January 2009 Blog Posts (15)

How do you know?

After so many difficult calls of children dying or whatever particular call bothers you, how do you know if its time to move on to another career? Or how do you know you are supposed to stay in EMS?

Added by Christy on January 31, 2009 at 7:08pm — 2 Comments

Anyone have any poems related to MCI or EMS things?

I do have one, but i have to find it eventually. Feel free to post any poetry you may have. Thanks and Stay safe out there! By the way i have a poem i wrote about the Minnesota I-35 Bridge Collapse.

Added by Bobbie Jo Larson on January 30, 2009 at 6:20pm — 4 Comments

~"My Tribute for all Paramedics and Greetings from the Firefighter Poet in Toronto CANADA!"~

~ "The Paramedics !"~

Be it after an Accident or helping a very ill patient,

in times of real need, as the Truth is near,

the Paramedics answer their call and race to the scene,

with new anticipation every time, and without fear!

With the shrill sound of Sirens they finally pull up with their ambulance,

although the Fire Department or Police are often already there.

Now the Paramedics do what is critically important,

for the victims of… Continue

Added by Hartmut Reinsch on January 27, 2009 at 10:25am — No Comments

Does anyone still use MAST Trauma pants...

anymore? I know my local Ambulance service does not, but the other Amb. service i ride-along with still does. Tell me if your department does and what your protocol is about them. Thanks !!

Added by Bobbie Jo Larson on January 24, 2009 at 8:56am — 6 Comments

Your BEST Day in EMS?

Hello All,

I am an EMT-B student. I am excited to become and EMT-B. I read the blog on the worst days in EMS and I thought it would be beneficial for students (like myself) to hear about the positive side of the business.

Please elaborate the best days of your career.

Thanks

Nick Moldovan
EMT-Student
Long Beach, Ca.

Added by Nicholas A. Moldovan on January 21, 2009 at 9:32pm — 6 Comments

What to do when ur hospital is about to close cause of finical reasons

so any advice on what to do if ur hospital closes? and now u wrk no where lol...Hosp 39 dont closeeee

Added by Charles McKeon on January 19, 2009 at 12:38am — No Comments

You might work in the medical field if...

You might work in the medical field if...

1. Discussing dismemberment over a gourmet meal seems perfectly normal to you.

2. Your idea of a good time is a full code at shift change.

3. You find humor in other people's stupidity.

4. You believe in the aerial spraying of Prozac.

5. Your idea of comforting a child is placing him in a papoose restraint.

6. You believe that "shallow gene pool" should be a diagnosis.

7. You… Continue

Added by Jesse Pichardo on January 17, 2009 at 10:39am — 5 Comments

PSCG offering Online EMS CEU's

Online CEU / CME / Con Ed training

Added by Michael A. Loiz on January 13, 2009 at 10:26pm — No Comments

Everybody out there

I am very new to this, and am so glad to find this spot. Anyone who could like to come her and be a part of my friend's list, please, you are invited, MelodyAnn Shaw

Added by Melody Ann Shaw on January 10, 2009 at 2:23pm — No Comments

Ken White

He passed away just a couple of days ago. Ken was one of those people who would give you the shirt off his back and would somehow still catch a bad rap for it. He was a good man and I will miss him dearly. No matter what happened, there are a lot of supervisor types who could stand to have learned a to stand a lot from him. Ken would never in a million years throw his people under a bus. He was like a mother and her little chicks. He protected his people at any cost he could. He could take and… Continue

Added by Melody Ann Shaw on January 10, 2009 at 2:19pm — No Comments

Hi

Just wanted to say hi and I am trying to learn my way around here.

Added by Kayla on January 10, 2009 at 12:51pm — No Comments

28 EMS RULES(FUNNY)

1. People die

2. You can not always prevent number one

3. Blue is bad

4. Air goes in and out, blood goes round and round, Any variation of this is bad.

5. If you drop the baby, pick it up!

6. Remember when dealing with patients, families and supervisors; if it felt good saying it, it was the wrong thing to say.

7. All bleeding stops....Eventually!!

8. Generally, its a BAD thing to use the term HOLY SHIT in refrence to the patients condition!!

9. Anyone on… Continue

Added by Sharon on January 9, 2009 at 7:35pm — 17 Comments

Why EMS? Someone's Gotta, That's Why!

Thanksgiving 2007, for me, began quietly. No work needed to be done that day. Nothing on the schedule except the Green Bay Packers' football game and a ridiculously large meal. I missed both, as it turns out. Instead, I suffered a major heart attack caused by a blockage in the Anterior Descending Coronary Artery—the type of heart attack they pleasantly nickname "the widowmaker."

At noon that day I was sitting on the sofa in my house, accomplishing nothing on my computer when my left… Continue

Added by Todd D. on January 7, 2009 at 5:30pm — 3 Comments