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A Late-Night Rant about Petty Politics in EMS
October 27, 2010 | Administration & Leadership, change, ckemtp rants, Command & Leadership, edemse, Emergency Medical Services, emotions, EMS, EMS ethics, EMS Management, EMS rant, EMS Topics, Ethics, everyday ems ethics, Fire Rescue Topics, medical ethics, Paramedic, politics, professionalism, rant, Uncategorized | Ckemtp | 15 Comments
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Tonight, I had a bit of a rant that I let fly… Who am I kidding, it was a full-blown Hissy. I’m tired of the politics in EMS and I’m ranting about it. If I start the change, will you join me?

Saved by the Bell? High School Student EMS
March 29, 2010 | 911 fail, Administration & Leadership, ckemtp, ckemtp rants, Command & Leadership, edemse, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, ems education, EMS ethics, EMS Health & Safety, EMS Management, EMS rant, EMS Topics, EMS training, EMT, Ethics, everyday ems ethics, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Safety & Health, medical ethics, politics, rant, Training & Development, volunteer fire department, volunteer firefighter | Ckemtp | 58 Comments
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Remember High School? I do. I was the geeky kid who did show choir. I played football too, though. I was young, naive, and inexperienced. I also desperately wanted to be on an ambulance before I was 18. Was that a good idea? Some communities are doing just that. I was for it… but should I have been?

Two Cases, One letter – From one Paramedic’s struggles, change can come
February 25, 2010 | Administration & Leadership, change, ckemtp rants, DNR, Do Not Resuscitate Order, edemse, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, ems 2.0, ems education, EMS ethics, EMS Health & Safety, EMS Management, EMS paramedics, EMS system, EMS Topics, Ethics, everyday ems ethics, Line of Duty, medical ethics, Paramedic, paramedic education, patient care, Patient Handovers, Patient Management, politics, potential, PR, pride, profession, professionalism, Public relations, rant, stories | Ckemtp | 14 Comments

A letter I got from a fellow Paramedic has caused me to write a long tyrade on the state of EMS. This post will make you mad. It will challenge you and challenge our profession. You will probably see yourself in the words this Paramedic wrote to me. We Need Change.

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.

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?

Sunday Randomness – Some EMS Pet Peeves
October 25, 2009 | Ambulance, ckemtp, ckemtp rants, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, EMS Health & Safety, EMS rant, EMS safety, EMS Topics, pride, profession, professionalism, Public relations, rant, Vehicle Operation & Ambulances | Ckemtp | 6 Comments

My Sunday Randomness seems to have devolved into a rant about some of my pet peeves in EMS. There’s some old crusty complaints in there, I know… but every dang one of them will improve your care.

Oh no you didn’t…
March 31, 2009 | AHA, Ambulance, Ambulance Driver, American Heart Association, ckemtp rants, Command & Leadership, edemse, EKG, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, ems 2.0, EMS ethics, EMS Humor, EMS Management, EMS rant, EMS Topics, EMT, Ethics, everyday ems ethics, funny, grumblemedics, inside the mind of a paramedic, Mission Lifeline, new perspective, Paramedic, Public relations, rant, STEMI, technology-communications-ems-topics | Ckemtp | 12 Comments

Really? Did you just?? Oh come on now… you don’t really think?? Seriously… Did you really just call me an “Ambulance Driver”? An Ambulance Driver? Oh come on… Four years of college level classes, hundreds upon hundreds of hours of continuing educations, a veritable alphabet soup of certification acronyms behind my name, and this nifty […]