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So Much More Than Just “Ambulance Drivers”

Paramedic Nat

So much more than just “ambulance drivers”. Thank you for caring for your communities as paramedics with a multitude of advanced life-saving skills and medical directives…and so much more.

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Episode 69: The Problem with Media and EMS

The Overrun Podcast

Do you cringe each time you see a news story talk about “ambulance drivers”? Do you cringe each time you see a news story talk about “ambulance drivers”? Have you ever wondered why the news media gets EMS stories so messed up? Is your agency concerned with sharing your work with the community because of “HIPAA”?

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Opinion: There’s Nothing “Basic” About an EMT

NCOAE

And they’re certainly not “Ambulance Drivers.” The NREMT itself started out with an “EMT-Ambulance” or “EMT-A,” later adding an “EMT-Non-Ambulance” designation. They know how to safely move you onto a stretcher, into an ambulance, and transport you to the appropriate facility.

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Ambulance Driver or Paramedic?

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Paramedic

As paramedics, whilst we often take great offence at being called ambulance drivers, the question is, when it’s our turn to drive, what exactly is it that we are providing? Do we fully engage in shared patient care with our attending partner, or do we switch off so that we can simply drive the ambulance and take it easy?

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Exactly What Is It That an EMT Does?

NCOAE

EMTs are not just “ambulance drivers,” although that’s certainly a critical part of their occupation. For EMTs and patients, an ambulance is more than transportation to the hospital. Many EMTs work on a 911 emergency response ambulance. Shifts most commonly are 12 or 24 hours. There are both paid and volunteer services.

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Dear Ambulance Staff: Six 111 Myths and Misconceptions

Broken Paramedic

Dear frontline ambulance colleagues, After 12 years of responding to 999 calls and subsequently watching from the sidelines as family and friends continue to do so, I am only too aware of the ever increasing pressures and the ongoing erosion of the ambulance clinicians’ lot. ” Ouch.

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Getting There

Ambulance Driver Files

That’s what two hours of killing yourself in the pool gets you. Weighed in at the doctor’s office this morning at 334.4 pounds, down 14.3 pounds from my weigh-in on November 13. Even better, BP was 106/60 and resting heart rate was 58.Got Got two shots of Dr. Wonder’s Miracle Knee Lube (TM) and made plans.