New Move To Hands Only CPR
Sure AHA changes the CPR rules every 30 seconds, but this is a welcome change that will stay around a while probably
Professionalism Is Key
Take care to maintain professionalism to the public! You get one shot at the first impression and that impression makes your patient have more confidence in your ability!
Can You Change Death?
Have you really thought about a crash this severe and if how you would handle things if you were first to arrive on scene? If you fall back on your training...is that training good enough to change death to life?
Take Pride in Your Education
Your education in EMS will not only land you a good job but it could save someone's life! You owe it to your patient to be prepared! It's your future but it's their lives!
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Don't Overlook the Dash!
Surely everyone that reads this has, at some point, went to a graveyard and looked down on a tombstone and read the name, birthday and the day the person passed away. For most people, their tombstone is elaborate and with different sayings, designs and some even photos of the person six foot below, but very few people notice the most important thing on the tombstone. Its more than likely the smallest thing on the tombstone, its straight and to the point. It has no design. Its on every single tombstone probably ever created and yet rarely considered important at all, yet it tells us everything about who we ever were. It's the dash!
Friday, August 5, 2011
EMR-ISAC - Do You Subscribe?
By: The Unwired Medic
If you are in any form of public safety and you don't receive the EMR-ISAC bulletins by e-mail, you should change that. What they say definitely can affect your effectiveness and awareness on the job. It doesn't matter if you're a manager or supervisor, a frontline field grunt, a supply agent, an IT geek, a wrench turner, a helo jockey, a dispatcher, or fulfill any other position that helps the wheels of public safety turn. You can't do your job effectively if you are uninformed. Many a service I have been employed with that didn't see it this way, thinking that only the managers needed to be in the know and they should deign to disseminate information to the subordinate when and if they saw fit... and maybe once upon a time that could be considered true, but today is no longer that day.
You are on the frontlines of our nation's protection, whether you sit in the rig or not. All of public safety needs to be aware of the latest trends and threats. The EMR-ISAC (Emergency Management and Response - Information Sharing and Analysis Center) publishes at least weekly, a summary of things considered to be critical to the continued operations of our nation's public safety. From their newsletters and bulletins, you will glean awesome free training resources to help you cope with what you will really be able to expect to encounter in the world, awareness of public safety threats, cyber-attacks on government and private healthcare and infrastructure, prevalent viruses, CBRNE-WMD threats, and much more.
I have been receiving their bulletins for about 5 years now, and I'd say no less than one per month has been personally quite relevant, and I am better prepared to deal with the streets, or provide new assets to my students and interns as a result of their info. When an issue is particularly critical, they will deliver a special bulletin, and the source of delivery is the US Government, so there is no spam or advertising.
What are you waiting for? Don't get caught with your bunker gear down. Be in the know, now. Visit their website and view past bulletins, plus sign up for future bulletins at:
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/subjects/emr-isac/bulletins.shtm
http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/subjects/emr-isac/bulletins.shtm
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Becareful that Social Media Doen't Get Your Job
When this paramedic arrived at the scene, it was one he had probably never witnessed and his next actions nearly claimed his job!
Be careful what you do and what you post because you never know who is watching!
Be careful what you do and what you post because you never know who is watching!
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
New Hampshire Ambulance Service Shutting Down
The Lowell Sun
NASHUA, N.H. — One of New Hampshire's largest ambulance services is shutting down, putting more than 160 people out of work.
Executive director Chris Stawasz calls it the "end of an era." He says the company's employees are like a family, but are working with placement services to find new jobs by the Sept. 30- shutdown date.
St. Joseph is also closing down a medical equipment subsidiary, affecting 10 workers.
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NASHUA, N.H. — One of New Hampshire's largest ambulance services is shutting down, putting more than 160 people out of work.
Rockingham Regional Ambulance, which is run by St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua, announced Monday that state cuts to Medicaid reimbursement to hospitals across the state prompted the move.
Executive director Chris Stawasz calls it the "end of an era." He says the company's employees are like a family, but are working with placement services to find new jobs by the Sept. 30- shutdown date.
Nashua Mayor Donna Lee Lozeau said says there is no need for residents to be concerned because the city still has ambulance service.
St. Joseph is also closing down a medical equipment subsidiary, affecting 10 workers.
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