With a sharp inward and upward thrust – just like I have been teaching for nearly ten-years, but have never actually done – the foreign body ejected from the “airway” and flew about five feet across the room. I had just relieved the obstruction – a small foam plug – from the Act+Fast Anti-Choking Trainer […]
Month: March 2010
I have been working on a CE article about Febrile Seizures (look for it in an upcoming issue of EMS magazine). During my research for the article I found this video at ParamedicTV.com. Paramedic and educator, Bob Waddell, talks to Kris Kaull about assessing and treating Febrile Seizure patients. Also, I am looking for links […]
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Free iPhone Apps
KevinMD.com posted a list of 10 free iPhone apps for Physicians. Scanning the list I think many of these would be useful for paramedics. The apps on the list that are probably the most useful to Paramedics include: 1. Medscape 2. Epocrates – I use the Blackberry version of this app 3. MedCalc 4. Medical […]
Are you one of the lucky ones? In the trailer for Chronicles of EMS, Justin Schorr says “and if you’re one of the lucky ones you can travel cross-country to attend an EMS conference” or something close to that. And it used to be that the lucky ones that went to EMS conferences might share […]
Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle has issued this proclamation of his support for EMS during 2010 EMS Week. Does your Governor support EMS Week? How about your Representatives, Senators, and local officials and policy makers? //
I overheard some priority traffic from other EMS bloggers and education programs that I wanted to share with Everyday EMS Tips readers. Blog Posts 1. Sean from Medic Madness in a post titled “Consider Yourself Lucky” reminds all of us that are able to work and have work to be grateful and not take our situation […]
Here’s How: 1) Read the March Continuing Education article from EMS Magazine – Abdominal Trauma. 2) Browse RapidCE, create an account, and answer a set of multiple choice questions about assessment and treatment of abdominal emergencies. (If it is your first time to RapidCE.com click on the “Start Here” button to create an account.) The […]
This is a guest post by Greg Bartlett. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Response Time Matters Anyone that has training as a Paramedic, EMT, RN, MD, or even CPR knows that every second counts when trying to save a life. If you’re already on the scene when the […]
Fifty years ago CPR was invented by combining mouth-to-mouth resuscitation with chest compressions to create cardiopulmonary resuscitation. While a lot has changed in the last fifty years the underlying concepts of applying external mechanical force to assist circulation with the goal of coronary and cerebral perfusion remains the same. Information from the AHA on 50 […]
Instead of talking about EMS and emergency medicine during episode 9 I was doing emergency medicine. My son smashed his chin into the pool deck during swimming lessons and I was at the urgent care with him as he got stitches while Jim flew solo for episode 9 of the EMS office hours podcast. I […]