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A Shoutout Across the Pond to our British EMS Bretheren
October 30, 2010 | Administration & Leadership, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, ems 2.0, EMS Management, EMS Topics, ER, medicblog999, Paramedic, UK paramedics, united kingdom, universal healthcare, US economy, Your Happy Medic | Ckemtp | 4 Comments
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We could learn a lot from the British EMS system. Our EMS bretheren in the UK have quite a few things figured out that we’ve been trying to get here in the US. EMS 2.0 anyone?

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.

Patient Handoffs from EMS to the ER, a Fictional Case Study (not a rant)
November 2, 2009 | ckemtp rants, Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Nurse, Emergency room, Emergency Room Nurse, EMS, EMS Topics, ER, Ethics, medical ethics, Paramedic, Patient Handovers, Patient Management, rant, RN, Transfer of Care | Ckemtp | 9 Comments
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I made up a scenario about the handover of care from EMS to ER staff. I ranted a bit… but I’m sure that there’s NEVER any problems like the one I MADE UP here. Any ER nurses out there want to comment?

The Handover Blog Carnival – Funniest. Call. Ever – 9/25/2009
September 25, 2009 | ambulance humor, EMS, EMS paramedics, ER, The Handover | Ckemtp | 7 Comments
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EMS people are some funny, funny, people. Oh sure, some of our humor is strange to the uninitiated. It’s dark and disturbing sometimes… built from years of bearing witness to the macabre scenes of humanity that play out before us. Sometimes it’s more slapstick, a kick in the groin if you will. Or a psyche […]

The Handover is coming! The Handover is coming!
August 27, 2009 | Ambulance, blog, blogger, EMS paramedics, EMT, ER, Fire department, The Handover | Ckemtp | No Comments
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Coming soon to Life Under the Lights, The Handover Blog Carnival! Yes, Medic999 has convinced me to put my money where my mouth is and host an edition of the Famous EMS Blog Carnival. Hopefully I can live up to the heavy expectations of the readers and fill the big shoes of the bloggers who […]

The DNT Order??
February 13, 2009 | Ambulance, ckemtp rants, cpr fail, DNR, Do Not Resuscitate Order, edemse, EMS, ems education, EMS ethics, EMS rant, EMS Topics, EMT, ER, Ethics, everyday ems ethics, nursing home, Paramedic, Skilled Nursing Facility | Ckemtp | 3 Comments

Tonight I would like to take a few moments to hit on what is one of my top-ten all-time use-a-lot-of-dashes-in-between pet-peeves in EMS and probably in health care in general. It’s the “DNT” or “Do not Treat” order. It might just as well be called the “DNC” or “Do Not Care” order, or “Do Not […]

Why am I doing this??
February 9, 2009 | Ambulance, EMS, EMT, ER, Fire department, Firefighter, hospital, Introduction, Paramedic, show tunes | Ckemtp | No Comments
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So the other day I was taking this cute little 9 month old to a tertiary specialty childrens’ hospital. It was a nice place, big, clean, bright, state of the art equipment, people scurrying about looking busy, cute nurses, etc… It was a class act, that hospital. The patient was stable and quite pleasant. We […]