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My First In-the-Field Patellar Dislocation Reduction!
I have seen the videos. I have read the articles. Hell, I have even stayed at a Holiday Inn Express…so I was ready! Then the call came in…(key the dramatic music please) My partner and I had a pretty...
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Would I Lie to You??
I recently came across a survey by Gallup ranking professionals by their reputation for honesty and ethics. Did you know that nurses have topped the ratings at #1 for eleven years? (Obviously because...
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The Bottom Line
Face it. Nobody owes you a living. What you achieve in your lifetime is directly related to what you do or fail to do. You can choose your own direction. Everyone has problems or obstacles to...
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Coming in Hot! Code 3 With a Brugada Alert!!!
I can be somewhat of a tech geek. I enjoy technology. I want to have the latest device with the best apps. I am currently typing this blog on my iPad, paired with a bluetooth keyboard, tethered to my...
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Intubating Ninja: Passive Oxygenation
Notice anything different in that picture above? Notice anything different about that intubation procedure from what usually happens in the back of your ambulance? We will come back to that in a...
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Good Backboarding = Good Care?? Maybe Not…
Recently, I had the opportunity to help a local college administer and evaluate EMT practical skills final exams. The students had several stations through which they rotated. Each station had a...
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Caregiver = Competence + Kindness
“Medicine isn’t about power or ego. It’s about people, reaching out to us as friends on the worst days of their lives.” – Patch Adams It will not take long or much effort to look around your...
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Ups…Downs…That is Life
From a distance, life is beautiful and wonderful to observe. But when we are in the midst and minutia of living, we often lose sight of the big picture. We are caught up in the moment and its current...
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News: Woman Held Hostage Asks for Help in Online Pizza Order
A quick-thinking Highlands County woman saved herself and her children from possible harm when she ordered an online pizza with a secret message saying she was being held hostage. Read Full Story:...
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News: $1.5M Awarded to Family of Woman Dropped by Ambulance Crew
A jury awarded $1.5 million to the family of a patient who died when an ambulance crew dropped her head-first on the ground more than six years ago. Click Here to Read Full Story: $1.5M awarded to...
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News: Volunteer Firefighter, EMT Killed in Crash
Third fatality in county in one month… A Nanjemoy volunteer firefighter was killed in a car crash in the late evening Tuesday after a head-on collision on Route 425 in Nanjemoy, the Maryland State...
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The Carter County Emergency Medical Services, EMS Director Jerry Horn, Dr. Carolyn A. Moore, and former EMS paramedic Amanda Sturgill-Jones have been named in a civil lawsuit in Carter Circuit Court....
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About 30 paramedics from the Milwaukee Fire Department are receiving training for a new program officials hope will help reduce the number of repeat emergency calls from chronically ill people. The...
View ArticleNews: Paramedic indicted for allegedly stealing morphine
A former Middletown paramedic has been indicted on theft in office charges for allegedly stealing morphine from life squads in Middletown and Fairfield Twp. Click Here to read the Full Story: Paramedic...
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News: (Video) City Upset After Fire Chief Receives Traffic Citations
MyFoxAL.com – FOX6 WBRC Birmingham, AL SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) –Controversy is brewing between the town of Rincon and the Port Wentworth Police Department. The Rincon Fire Chief is facing three traffic...
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News: San Jose Clinic Ties Up 911 Responders with Non-Emergency Calls
The hundreds of non-emergency 911 calls to a hospital building in Santa Clara Valley Medical Center has some insiders saying calls are a waste of resources. The clinic apparently used 911 to transfer...
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News: Shots fired on Dan Ryan hit ambulance, car
An ambulance carrying a patient and a car were hit when someone opened fire on the Dan Ryan Expressway, but no injuries were reported, according to Illinois State Police. Click Here to Read the Full...
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News: Ambulance Crash Caused by Drowsy EMT
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An ambulance was involved in a crash on I-40 east at Hollywood around 4:45 Friday morning. The driver of the ambulance told police she fell asleep as she was driving and awoke as the...
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News: Kansas City to Settle Overtime Suit for $1.5 Million
Kansas City is expected to pay out an additional $1.5 million to settle a second class action lawsuit brought by 113 public safety workers who say they were shorted on overtime pay. The settlement,...
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News: Student Unveils New Ambulance to His Classmates
Crest Hill Elementary could smell the pizza as they sat down in the lobby, but they had no idea what it was for! Their fellow student, 11 year old Colten Sheets, had one the Wyoming Medical Center’s...
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