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Merit Badges Determining Standard Of Care and…

April 10, 2013 by Jim Hoffman 1 Comment

This weeks episode contained a few hot topics in EMS news, the standard of care and how merit badges play into it all. Plus the EMT and police issue in NYC AND we went off the rails a bit with a discussion on scene positioning and prior planning.

Thanks to Josh and Tim Noonan for joining in the conversation and to John Broyles for keeping the chat room going.

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Click here for the link to Tim’s post on Merit badges and standard of care.

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Is The EMT’s Job Safer, Less Demanding? When Should Medics Change Careers?

January 2, 2013 by Jim Hoffman Leave a Comment

The last show of 2012. The year went by fast and the show has gained many new listeners. We end this year with a look at a few popular topics in EMS. Including the new outlook for EMT employment, when a medic should be a PA and a few other hot items in the EMS interwebs.

Take a listen as Jim, Josh, Bob talk about these topics and are joined by John Broyles over in the chat room.

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Show notes:

Here are the articles mentioned during the show

Bob Sullivan on when its time to become a PA

The Social Medic post on the miraculous improvement in EMT job outlook.

Filed Under: The Podcast Tagged With: ambulance, ems, emt career, medic jobs, paramedic

EMS On The Front Lines | Can We Ever Be Ready?

December 19, 2012 by Jim Hoffman Leave a Comment

Sadly, it seems like more tragedies and disasters are becoming a regular occurrence. This forces EMS into the front lines of these events and takes us rapidly from the nursing home patient or sick call to an all out multiple patient scenario involving situations and patients we are not always ready to encounter.

No matter how much training we have, can we ever truly be ready to see and deal with what we may roll up on. Mentally if not physically.

Take a listen to myself and Josh Knapp in this episode as we discuss these types of events, is there any real EMS preparation we can do and pre and post reactions. What can help us going into 2013 as we realize more than ever before how we are indeed on the front lines?

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Thanks to those in the chat room including John Broyles from 1 Union 801 The Podcast who will have the first podcast post Mayan end of days.

Check out this pdf on Active Shooter reaction tips

Filed Under: The Podcast Tagged With: ems, emt, mci ems first responders, multiple casuality incidents, paramedic

Is EMS One Big Toxic Environment?

October 10, 2012 by Jim Hoffman Leave a Comment

I think we can all agree that EMS is a tough job. Patients, family members, nurses, docs, police, fire, the UPS guy. All the things that can make our jobs easier or harder, depending on many variables.

Add to that what seems to be an often toxic work environment, its no wonder it gets to be a kill or be killed theme out there. Every man and woman for themselves.

So in this episode, we ask why are our work environments so toxic? What underlines the causes and what are some key things we can do as individuals and as a group to make things better?

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Show Notes

Thanks to Bob, Dave, Joe and John for joining us and lending their insight.

Bob Sullivan at EMS Patient Perspective

Dave Aber from EMS Difference

Josh Knapp over at WANTYNU

John Broyles from the 1 Union 801 podcast

Articles mentioned

http://www.naemt.org/Libraries/Advocacy%20Documents/Just%20Culture%20in%20EMS.sflb

http://www.jems.com/article/administration-and-leadership/gossip-just-dangerous-safety-hazard

Filed Under: The Podcast Tagged With: ambulance, ems, ems work, emt, paramedic career

EMS Zebra Hunting Or Doing What’s Right?

August 29, 2012 by Jim Hoffman 2 Comments

This week we revisit a bit the idea of Zebra Hunting in EMS. Do you see more paramedics needing to do interventions than others? Do they have more patients who need saving or are they over reacting or hunting for something that isn’t there?

Take a listen to this episode and give your opinion below

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Show notes

Josh from WANTYNU.com

Tim Noonan from RogueMedic.com

Filed Under: The Podcast Tagged With: ambulance transport, ems, ems patient care, emt, Paramedics

After Hours | The Secret Files

August 8, 2012 by Jim Hoffman Leave a Comment

This week both Josh and I had some pressing engagements so we couldn’t do a live show. So, I went and pulled some audio from recordings we did at some of the “after hours” of the live episodes.

Take a listen to these never before heard recordings on topics like EMT’s that steal, pronouncing patients DOA when they are not, ICS, MCI drills and EMS mentoring.

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Show notes

Josh Knapp at WANTYNU

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EMS Alcohol Poisoning Treatment | DT’s

August 6, 2012 by Jim Hoffman Leave a Comment

This weeks Minutes I point out some key signs and symptoms along with suggested EMS treatment for acute alcohol intoxicated patients. I also include withdrawal seizures and delirium tremens. See the Youtube video version at http://youtu.be/gCv0wk8mUE8

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Filed Under: Monday Minutes Tagged With: alcohol poisoning, delirium tremens, ems, paramedic patient care

EMS Patient Identification Cards

July 30, 2012 by Jim Hoffman 1 Comment

Here is a new emergency identification card being used in NYS – The Yellow Dot Program. With a unique identifier for responders, it can make it easy for emergency personnel to locate vital information when a victim can’t speak or respond. Do you have something similar in your area?

Click here to get your Yellow Dot Packet

Filed Under: Monday Minutes Tagged With: emergency services, ems, nys sheriff, police, yellow dot program

Your EMS Questions Answered Live

July 16, 2012 by Jim Hoffman 2 Comments

Get your EMS, paramedic and EMT questions answered live each week. Every Thursday at 3PM EST. Post your questions below right here at the blog, on FaceBook or even Twitter. I will collect questions and answer them live during the weekly broadcast. http://youtu.be/5C2Sgbhz07A

Filed Under: Monday Minutes Tagged With: ems, emt, paramedic

EMS Web Summit | Greg Friese

May 7, 2012 by Jim Hoffman Leave a Comment

This week highlights one of the speakers for the upcoming EMS Web Summit, Greg Friese from EveryDayEMSTips.com. Listen to Gregs’ thoughts on the summit, EMS social media and e-learning for paramedics and EMT’s.

Greg is over at Every Day EMS Tips
Follow Greg on Twitter at @gfriese

Sponsors For The Summit

Hutchinson Community College
Limmer Creative
WANTYNU
StatGear Tools
Talon Rescue
EMS Blogs
Centrelearn

Filed Under: Monday Minutes Tagged With: ems, ems continuing education, ems web summit, ems webinars, emt, greg friese, paramedic

Merit Badges Determining Standard Of Care and…

Is The EMT’s Job Safer, Less Demanding? When Should Medics Change Careers?

EMS On The Front Lines | Can We Ever Be Ready?

Is EMS One Big Toxic Environment?

EMS Zebra Hunting Or Doing What’s Right?

After Hours | The Secret Files

EMS Alcohol Poisoning Treatment | DT’s

EMS Patient Identification Cards

Your EMS Questions Answered Live

EMS Web Summit | Greg Friese

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