This guest post was submitted by paramedic Jay Reeves. He replied to the Everyday EMS Tips weekly enewsletter, “Do you know your stuff?” — Great question, I’ll turn to my personal experience. I graduated from paramedic school in 1991, my class was the first to take PALS as part of the program. It was a […]
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This guest post was submitted by Division Chief John Kammeyer. He replied to the Everyday EMS Tips weekly enewsletter, “Do you know your stuff?” — Great topic and a big passion of mine. No way should you let you brain decide what medications and how much to give at a pediatric full arrest at zero dark […]
Several readers replied to the Everyday EMS Tips weekly enewsletter, “Do you know your stuff?” with aviation themed responses. Below is a collection of their responses. — “Any serious EMS provider needs to use what I call a “peripheral brain”….not to do so is nothing but arrogance. Each day in the US there are approximately 35,000 commercial […]
This guest post was submitted by paramedic and educator Brian Lilley. He replied to the Everyday EMS Tips weekly enewsletter, “Do you know your stuff?” — “[I do not] carry such information in my mind since it is readily available in books. …The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts […]
I asked Everyday EMS Tips enewsletter readers for their smartphone app recommendations. Rom’s Rules for Apps and Job Aids Paramedic, firefighter, and expert educator Rom Duckworth of Rescue Digest led the replies with this response: I have three rules for references / apps/ job aides. 1) They must be up to date. 2) They must […]
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Do you know your stuff: Part 1
Earlier today I asked subscribers to the Everyday EMS Tips weekly enewsletter, “Do you know your stuff?” The response was rapid and overwhelming. Paramedics and Job Aids (or checklists or apps) Yesterday during the pediatric resuscitation webinar presented by Dr. Peter Antevy there was a discussion about using apps, job aids, and or checklists for […]
January and February seem to bring out the best in EMS Bloggers. Perhaps we have all resolved to post more often and post better. A few of the posts that caught my eye and attention this month. When you visit each of these posts do the blogger a favor, social share or leave a comment. […]
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CIRC Trial: My Lessons Learned
A recent EMSWorld.com article, Man vs. Machine: who won the CIRC trial reminded me of my participation in the trial (not as a patient!) as a paramedic at one of the clinical sites. 1. Research trial gives a group focus. I really enjoyed being part of the research trial. We received quarterly education programs and […]
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Remain Calm, We Have a Checklist: Part 2
A patient care protocol is a kind of checklist. A protocol includes a lot of instructions on how to assess and treat a patient. Within a protocol you might also have several checklists to complete to successfully implement the protocol. For example, you likely have a protocol for a patient with chest pain. The protocol […]
I have been on enough regional jet take-offs to know that leveling off just a few thousand feet off the ground just after take-off is not the way things usually work. We had taken off moments from the Detroit airport for a southern destination. As I began to puzzle our low altitude the plane turned […]