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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 | 13 Comments

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

Link: Where Should Special Needs Kids be Special? – Autism Awareness in the Community
March 17, 2013 | Administration & Leadership, Emergency Communications, Emergency Medical Services, EMS Topics, link, rural ems | Ckemtp | 1 Comment

I just read an excellent article at Slate.com by Amy S.F. Lutz, a crusader for the rights of the disabled in the community. Now you, as either an EMS provider or fellow human being in society should read it too. The article deals with the sometimes uncomfortable issue of the behaviors that manifest themselves in public from […]

Rural EMS – A Fictional Letter to the Small Town Community
June 10, 2010 | Ambulance, crisis, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, EMS ethics, EMS Topics, Funding & Staffing, inside the mind of a paramedic, Paramedic, paramedic salary, politics, rural ems, Uncategorized | Ckemtp | 15 Comments
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Rural EMS has it’s challenges, not the least of which are the low pay and long hours. I believe that the lives of those in the sticks are just as important as the lives of those in the city and that rural folk need paramedics too. This is a fictional letter with a very real message.