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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.

Any Random Person
March 11, 2010 | Ambulance, ckemtp rants, dave barry, edemse, Emergency Medical Services, ems 2.0, ems education, EMS ethics, EMS rant, EMS Topics, EMT, EMT-Intermediate, Ethics, everyday ems ethics, IV, Paramedic, paramedic education, physician | Ckemtp | 556 Comments

Hey, I could do that ALS stuff. Any Random Person could do some of that stuff. Right? Well, I counter that it takes a VERY SPECIAL KIND of random person to be a good ALS provider.

Thank you EMS – Some reasons I love what I do
February 9, 2010 | appreciation, Emergency Medical Services, emotions, EMS, EMS Blog, EMS Health & Safety, EMS Motivation, EMS paramedics, EMS pep talk, EMS Topics, EMT, EMT-Intermediate, EMT-Paramedic Specialist, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, Paramedic, potential, pride, profession, professionalism, thank you | Ckemtp | 3 Comments

Have you thought for a minute why you do what you do? I have.. and today I’m writing down what it is I love about my chosen profession. EMS is awesome most days.

Expanding Our Career Options – Non-Traditional EMS Jobs
January 18, 2010 | Ambulance, change, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, ems 2.0, EMS Management, EMS Topics, EMT-Intermediate, EMT-Paramedic Specialist, ER, new perspective, Paramedic, paramedic education, physician, potential, profession, salary | Ckemtp | 18 Comments

Paramedics and EMTs aren’t pigeonholed into our tradidional roles. With a bit of forward thinking, we can expand our professional talents into a lot of industries. Can you help? Join in the discussion.

Guest Post – An Open Letter to Wisconsin Physicians Concerning Do-Not-Resucitate Orders
December 3, 2009 | 911 fail, cpr, cpr fail, crisis, DNR, Do Not Resuscitate Order, Emergency Medical Services, emotions, EMS, ems 2.0, EMS ethics, EMS rant, EMS Topics, EMT, EMT-Intermediate, EMT-Paramedic Specialist, Fire Rescue Topics, medical ethics, Paramedic, patient care, Patient Management, physician, professionalism, rant, southern wisconsin | Ckemtp | 32 Comments

Do-Not-Resuscitate, or DNR orders, can be wonderful tools. However, physicians must provide the proper input and patient education in order to prevent tragic consequences – This is an open letter to Wisconsin Physicians written by a long-time paramedic.

Uh oh, is it that time again? EMS Recert Time Cometh…
November 20, 2009 | AHA, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, ems education, EMS Health & Safety, EMS Topics, EMS training, EMT, EMT-Intermediate, EMT-Paramedic Specialist, Iowa, Iowa EMS, Paramedic, paramedic education, Training & Development, wisconsin | Ckemtp | 5 Comments

I’ll betcha that a lot of you reading this are in the same boat that I am… Here’s the reminder! Yesterday I had the occasion to pull out all of my various certification cards and licenses, photocopy them, and turn them in to one of my departments for verification that I still had them. Much […]