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Merry Christmas 2009
Merry Christmas from Paramedicine 101Happy holidays to those of other faiths. Be safe.Thanks for stopping by,Adam Thompson, EMT-P...
Teachable Moment
At 0615 this morning I responded to a 33 year old female at a gas station, complaining of shortness of breath. Upon arrival the patient was sitting down inside the business being assessed by FD. She was having a panic attack. Apparently she has had...
Articles on EMSresponder.com
I have recently had my first two articles published. They can be found at EMSresponder.com, the co website for EMS magazine. I chose a couple topics that I have spoken extensively about right here on Paramedicine 101. WPW articleLQTS articleGo che...
Happy Holidays
I hope everyone had a delightful Thanksgiving day or Turkey Day if you are a part of my family. You may have noticed that some of the other authors have been filling my voids with some excellent posts. We have quite a few consistent readers, and I ...
ECG Simulator
I am fortunate enough to have the opportunity to review the ECG Simulator by Pace Symposia. You will be seeing a few ECGs from this simulator on paramedicine 101 within my ECG tutorial. Tom B wrote a review on this same simulator not long ago. Cli...
Times Are Tough
The following is the opinion of Adam Thompson and does not represent the beliefs or views of any of the other paramedicine 101 contributers. The economy is effecting EMS.My belief is that the current federal government is doing nothing to save the e...
Bedside Manner
Can you remember what you thought EMS was before you had a job responding to 911 calls? I bet you were like me, you though that EMS was comprised of trained professionals that saved lives on a daily basis. Someone had better be dying or damn near c...
Back to Basics
In a recent post I asked Paramedicine101 readers what they want more of. One answer was more on the basics of EMS. This is something that we, the authors, might commonly overlook. I am planning on providing some great posts on some of the basics ...
Ten Thousand Page Loads
Paramedicine 101 has had over 10,000 page loads and counting. I guess that means some of you are actually reading this stuff. Thank you!To better understand who we are writing for I would like to open up the comments for this post as a meet and gre...
Back From ClinCon
I am back from Orlando and ready to start posting again. My team made the finals and took 5th place overall. You have to remember that it is a game, and the winner isn't necessarily someone you would want to take care of you or a loved one. We had...
ClinCon 2009
For those of you wondering why I haven't posted in a while, I have been a very busy man. I am attending ClinCon in Orlando next week and competing in the ALS competition for the third year in a row. I am going to be taking notes in the courses that...
Exposing Patients: Balancing Necessity and Dignity
The issue of exposing patients, and especially female patients, comes up fairly frequently on EMS forums and blogs . This post will examine the issues surrounding exposing patients, guidelines for doing so appropriately, being sensitive to various ...
"911, what's your emergency?"
This is an editorial I wrote a while ago and just found on the computer, it goes along the same lines as a couple of my other posts regarding "BS" calls. This topic always seems to strike some opinionated discussion. As a disclaimer, let me just ...
Less Is More
Kelly Grayson, who many of you probably know from his blog, A Day in The Life of an Ambulance Driver has a great column on ems1.com. His most recent article is titled "Too Much of a Good Thing", and it is pretty damn good. He touches on the recent...
Dear New Guy...
Dear New Guy,Welcome to the wonderful world of ambulance driving. I specifically say "driving" because that will be your job until the medic you're with gets over himself, retires, or dies. Please be cognisant of your own limitations. Just because yo...
Book Review: 12-Lead ECG by Bob Page
$51.6012 Lead ECG for Acute and Critical Care Providersby Bob Pagehttp://www.multileadmedics.com/Rating: Five starsAbout Multi-lead medics:Multi-Lead Medicstmis the trademarked 12 Lead ECG interpretation workshop developed by Bob Page, AAS, NREMT-P, ...
They put the "BS" in BLS
Don't go jumping to conclusions based on the title of this post. Yes, the BS stands for exactly what you think. I however, am not a disgruntle burnt out medic, aiming to complain. Not yet at least.My agency prioritizes calls into three categories....
Debate:King LT for Cardiac Arrest
My EMS system is on this new kick, evidence-based EMS. Go figure. Last year we implemented a new device, the King LTD. This is a single lumen, blind insertion device, used to obtain an artificial airway; not unlike the Combi-tube. The King tube, ...
