– On EMS Office Hours most recent show, Jim Hoffman , Josh Knapp , Bob Sullivan , and I discussed several topics – January’s Rapid Fire Show | Refusals, Cameras and Perception Why does EMS pay so little for such dangerous work. This year, EMS is rank as the…
220 Pocket Floodlight When I received the MAXXEON WorkStar 220 Pocket Floodlight (Amazon Affiliate Link) it was immediately commandeered by my children. They were enthralled by the brightness, the easy to click on/off button, and how easy it was to hold and shine in any direction they wanted (including…
– This is wrong on so many levels. I hope that the biggest problem is the accuracy of the reporting. – A patient who leapt from a moving car on an interstate later tried the same thing from a helicopter. [1] Simple EMS history taking is the best way…
This is a guest post from Rom Duckworth, paramedic and educator that follows-up on this post about my experience in the CIRC trial . If you want to guest post or review on this blog, check out the guidelines here . CIRC Trial and IBP ALS Having had the…
– For a view on what to do for cardiac arrest from across the pond (closed captioning is available at YouTube for those who are accustomed to American accents), there is this nice short video from the British Heart Foundation with Vinnie Jones. – Click here to view the…
Ambulance bosses have defended claims that patients lives’ are being put at risk because of overstretched staff. According to a paramedic working in Hull for Yorkshire Ambulance Service, staff are stretched to the limit, often working 12 hour shifts and sometimes up to 13 or 14 hours, without a…
Your risk of heart attack may increase during the days and weeks after the death of a close loved one, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. A study of 1,985 adult heart attack survivors showed that after a significant person’s death, heart attack…
A paramedic has been suspended after he was seen inhaling laughing gas while driving an emergency vehicle. Nigel Moore, who was a paramedic with the East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust, was seen breathing in Entonox as he left an Ambulance station and got into his car on September…
USA — An arrest warrant for a Connecticut paramedic accused of raping an unconscious woman inside an ambulance says he admitted to police that he touched her inappropriately. Read more USA news and other good stuff at EMS1.com .
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A new side effect seems to be emerging for those cholesterol-lowering wonder drugs called statins: They may increase some people’s chances of developing Type 2 diabetes. A study published Monday adds to the evidence, finding a modest risk among older women who used a variety of statins. It’s a…