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Category: Columns

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Did You Receive the Calling to Become an EMT?

July 20, 2016 Jack Murphy Columns, Educational, Opinion Pieces Leave a comment

A while back… when I was in Medic school, our primary teacher Margo, used to have a saying about those of us in the EMS business. Margo would tell us that

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Careers for EMTs

July 20, 2016 Jack Murphy Columns, Opinion Pieces Leave a comment

When I first started teaching EMT courses a number of years ago, I had a picture in my mind of what an EMT does, where an EMT works and how

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EMS Health and Fitness — Part 1

July 7, 2016 Tim Cheves Columns, Nutrition, Opinion Pieces Leave a comment

It’s no surprise seeing new EMTs, medics, and, yes, even firefighters go from fit to flab pretty darn quick. To be fit you need a balance of rest, exercise, and

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The Emergence of the Professional EMT

June 28, 2016 Jack Murphy Columns, Opinion Pieces Leave a comment

For some reason, I’m not quite sure why, but being a EMT has become a starting point to either becoming a Paramedic or to work at the local Fire department or

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10 Airway Tips & Tricks – Part 2

June 27, 2016 Tim Cheves Columns, Educational, Opinion Pieces Leave a comment

So you couldn’t get enough, huh? Back for more tips and tricks to help you with your airways? Here they are! 6) Modify Your Blade. Instead of trying to hold

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Mentoring EMTs On Clinical Ride-Alongs

June 26, 2016 Jack Murphy Columns, Educational, Opinion Pieces Leave a comment

A number of years ago, when I was a fresh-faced EMT student back in Michigan, as part of both Medic school and EMT, like all other students in this field,

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What Do You Do When The “Heimlich Maneuver” Doesn’t Work?

June 22, 2016 Tim Cheves Columns, Educational, Opinion Pieces, Reviews 2 comments

What happens when your little boy chokes on a piece of chicken and the back blows and abdominal thrusts just aren’t working? Other than continuing to pounding on their chest

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Caught Snoring Through 2 Stoplights (Commentary)

June 8, 2016 editor Columns Leave a comment

I remember waking up at 2 o’clock in the morning to go on a move up to another station. I was working with a guy who obviously was very drowsy

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Should EMS Workers Get Time Off to Vote?

June 7, 2016 Ruben Major Columns Leave a comment

With all the election madness, the question occurred to me whether EMS Workers, Firefighters, and other people providing public safety services should be able to get time off in order

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You Thought You Taught Them Well!

June 7, 2016 Jack Murphy Columns, Educational, Opinion Pieces Leave a comment

As many of you know out there in the world of EMT instruction, sometimes we think we got ‘through’ to the students and sometimes we get one of those classes

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