What Are You Doing In That Ambulance?
How do you spend your time with patients? Do you re-assess, engage your patient and give a good accurate report to the ED?
How To Assess Difficult Patients | Scene Safety BSI
Remember that violent patient manikin in EMT class? Or what about the simulated patient under arrest? Yeah, most EMT courses stick to the basics and rarely present students with a…
Your EMS Mistake May Take You To Jail
Been seeing some news about EMS providers being charged criminally for medication errors. Will providers start thinking twice before giving a treatment if they don't have too? This and tips…
Mastering Hypertensive Patients In EMS
Here is a section of powerpoint files, a quick review sheet and some videos to help you master those hypertensive patients. Knowing key elements of this disease can help you…
EMS Shorts | Documentation Help | Abbreviations
Here is a compilation of popular abbreviations often used in EMS Call Reports. These days most if us are using electronic call reports and are checking boxes to document our…
Applying Your EMS Knowledge
You have heard the saying "Knowledge is Power". In EMS you have to be able to apply that knowledge and know when and how. Especially within the pre hospital environment.…
It’s Hard Advocating For Our EMS Patients
Sometimes it feels like you are going against the current. Even your patients resist when you are trying to advocate for them. Its frustrating but its important to always come…
When Drunks Want Out, Who Are We To Stop Them?
Remember the part of EMT and Paramedic class about babysitting? Me neither. Sure we should take care of patients and prevent people from harming themselves. But at what expense? Provider…
Getting Refusals, Cameras and Perception
In this EMS Office Hours reboot we discussed if being an EMT really is the worst job, how someone’s camera may not put you in the best light and Tim…
Crush Injury | Compartment Syndrome | EMS Videos
Two great videos that discuss crush injuries and compartment syndrome. EMS videos to help study and understand crush injuries and compartment syndrome in the trauma patient. These are short but really…