November, 2012 | Life Under the Lights

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On the Topic of Ectopics – Ectopic Pregnancy for EMS

November 29, 2012 | Emergency Medical Services, ems education, EMS Topics, EMS training, paramedic education, patient care, Patient Management | Ckemtp | No Comments

“Any abdominal pain in a pregnant female patient of childbearing age is an ectopic pregnancy until proven otherwise.” Why is this and why is it important for EMS?

Appendicitis – An EMS Case Review

November 27, 2012 | Emergency Medical Services, EMS, ems education, EMS Topics, EMS training, Paramedic, paramedic education, Patient Management, scenario, scenario based training | Ckemtp | 1 Comment

It’s a dreary, grey late fall day outside and your partner is driving your rig back from the hospital after clearing from a call. You’re feeling very comfortable in the passenger seat of your ambulance as the radio’s playing some annoying pop-drivel by whatever flavor of boy band is popular this month. You’re tired from […]

Chris Kaiser aka "Ckemtp"

I am a paramedic trying to advance the idea that the Emergency Medical Services can be made into the profession that we all want it, need it, and know it deserves to be.