We are conditioned to work lots of overtime and second jobs, but recent studies done by Dan Patterson show how dangerous this can be. At what point does our health and patient care suffer from lack of sleep? How does your agency address this issue?
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Check out this article on Dan Patterson
Bob Sullivan at EMS Patient Perspective
Even More Links on This
www.emsarn.org has Dan Patterson’s projects.
http://www.emsleadership.com/?p=30 is an early EMS Leadership episode that Dan was on.
Here are EMSBlog.com posts about sleep
http://roguemedic.com/2011/10/sleep-quality-and-fatigue-among-prehospital-providers/
http://tooldtowork.com/2011/12/and-ems-too/
http://emspatientperspective.com/2011/10/22/drunken-ambulance-drivers/
This weeks Minutes, I am giving a quick overview on the respiratory and ventilation functions along with some things you should think about when assessing a patient complaining of difficulty breathing. This is only about 13 minutes long, but I hope will help give you a refreshing view and motivate you to study and review further. Be sure to post your own tips and assessment ideas below.
This weeks Minutes I just wanted to point out some things to consider with chest trauma. Now using mechanism of injury can be important and raise your suspicion on what you may encounter, but remember that MOI combined with a patients complaints, signs, symptoms and your assessment is a better way to decide treatment and transport of your patients. Take a listen and post your chest injury tips below.
Compelled to make New Years resolutions, we often set goals that can be too big or too far into the future. I have some ideas for a few EMS related goals you can definitely meet by spring. What are your EMS goals for 2012?
The salty dog, the medic everyone calls Doc. What does it take to have longevity in EMS? What changes for that provider who has ten, twenty or more years in the industry? EMS professionals who keep doing the job year after year have a vested interest in the future of the industry. At least they should have. Have you been in EMS for over 10 years? What keeps you going, what are your hopes and do you try and pass your experience and goals to the younger generation? Take a listen and be sure to share your thoughts, goals and how you have seen EMS change over the years in the comments below.
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