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Intersitital Lung Disease Case Study

This is a guest post by respiratory therapy and EMT-B student Jared Scott. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Respiratory Emergencies are Common It is estimated that as many as 1/4 911 calls are respiratory-related. We all know how to treat the individual calls, but sometimes it […]

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Stop Waiting for Someone to ask you to be a Leader

If you are waiting for your turn to make a difference, change the way things are done, or break free from conventional wisdom to transform your career and relationship with the EMS profession here are four things you can do to get going. 1. Find out how Natalie, aka Ms. Paramedic, is Making Thunder. 2. […]

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Continuing Education EMS Tips First Aid Health and Wellness

Poison Prevention Week: Household Medication Safety

This is a guest post by Martha Bonnie for Poison Prevention Week (March 14-20). If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Did you know that over 80% of accidents in the home occur in the bathroom? Wet floors, cleaning chemicals, prescription and over the counter medications, to name just […]

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App Reviews EMS Tips

App Review: Stat Meds

STAT Meds is an adult medication “calculator” for the iPhone that is similar to an adult emergency reference card, but customizable! It features a colorful and easy to read home page. I found using the home page to be self-explanatory. Upon entering the weight and age of your patient, a customized table is presented with […]

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Health and Wellness

Alternative Treatments for Cold and Flu Don't Work

Do you ask patients about use of herbal supplements, alternative therapies, and other complementary medicine treatments? Despite robust marketing campaigns, anecdotal boasts from friends, family, and celebrities, and years of research, at great expense, the efficacy of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) treatments can be summed up in this recurring statement from a recent report […]

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News and Events Social Media Tips

Podcasting with Doctor Anonymous

Last night I was on the Dr. Anonymous podcast. I have been Twitter pals with Doctor Anonymous for quite a while and enjoyed listening to recent shows he has done with other EMS and Fire bloggers/podcasters. During our conversation we talked about: Why I started in EMS Tips for EMS education The EMS podcasting community […]

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Street Sense: Medical Author Chat with Kate Dernocoeur

Author and former paramedic and EMS Educator Kate Dernocoeur is the guest on this episode of the Medical Author Chat (click this link for the audio file katedernoceurinterview). Kate wrote the classic EMS textbook “Streetsense: Communication, Safety, and Control“. Kate was a paramedic on “the ground floor of the industry.” When her career began medics were […]

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Renal Failure to the Left of Me, Dailysis to the Right of Me

Here I go again. Paramedic training did not prepare me for the increasing number of patients I encounter with kidney failure. According to the CDC in 2000 more than 26 million American adults had Chronic Kidney Disease. Did you know that high blood pressure and diabetes are the leading causes of chronic kidney disease? I […]

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Boots More High Tech than My Car

I have a lot of tech stuff – multiple computers, a couple of iPods, a blackberry, and even a Kindle. But I drive a 1996 Subaru Legacy Wagon that I am attempting to drive to the moon (212,000 miles on the odometer with ~28,000 to go). The car does have cruise, power windows, a working […]

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Product Review: Rapid Cardiac Arrhythmia Tool

Would you like your EMS product, service, book, or event reviewed for EverydayEMSTips readers? View our product review guidelines. When I first learned to read ECGs (aka EKGs) I tried to collect a set of strips from a monitor connected to a rhythm generator. I quickly had an envelope stuffed with strips that had been folded, […]