treasurer for the ambulance service from December 2007 to September 2009. SOURCE…

  • Cape Girardeau ambulance involved in hit & run

    wyoskibum
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:31 am
    CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO  – An ambulance crew finds themselves in the middle of a hit and run crash. It happened around 3 a.m. Sunday in 2000 block of New Madrid Street in Cape Girardeau. “I couldn’t believe it. Who’d actually hit an ambulance and then take off? I didn’t see that happening,” said Taylor Busch who lives across from where the crash happened. He might not believe it, but video and sound from an ambulance camera gives you an idea of how it all took place. “If it had occurred 30 seconds later, the ambulance crew would have been at the back…

  • The Garfield County ambulance service saga continues

    wyoskibum
    19 Nov 2009 | 7:29 am
    GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Emergency management officials are continuing to hammer out the details for providing an emergency ambulance system for the area around Silt and New Castle next year. In fact, officials are working on two new ambulance services, created to fill an impending vacuum with the demise of West Care, the area’s existing ambulance service. One service, operated by the Burning Mountains fire district, will handle 911 calls to get the injured or the ill to the hospital. Another, private service has been approached to take patients from one hospital to another,…
 
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    Medic999

  • Kids….. Not always a horror story!

    medicblog999
    29 Oct 2009 | 4:00 pm
    Ben Yatzbaz asks us to think about kids for this months edition of ‘The ‘Handover’, which will be published at his blog ‘The Insomniacs Guide to Ambulances’ on Friday, 30th October Whenever a new theme comes up, I always find myself stumbling around for a few weeks trying to remember jobs that would fit with what the host for this months edition wants. Sometimes, I write something Im proud of and sometimes I struggle to find inspiration for that particular topic. If you have been reading this blog for more than the last couple of months, you will know that I have…

  • I HAVE NOW MOVED!!

    medicblog999
    15 Oct 2009 | 1:16 pm
    Right guys, my new home is now open for visiting… No further posts will be published on this blogsite. To keep reading my blitherings you will need to go to : www.999medic.com For my readers, please update your bookmarks/favourites/rss feeds/bloglines etc etc to point to the new address. For my blog buddies, please update your blog rolls to link to the new address. Thank you for making this blog into far more than I could ever have hoped for, over 100,000 hits since January….Now my new site has a count of 0 !! Please come over and have a look and let me know what you think of it!

  • Learning how to do it?

    medicblog999
    14 Oct 2009 | 2:52 pm
    I have been reading through some of my favourite blogs again tonight (as I do every day!!!), when I came across the latest post from ‘Not Trained but we try Hard’. In this post, FireCap5 shares with us his experience at this years Memorial Weekend. Now, I dont know a whole lot of what this is all about, but looking at the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation web site, brings it all home. What an amazing thing to do for the families of those who have lost loved ones whilst they were performing their duties. I dont know if there is a similar thing for Paramedics and EMTs who are…

  • A Monumental Comment!

    medicblog999
    14 Oct 2009 | 12:16 pm
    Quick folks, go back to the ‘Blogger Meet up’ Post from yesterday and check out the first comment! The previously fully annonymous Happy Medic is starting to come out from behind his mask. Read his comment and you can finally know where he is the U.S and where I am going to be working in a little over 3 weeks! I dont know, next think we all know, he will be putting up a photo of himself and telling us all his real name!!!

  • Blogger Meet Up

    medicblog999
    13 Oct 2009 | 3:17 pm
    Well its really starting to get close to the culmination of 9 months of planning… I will be heading off to Happy Medics neck of the woods in 3.5 weeks to witness first hand, the life of an American Fire Fighter Paramedic. Its going to be an amazing trip which I still can’t really believe that I am going on. Happy Medic is coming back to wonderful sunny overcast, rainy and cold Newcastle on the 19th November, to see how the NHS Ambulance service differs from his own Service back home in the States. As part of his time over here, we are organising a night out in Newcastle to have a…
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    Rescuing Providence

  • Hard Landing

    admin
    18 Nov 2009 | 6:48 am
    My friend, Ryan is twenty-three. He’s been a Providence Firefighter for about a year. When Adam left the rescue for Engine 7 on North Main Street, Ryan took over. We had only worked together for a month or so when I injured my back, but in that short span of time I learned we have a lot in common; love for the job, compassion for our patients and the desire to do the best job we can. Two days ago, a man ripped off his seat-belt and slammed his car into a bridge abutment as his girlfriend sat in the passenger seat. We will probably never know what caused him to do it, only that he did.

  • Healing

    admin
    16 Nov 2009 | 1:08 pm
    Funny thing about back problems; everybody seems to have one. Whenever I tell somebody I’m recuperating from a back injury I get the usual, “don’t I know it, my back KILLS!” In all fairness, I’m guilty of the same, whenever somebody tells me about their aching back I’m the first to chime in with “you don’t know the half of it!” So, anyway, while my back continues to improve I’ve been keeping busy, I actually have no idea how I ever found time to work. I do have to do things more slowly and actually think before I move, or a big…

  • Authority

    admin
    13 Nov 2009 | 7:31 am
    I found myself in the hot seat at Brown University last night, answering questions from students considering a career in medicine. One of the students, Brita Larson invited me to talk with the class in an informal setting about my opinions and experience with emergency medical services. Considering I am my favorite subject I couldn’t refuse. The students were great and seemed genuinely interested in what I had to say. I’ve been writing my thoughts and opinions for so long it was a welcome change to talk with people and be able to immediately see their reactions to what I had to…

  • Veterans Day 2009

    admin
    11 Nov 2009 | 8:08 am
    The “holiday” began as a commemoration marking the end of World War I. When the War to End all Wars failed to do so, Armistice Day turned into Veterans Day. There will forever be people whose path leads them to be protectors. As I write this, many are in harms way, hot, tired and longing for home. Some may be wounded or losing their life by the time you read this. Too many already have. Thank you, Veterans, for your service. Make sure you thank a Veteran today.

  • The British are Here!

    admin
    9 Nov 2009 | 6:15 am
    Two of the coolest people in the blogosphere, The Happy Medic and Medic 999 have been talking for months about a cross continent meeting of EMS providers. Both of these guys take this job seriously, but also have a lot of fun along the way. They are working hard on this project of theirs. It is something everybody involved in pre-hospital care will benefit from. They have graciously gone to great lengths to make sure we can all follow along. Facebook, Twitter and all those media forms I know nothing about are up and rolling. Don’t waste time here, follow the links, that is where the…
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  • J&B publishes new Fire Service Pump Operator text

    Brian Rooney
    20 Nov 2009 | 9:19 am
    J&B is pleased to announce the publication of Fire Service Pump Operator: Principles and Practice, a new textbook based on the 2009 Edition of NFPA 1002, Standard for Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator Professional Qualifications.The textbook provides a thorough understanding of the types of fire apparatus equipped with pumps, how to safely drive them, and how to properly maintain these vehicles through inspection and testing programs. Readers will also learn how to operate fire pumps by gaining an understanding of water supply, nozzles and flow rates, optimal positioning, and…

  • Responders Recall Sniper Killings

    Alisha Weisman
    10 Nov 2009 | 1:47 pm
    BY SAMARA MARTIN EWINGCourtesy of WUSA-TV WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Convicted sniper, John Allen Muhammad, is scheduled to be executed Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 9pm. He was convicted 6 years ago in the death of Dean Harold Meyers. Meyers, who lived in Gaithersburg, was killed in Manassas at a Sunoco gas station. Muhammad, along with his then teenage accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, killed 10 people during October, 2002. Six of the victims were in Montgomery County. 9NEWS NOW digital correspondent Dave Statter talks with the people on the front lines during the initial calls for help and brings us…

  • IAFC and IAFF continue to support fire-based EMS

    Brian Rooney
    3 Nov 2009 | 7:11 am
    An article appearing on the International Association of Fire Chiefs’ (IAFC) website states that the IAFC and the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) have reaffirmed their support for fire service-based emergency medical service and urged public officials to support all efforts to broaden emergency medical care and ambulance transport by the fire service to better protect the public.This joint position of the IAFC and IAFF suggests that the fire service-based EMS model is best-suited for the rapid delivery of emergency medical services because the fire service is…

  • AAOS Launches ATT Web Site and Announces 2010 Rollouts

    Alisha Weisman
    29 Oct 2009 | 1:25 pm
    The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) recently launched a new international continuing education curriculum - Advanced Assessment and Treatment of Trauma (ATT). The companion site for this exciting new course, http://www.ATTrauma.com/, is now live. ATT is the state-of-the-art prehospital trauma assessment and management course. Based on the latest medical information and best practices, this concise and highly interactive continuing education course presents the critical knowledge and skills necessary to rapidly evaluate, stabilize, and transport trauma patients. At…

  • Visit the Emergency Care and Safety Institute at NSC Congress Booth 2946 and enter to win a $200 American Express® Gift Card!

    Brian Rooney
    23 Oct 2009 | 10:20 am
    Swipe your NSC Congress attendee badge or leave your business card at ECSI’s booth and you will be entered into a drawing to win a $200 American Express® Gift Card! The lucky winner will be notified on Monday, November 2, 2009.Additionally, if you sign up to become a new ECSI Educational Center at the NSC Congress, they’ll apply a 50% discount to your first order placed before 12/15/2009! This applies to student manuals, instructor resources, and complete teaching packages.  There is no cost to join and the entire sign-up process takes just a few minutes.Jones &…
 
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  • LODD

    medicTHREE
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:45 pm
    You may have heard about this already, but I’ll repost it for your information: Pilot James Bradshaw Age: 39 Date of Death: November 14, 2009 Date of Funeral: TBA Agency: Mountain Lifeflight, Susanville, CA Cause of Death: Aero-medical aviation accident Flight Nurse Clinton Reger Age: 40 Date of Death: November 14, 2009 Date of Funeral: TBA Agency: Mountain Lifeflight, Susanville, CA Cause of Death: Aero-medical aviation accident Flight Paramedic Christopher Ritz Age: 37 Date of Death: November 14, 2009 Date of Funeral: TBA Agency: Mountain Lifeflight, Susanville, CA Cause of Death:…

  • Life…

    medicTHREE
    10 Nov 2009 | 2:22 pm
    Is what happens when you’re making plans. So the saying goes, anyways. First I’d like to apologize for the lack of EMS posts lately. The combination of life, my dorky techy self playing with my new Droid, and everything else, I haven’t really found a lot of steam for new posts. I’m trying though. I’m really trying to find my identity in EMS, life and all that jazz. I love my job, but the pay just isn’t there. I’m not running away anytime soon, but my wife and I are throwing around some ideas about my professional future.  There are a few solid…

  • Motorola Droid Review

    medicTHREE
    9 Nov 2009 | 6:12 am
    Since I’ve had my Motorola Droid from Verizon Wireless since Friday morning, I think it is time for me to give an in depth review of what I think is possibly the best smartphone to come to Verizon Wireless ever, if not the best SmartPhone on the market. Disclaimer/Background/whathaveyou: I have been using smartphones since 2004, starting with the Palm Treo 600, Treo 650, then the HTC XV6700, followed by the BlackBerry Curve 8330 and the BlackBerry Storm 9530. I like to think of myself as a little bit tech minded, but I am by no means an expert. I do look for advanced features in a…

  • Motorola Droid

    medicTHREE
    8 Nov 2009 | 8:05 am
    Loving(and posting from now) my Droid. Expect a full review soon!

  • Test post

    medicTHREE
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:01 am
    From my brand new Motorola Droid running android 2.0! Loving it!
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  • Chronicles of EMS | EMS Professional Magazine

    jimH
    15 Nov 2009 | 6:06 am
    The current issue of Authorized Transmissions is available. This month I am trying out a live online version that will showin your browser and give you live links to click on.  This month I have showcased several new EMS resources EMS Professional Magazine Chronicles of EMS Boot Camp # 6 Plus much more. Take a look below - We’re sorry, your browser doesn’t support IFrames. You can still visit this item., however.

  • NBC Trauma Series. Seeing The Little Things.

    jimH
    6 Oct 2009 | 8:46 am
    OK, well week two of the NBC series Trauma doesn’t have me DVR’ing it just yet. But I am not quite ready to give up on it. While I am in agreement on many of the criticisms being circulated online by EMS professionals far and wide. I try and look for small things that may shed a positive light on EMS. I must admit that the second episode was a fraction better as far as patient care and some of the one liners go. But I think we have to realize that it just is not going to be what we actually do out there in the field. We won’t be looking into a mirror on this show. The last…

  • Turbo Medic On Demand Is Live

    jimH
    6 Oct 2009 | 7:11 am
    Paramedics and EMT’s finally can get their hands on the new continuity service program Turbo Medic On Demand. This EMS study and training resource is for any EMS professional who is in training, refreshing or even just wanting to master EMS knowledge and be a better paramedic or EMT in the field. I did a short video on Turbo Medic On Damand and also posted some great audio testimonials from BETA users over at http://ems-safety.com/turbo.htm

  • Uncovering The Autonomic Nervous System

    jimH
    6 Oct 2009 | 7:06 am
    The upcoming Boot Camp session on the Autonomic Nervous System is really filling up with attendees. I am excited about this session. The guest speaker Buck Feris from EMSEducast.com promises to really make it so you can master this topic. Attendance is free but you can also get your hands on a bunch of add ons and the post session recorded version for a nominal fee. Take a look at the session details and register today. http://emsbootcamp.com

  • Who Is Paying For Your EMS Continuing Education?

    jimH
    29 Sep 2009 | 6:58 am
    This live call in radio show was aired 9/28 and I discussed CE in EMS. Who pays for it, who should be paying and how paramedics and EMT’s can obtain CE. Not many call ins during the show but still some great content from feedback I received before the show aired. Dowload the session by clicking here. Show notes and links - Turbo Medic Bundles – click here The EMS Professional CE access through Medic-CE – click here Medic-CE Continuing Education – click here NREMT Recert – click here
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