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Welcome to the Club
September 16, 2014 | Ambulance, Emergency Medical Services, emotions, EMS, EMS Health & Safety, EMS Topics, Fire Rescue Topics, inside the mind of a paramedic, mental imagery, Paramedic, patient care, Patient Management, psychology | Ckemtp | 4 Comments
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Welcome. You might be wondering why you’re here, who I am, and how long you’ll be here. In fact, I’m sure you have many questions. Some of them I can answer, some of them I can’t, and some of them are questions we both have. I do know that we’ll most probably be together for […]

In an Instant
May 22, 2010 | blogger, Emergency Medical Services, emotions, EMS, EMS Blog, EMS Topics, EMT, Fire Rescue Topics, In the Line of Duty, inside the mind of a paramedic, mental imagery, Paramedic, sadness, stories | Ckemtp | 13 Comments

This is a therapy session for me. An incident that happend to me years ago has been haunting my mind lately and I thought writing it down would help. Spoiler alert: The kid dies at the end.

Mental Quickness – Do Smart Alecks Make Better EMTs?
February 2, 2010 | Administration & Leadership, change, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, ems education, EMS Health & Safety, EMS Humor, EMS paramedics, EMS practice, ems scenario based education, EMS Topics, EMS training, Fire Rescue Topics, inside the mind of a paramedic, mental imagery, Paramedic, paramedic education, patient care, Patient Management, scenario based training, Training & Development, training-fire-rescue-topics | Ckemtp | 7 Comments

Input, processing speed, and decision making skills are all part of being a good EMT or Paramedic. How can we improve our own? By thinking about it in a new way… and by busting some chops too

Life Under the Lights – From behind the Windshield
January 17, 2010 | CISD, ckemtp, EMS Health & Safety, EMS Topics, Line of Duty, mental imagery, new perspective, profession, psychology, sadness, stories | Ckemtp | 4 Comments

This post goes out to my blogger buddy @medicthree – (http://www.medicthree.com) whose been having a few rough shifts lately. If you’ve been having a few rough ones lately, this one’s for you too. It’s kind of a rambling, disjointed post about emotions in EMS. It made me feel better to write it. Here’s hoping that it makes you feel better to read it.

Scenarios. A lot of EMS, a little Einstein
September 22, 2009 | Emergency Medical Services, EMS, EMS Blog, ems education, EMS practice, ems scenario, ems scenario based education, EMS training, everyday ems ethics, mental imagery, Paramedic, paramedic education, patient care, scenario, scenario based training, whattaya do | Ckemtp | 2 Comments

A while back ago I had a kick where I did a scenario-based EMS ethics piece that took a look at a possible situation that could be faced by some Paramedics and asked readers what they would do in that case. The response was pretty good. You should add your opinion here. I use a […]

Inside View: A conversation between my conscious and sub-conscious mind
September 1, 2009 | Ambulance, EMS, EMS paramedics, inside the mind of a paramedic, mental illness, mental imagery, psychology | Ckemtp | 8 Comments

Conscious Mind (CM): “Hey SC (Sub-Conscious mind), I can’t really comprehend the horror of what I’m seeing here” SC: “Well, whattaya want me to do about it?” CM: “Oh, I dunno, usually you make light of things for me so it’s not so painful to look at… got any jokes?” SC: “No man, not this […]