My son attends his first day of 4 year old kindergarten tomorrow morning. We have bought school supplies, new clothing, met his teacher, and toured the classroom. Every few days we ride our bikes past “my new school” and talk about what to expect and what he will be doing. He is excited. I am […]
Month: August 2009
Keep the Patient's Feet off your Shirt
On the EMSGarage podcast, episode 47, Skip Kirkwood just mentioned the difficulty of keeping your uniform clean. The main hazard he mentioned was the patient’s boots pressing into your shirt when you lift the patient cot into the ambulance. This is my suggestion for Skip (I first learned this from an article by Thom Dick […]
Low Back Pain is a pervasive medical problem. Four out five American adults will experience low back pain. Complementary and alternative medicine is frequently sought to deal with Low Back Pain. As an EMS professional you know the risks of back injury as well as the frequency with which you encounter patients with low back […]
EMS has given me some amazing opportunities. One of the most incredible was visiting Israel in early 2007 to attend a week-long training seminar on terrorism and mass casualty response. While I was in Israel I recorded a podcast each day that was posted at EMSResponder.com. I also wrote an article for EMS Magazine. I […]
8 Fall Prevention Tips
Is there a more famous 911 call than “I have fallen and I can not get up.” (watch famous infomercial below) Falls are a common cause for emergency calls. They also present one of the best opportunities for EMS Professionals to teach prevention tactics to patients, family, and caregivers. Eight fall prevention tips that you […]
Meetings Made Easy Tips
If you schedule or are asked to schedule meeting after first confirming if the meeting is necessary follow these three Everyday EMS Tips: 1) Start on time 2) Follow an agenda 3) End on time (or early) If you are not confident that you will be able to accomplish 1 and 3 reschedule the meeting […]
Researchers have busted the myth that hands-free devices are safer than holding a cell phone while driving. Read this article about a study that showed hands-free devices are not safer than hand-held phones. A distracted driver is a dangerous driver. Follow these Everyday EMS Tips for eliminating driver distraction:
After a natural disaster the news media will often say things like, “residents of this small town are in shock this morning after a tornado ripped through this neighborhood in the middle of the night.” As you know ‘shock’ is a physiological problem related to inadequate perfusion. What the media is calling shock is the […]
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Video About Medic One History
The King County Washington Medic One program is one of the top EMS systems in the country. The sudden cardiac arrest survival rate for witnessed v-fib is nearing 50%. Watch this video about the history of the program and the focus of the system on sudden cardiac arrest survival. To know where you are going […]