The Affordable Care Act and ever increasing insurance costs/premiums as well as the advancement of Emergency Medical Services ran through ambulances and fire departments in communities throughout the U.S. has
This is the first of a series of posts involving a fairly new concept within the realm of human development is gene therapy. Particularly the bioethics of gene therapy. Bioethics
You’ve done the EMT gig, you’ve done medic or nursing but you want a little more. More pay, more scope, more experience in definitive treatments. But what do you do?
Although it is a standard that a majority of communities take for granted, the concept of Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) is still in question in many places throughout the United
Unlike TV shows will tell you, CPR isn’t exactly a life saver. It is a last ditch effort. Exact numbers are difficult to find, but a complete recovery for a
Many fresh new EMTs who choose to work on an Ambulance right out of EMT school are somewhat surprised to learn that the vast majority of ambulance work transporting patients
Many times, in EMS, we are in such a hurry to get to our patient, do a quick assessment on them, and then package them up, that we neglect to
More health and fitness tips for you. In case you missed Part 1, you can catch it here: EMS Health & Fitness Part 1 More on “Macros”: If you are having
With such demanding jobs in healthcare a sense of humor is a must. The people I’ve seen get burnt out the quickest are always the ones that fail to lighten
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
