As an EMS instructor, one the challenges I face each semester is the girth of job opportunities for my students and helping them match their ambitions and goals with the
Search and Rescue. Photo by Gail Johnson
Category: Opinion Pieces
LifeVac in Use. Photo by Eddie Brody
What Do You Do When The “Heimlich Maneuver” Doesn’t Work?
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
EMS Personnel Doing a Patient Examination. Photo By michaeljung
The Importance of Being Proficient at Medical and Trauma Assessment
As long as I have taught EMT classes I have tried my best to instill in students the absolute importance of being highly proficient, to the point of expert level,
Man in Hospital Eating Food - Thumbs Down. Photo By Ocus Focus
Whistle While You Work
In a very demanding job like nursing, nurse tech, etc. it is rather easy to focus a little too much on your own issues instead of the little ways you
Moving Injured Hostage. By bibiphoto
4 Reasons EMS Should Be Packing Heat.
What’s your opinion on this? Weirdos are part of the job: Someone selling you your own supplies, running around naked with a tin foil hat, or stroking your cheek lovingly
EMS Team. By Candy Box Images
All the EMT Wants to Do is Be a Part of a Team
See that guy grabbing the gurney? That’s me…. Well, no, not really, but that’s how I feel sometimes! An EMT is often confronted with the false reality that the job
Ambulance Crew Waiting with Stretcher. By CandyBox Images
But I’m Just an EMT
Often times during my interactions with current and former students the inevitable phrase comes up while we are discussing protocols, interventions and the job itself. I’ll have an EMT say
Paramedic and doctor wheeling man on gurney. By Blend Images
Grow a pair! It may just save a life
An alert patient comes into the ER with a deep laceration to the forehead. Seems like a simple enough job. Clean it, IV, maybe inject some local epinephrine, staple the
A diverse group of adult education students in class. By Blend Images
You Thought You Taught Them Well!
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
Super Hero Kid. By EpicStockMedia
5 Things I Learned My First Year as a Paramedic
1. I knew everything I needed to know about being a Paramedic in class. Some people call it Paragod Syndrome, and yes folks, I unfortunately had this problem too. I
