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Lazy EMS – Encouraging the RMA
I had an EMT friend call me the other day with a problem she’s having at work. After listening to her and being less than helpful, I thought that I’d share this with you and see what you’d all have to...
View ArticleRemebering My Father, Chief Richard A. Kaiser
I was walking out of a nursing home last night after a simple transport when my brother sent me a text. We talk fairly often; my brother and I, so this wasn’t very significant… except for this text...
View ArticleThinking about the ones that got away… at Midnight on a Wednesday
A conversation I had tonight with a very good friend of mine made me think of two older posts that you may not have read. They’re… well they’re very personal posts, but I still read them from time to...
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Get a Pulse, Get a Steak? Random Incentive
Tonight the girlfriend and I had the rare opportunity to go out on an actual date. It's getting increasingly rare these days that we have time to do so, what with our schedules, work stuff, and my...
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Issues: I’m Scared of something, Have a Rhythm, and A New Column Up, Too.
First off, my newest column is up over at JEMS.com – You might like it. I’m challenging the status quo. Like I do: “EMS Provider Questions 3-Dose Nitro Rule – JEMS.com” In the article I use ham as a...
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Look for the Helpers
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” ― Fred Rogers I was planning on writing a...
View ArticleYou BLS guys have got this, right?
You guys got this, right? I mean, your EMT-Basic ambulance was dispatched as the primary ambulance to a high-level chest pain call in your jurisdiction. Sure you have an ALS ambulance responding to...
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An Easy Trick for Remembering the Glasgow Coma Scale
Want to remember a quick and easy trick for remembering the Glasgow Coma Scale? My Extra Value Meal costs $4.56 – Eyes: 1-4 – Verbal 1-5 – Motor 1-6 You can always remember the top numbers of the scale...
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Proposed WI Law Highlights Need for Ambulances To Ditch Epi-Pens
Some recent proposed legislation here in the State of Wisconsin has gotten me back of the topic of ambulances carrying Epi-Pens. The bill, sponsored by Republican lawmakers, seeks to allow “camps,...
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Maybe You Don’t Deserve More Money – A Guest Post
My new ambulance partners don’t really take me seriously the first time they witness me do this. They don’t really think I’m sincere, I guess. Neither do the new people who I stop in the hallway...
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