Ems Garage Episode 24: Medical Directors-Good Medical Director-Casualty Incidents

East Midlands paramedics pilot project to keep patients out of hospital

East Midlands ambulance service trust is piloting a new project that allows specially trained paramedics to decide whether patients should be treated at home, or referred to a GP or walk-in centre. The trial is part of the trust’s plans to keep people out of hospital where possible in an effort to cut the strain [...] read more..

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EMS Garage Episode 24: Medical Directors Galore!

This week we talk about Oxygen and what makes a good medical director. Is there such a thing as too much? What makes a good Medical Director?  This was started by Dr. Keith Wesley’s recent article on JEMS.com Paying for your medical director? $10 per run for Paramedic Service, $2 per run for a BLS [...] read more..

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MCI and Bloggers Run: EMS Garage Episode 40

With the recent rash of Multiple Casualty Incidents we talk about MCI’s that we have been involved in. Skip has a new toy it transports 14 patients at once. Very cool! Then our good friend Tom Reynolds talks about how a recent court decision in the UK has caused bloggers to run and stop blogging. [...] read more..

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