FOAMfrat

MAY 19, 2024

The patient’s mother accompanied me in the patient compartment of the ambulance on our 30-minute ride to the children's hospital. In his new book, Clinical Airway Management , Austin Kiser writes, “Our individual clinical expertise has nothing to do with our organization. It has everything to do with who we are as clinicians.”

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Ambulance Driver Files

MAY 16, 2023

Starting June 20, 2023, Amazon is raising prices on all books published through Kindle Direct Publishing, supposedly to better align with current paper and materials costs. My full-length books, both hardcover and paperback, will be about $4 more expensive per copy. It’s a pretty substantial bump.

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FirstWatch

MAY 2, 2024

That dedication was recently recognized with the American Ambulance Association’s (AAA) EMS Visionary Award. “We He wrote the book Super-Charge Your Stress Management in the Age of COVID-19 , underscoring his commitment to disseminating knowledge and empowering professionals worldwide.

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FirstWatch

MAY 2, 2024

That dedication was recently recognized with the American Ambulance Association’s (AAA) EMS Visionary Award. “We He wrote the book Super-Charge Your Stress Management in the Age of COVID-19 , underscoring his commitment to disseminating knowledge and empowering professionals worldwide.

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Ambulance Driver Files

APRIL 3, 2023

Remember, if you’d like personalized and signed copies of my books, click one of the book covers on the right sidebar! En Route: A Paramedic’s Stories of Life, Death and Everything In Between is now available in hardcover!

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Paramedic

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

National industry insight reporting from the Australian Industry and Skills Committee suggests that, in 2019 alone, Australia wide, there were over 4,500 enrolments in ambulance and paramedic qualifications1. National Industry Insights: Ambulance and Paramedic. AHPRA's 2019/20 annual report outlines a 14.5% 2019/20 Annual Summary.

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Peter Canning

OCTOBER 30, 2023

I am in the fly car and a BLS crew is in the ambulance. The man’s hair is long and unmatted, his blue jeans are muddy and his books are wrapped with duct tape. They overdose behind the dumpster where I give them naloxone and put them in the ambulance. We’re dispatched to an overdose on Ashley Street. You found him.”

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Paramedic Training Spot

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

In fact, in 1927, the town of Belmar was one of the the first established volunteer ambulance services in the nation. Before this motion was passed to make the standard to have at least one EMT on a truck, there were no set rules as to what training you needed to ride on an ambulance; Rather, most agencies took anybody that was willing.

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The Overrun

JANUARY 23, 2023

I’ve read all his books, seen him live, and watched all of his series. In his book, Kitchen Confidential , he talks about the business of cooking food a lot like colleagues I know talk about EMS. In one of the better parts of this book, he shares with you a typical day of his from waking up to end. It’s not masochism.

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Paramedic

DECEMBER 31, 2020

While standing in the queue to be booked in and triaged, they figure out how the system works and see the different processes in play. While waiting for an ambulance, anxiety climbs along with the pain and discomfort, he has never been in this situation before. How will they get him into the ambulance? How much will it cost?

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AAEM RSA

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

As you book it to the resuscitation bay, you carry the weight of several sick patients you are managing and the knowledge of several on stretchers waiting to be seen, not to mention the full waiting room. You see the ambulance pull up to the doorway with lights flashing.

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FEMinEM

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

As the injured arrived in the ambulance bay, the room became suddenly silent, soon replaced with the cries of the wounded as they entered. Books, blogs, and mentors have suggested that women should try to emulate traditionally “masculine” characteristics when leading (e.g. Each team member worked with intention and somber purpose.

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ACEP Now

AUGUST 15, 2023

And as you power-walk to prepare for the incoming ambulance and tell Room 4 you will be delayed, thoughts interrupt you: “I’m worried about Room 3; if BiPAP doesn’t turn her around, I’ll have to intubate her.” and, “I hope I make it out on time to tuck my kid into bed tonight.”

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 12, 2023

Turns out that it was a 50-something patient with no previous cardiac history who had called 911 for chest pain and had presented 75 minutes earlier by ambulance to triage (as the entire ED was overloaded). So I looked on the computer. After the ECG was recorded, he was placed in the waiting room where he had been for over an hour.

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My Paramedic Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Sometimes he just pops into my head and I re-live that night, how I found him on the highway, the mangled car lying upside down, the feeling of helplessness, the long 45minutes in the back of the swaying ambulance as I tried to comfort him, to help him, to keep him alive. I prayed the ambulance would go faster. My hands trembled.

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Paramedic Training Spot

MARCH 29, 2018

Upon discovering how many EMT textbooks are out there – all of which have slight differences of opinion on certain matters – many EMT students panic and wonder if their course is using the right book. Whatever book your course is using will prepare you well for the NREMT exam. The answer is a resounding yes. No, of course not.

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Ambulance Driver Files

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

On April 14, 2023 I suffered a life-threatening massive pulmonary embolus. I had a DVT that I had ignored/rationalized for nearly a year that turned out to extend from my mid-calf to lower thigh, and on April 14 a big chunk of it broke loose and tried to kill me. I had major clots in.

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not-on-my-shift

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Suddenly see the blatant MI on the printout, look panicked, turn away from the patient biting your fist and say, “Everything’s fine” -Panic and run out of the ambulance screaming. There are also plenty of books and online systems out there to help in understanding, as well as good apps and YouTube videos.

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Peter Canning

DECEMBER 17, 2023

I write about all this because I just read a fascinating book called Generations , which describes the differences between the generations from my own (Baby Boomer) to my daughter’s (Generation Z). I read the book to try to better understand not just her, but many of the young people I work with on the ambulance.

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EMT Training Station

APRIL 5, 2023

So common in fact it is required on ambulances in order to open O2 tanks. With active noise cancellation and adjustable amplification, it enables EMTs and paramedics to detect subtle body sounds even in noisy environments, such as ambulances or crowded public spaces. It is located at the base of the tool.

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Ambulance Driver Files

JULY 18, 2023

It was often said that I had no brakes on my Dare Car, and today’s shopping trip proved it. I was browsing the maternity section at Lane Bryant, and not for clothes for Mary. Thus far, Operation Impregnation had produced zero results, but I vowed to soldier on and do my part in the procreation.

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Paramedic Training Spot

DECEMBER 21, 2021

EMTs typically operate in the pre-hospital setting with the standard ambulance equipment. Pricing for candidates will vary due to the institution, books, uniforms, exams, and miscellaneous charges. You might wonder what a typical day looks like for an ambulance paramedic. Paramedic Compensation According to the U.S.

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