On the eve of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, I pondered what we can learn from the Olympians in this EMS1 article: What public safety professionals can learn from Olympians Enjoy and go Team USA! http://everydayemstips.com/
I laugh, derisively, at friends and relatives who try to lecture me on medical topics. I’m obviously not a doctor and never pretend to be. On the other hand, I spent a lot of time working with and learning from doctors. Those doctors included some men and women who were professors of medicine at a …
When you are off duty, what would you respond to? Would you help the “disheveled person lying on the sidewalk?” What is your off duty story? Watch the video or listen below. Free Membership===> Turbo Medic Insider. Get a variety of study and review resources to help you pass exams, master content and be better at …
As I mentioned in my last post, from time to time I’ll post about some of the bad care that I see as a Quality Assurance Auditor. Our goal where I work is not to punish providers, but to use cases that are not up to the standards set for quality care as educational purposes. …
I mentioned that I’m going to add a category “Journal of Iatrogenic Medicine”, and this is the introduction. Iatrongenic is harm induced inadvertently by a physician or surgeon or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures. In other words, by accident. The provided, whether doctor, nurse, EMS provider, or anyone else didn’t mean to cause harm, but …
It’s now almost nine years since I retired from active work in EMS. When I retired, I thought that the 35 years I spent in EMS with one agency had gone by quickly. It had, but it was nothing compared to the time since I took off my uniform for the last time, emptied my …
For the record, I have been a member for over twenty years and a Life Member for several years now. I’ve attended about half a dozen Annual Meetings and Exhibitions. In other words, I’ve been a supporter for a while now. I even voted in the Board of Directors elections, even though it’s a rotten …
I hope the title got your attention. I’m not talking about the “traditional” definition of child abuse, but rather the practice of forcing children from about age 2 up to 18 to wear masks. This is supposed to be protective, but no one quite specifies who is being protected and from what. That’s aside from …
In a pandemic, which has killed almost a million Americans, you might expect that people would try to figure out the most effective treatment, rather than scam their fellow Americans, but you would be wrong. There are some doctors, who do not understand the difference between good research and garbage, and are promoting bad research …
I should start with a former co worker who was my morning relief and also a shop steward in the union that represented me. Every day when he came in to start his shift we’d chat about various things and at some point in that conversation I’d say something that would cause more of his …
Dave, Jim and Josh talk about a method some instructors use to help their students even though the student probably thinks otherwise. Plus why bathroom breaks in EMS are different. Watch the video or just listen here: Free Membership===> Turbo Medic Insider. Get a variety of study and review resources to help you pass exams, master …
Because I have nothing else to write about today, I’m posting a new link. It’s a blog with humorous images and links to other blogs that also have humorous images. It also has some serious links and I haven’t explored them so some people might find some “offensive” web sites as the end of those …
Someday, someone might be able to explain to me the preoccupation many EMS providers have with obtaining a Blood Glucose Leve (BGL) on every single patient they encounter. I know that Type 2 diabetes is a problem in this county, however it’s not a problem that EMS is really trained, equipped, or educated to treat. …
You can thank your instructor later. When your EMS instructor makes that scenario too difficult. They likely aren’t trying to make you look bad. More often, they are trying to prepare you for the inevitable. Free Membership===> Turbo Medic Insider. Get a variety of study and review resources to help you pass exams, master content and …
Juneteenth is a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in Texas after the end of the War Between the States. For a long time it was a Texas only holiday, but for some reason over the past year or so it’s become a national cause celeb. I’ll leave it to the readers to discuss the …