Category Archives: ALS Intercept

Pulmonary Embolism – An EMS Case Review
March 17, 2014 | ALS Intercept, Ambulance, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, ems education, EMS Topics, EMS training, Fire Rescue Topics, Paramedic, paramedic education, Patient Assessment, Patient Management, scenario based training, Training | Ckemtp | 3 Comments
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“Ambulance 34, Ambulance 34. 452 Smithfield Street for the 34 year old male with chest pain and difficulty breathing. Delta-Level response. Medic 72 will be your backup. Time out 14:35” Ambulance 34, a BLS level ambulance responds from their designated system-status management post to the residential neighborhood where the call came from. Upon their arrival […]

BLS vs ALS – Cold War or Misunderstanding?
January 13, 2014 | Administration & Leadership, ALS Intercept, Emergency Medical Services, emotions, EMS, EMS ethics, EMS rant, EMS Topics, Paramedic, Patient Management | Ckemtp | 15 Comments
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BLS vs. ALS? ALS providers behaving badly? BLS providers protecting their egos at the expense of patient care? It happens. We’re exploring it.

You BLS guys have got this, right?
January 11, 2014 | ALS Intercept, Ambulance, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, EMS Dispatch, EMS Topics, EMT, Paramedic, Patient Assessment, patient care, Patient Management, rural ems, volunteer fire department | Ckemtp | 10 Comments

You BLS guys have got this, right? There’s like, no way that you need paramedic mucking up you scene… right?

Who Needs Them Paragods?
April 1, 2013 | ALS Intercept, Ambulance Driver, ambulance humor, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, EMS Humor, EMS Topics, Fire Rescue Topics | Ckemtp | 7 Comments
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Calling Paramedics? Ain’t nobody got time for that. We got this.

Pushing Down the Skills – Bringing New Tricks to BLS
March 15, 2013 | Administration & Leadership, ALS Intercept, change, Command & Leadership, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, EMS Management, EMS Topics, EMT-Intermediate, Paramedic, paramedic education, Patient Management, politics, Scope of Practice, Training & Development, Uncategorized | Ckemtp | No Comments
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Pushing skills down to lower licensure levels has always been something that EMS has done. What skills should BLS providers have that they don’t currently have? Here’s my take on the debate.

Heat Emergencies for EMS – The Summer Time Blues
April 16, 2012 | ALS Intercept, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, ems education, EMS Health & Safety, EMS Topics, EMS training, Firefighter Safety & Health, Paramedic, paramedic education, Patient Management, Training, Training & Development | Ckemtp | 2 Comments
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It’s summertime! Who’s up for a review of Heat Emergencies for EMS?

EMS: Is what you do the Best You Can Do?
August 19, 2010 | Administration & Leadership, ALS Intercept, Ambulance cleaning, Command & Leadership, edemse, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, EMS ethics, EMS Topics, EMS training, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter, Management, Paramedic, Patient Management, politics, pride, profession, professionalism, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics, Uncategorized | Ckemtp | 1 Comment
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“Is that the best you can do?” Those seven words are so simple, yet when asked of ourselves and others, can become so powerful. Is what you’re doing in your EMS career the “best” you can do? Think of what we could accomplish if all simply “tried our best”.

Paramedics and EMTs are Special, a salute to the Spork!
July 6, 2010 | ALS Intercept, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, ems 2.0, ems education, EMS Topics, EMT, humor, Paramedic, paramedic education, politics, potential, profession, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics | Ckemtp | 9 Comments
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The humble spork, the very symbol of efficiency, ingenuity, and ineffective eating performance. How does the spork tie in with EMS? Very well, actually. We are sporks and we’re not sporks. It’s complex… you’ll see

EMS practice
February 1, 2010 | ALS Intercept, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, ems education, EMS Health & Safety, EMS practice, ems scenario based education, EMS Topics, EMS training, EMT, ET Intubation, Fire department, intubation, Paramedic, paramedic education, Patient Management | Ckemtp | 6 Comments

What does Highschool Football Practice have to do with EMS? Does passing a football have anything to do with passing a tube? Maybe it does

The Paramedic Intercept – Rural EMS
December 18, 2009 | Als, ALS Intercept, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, EMS Management, EMS paramedics, EMS protocols, EMS Topics, Paramedic, patient care, Patient Management | Ckemtp | 6 Comments

A series on the issues facing rural EMS and rural paramedicine – The ALS Intercept, or Paramedic Intercept, is a useful tool in extending the highest level of care to rural communities. I’ve done this from both sides and believe that it’s a useful tool

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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.

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