I have been waiting for a long time for pre-hospital medications and devices to get smarter. Microprocessors are small and cheap and guide us through all sorts of routine tasks. For years my GPS has talked me through byzantine highway interchanges, mazes of one way streets, and rural roads. It makes perfect sense that a [...] read more..
Short video from Armed Forces Network on use of moulage for an EMS exercise. What are your best or favorite moulage application techniques? read more..
In this episode of Remember 2 Things Steve Whitehead shares two tips for encounters with angry patients. As you interact with an angry patient try not to match their emotion or anger. You yelling won’t help with the situation. You are rarely going to convince them they are wrong so you are better off using [...] read more..
In this video members of the Lancaster PA, Lancaster General Health EMS discuss their first calls, most memorable calls, and advancements in EMS. Listening to the providers I was really struck how many of the calls were about pediatric encounters, especially pediatric death. In many cases the providers were discussing preventable tragedies. Yesterday, while bike [...] read more..
Keep Yourself Safe is the latest EMS music video from FDNY Paramedic and Artist Farooq Muhammad. The video lyrics and visualizes are about personal safety and PPE usage. The project was funded/underwritten by apparel vendor Blauer. I think the production and message is outstanding. Farooq and Blauer show how new “media” can be combined for [...]Read related posts and tips:
