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Death Rate to Increase in London – and – The Medicare Tomato
June 15, 2011 | 911 fail, Administration & Leadership, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, EMS Health & Safety, EMS Topics, Paramedic, UK paramedics, united kingdom, universal healthcare, US economy | Ckemtp | 4 Comments
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There’s links to three articles here, regarding British Healthcare, US healthcare, politics… and a really good one on tomatos. (yes, really. It’s awesome) Read em’

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?

Swinging a Sledgehammer and Thinking about the UK… Strange times
December 20, 2009 | 911 fail, appreciation, ckemtp, ckemtp rants, EMS Health & Safety, EMS Humor, EMS pep talk, EMS rant, EMS Topics, Fire Rescue Topics, grumblemedics, humor, Line of Duty, medicblog999, UK paramedics, united kingdom, Your Happy Medic | Ckemtp | 10 Comments

Good news! I’m embarking on a journey of self discovery! Wait.. no I’m not. I’m doing construction work! Aren’t I supposed to be um, like… doing Paramedic type stuff? Hmmm… what would Mark Glencourse do?

UK Healthcare – Could the UK medics give me some perspective here?
August 5, 2009 | Ambulance, EMS, EMS paramedics, UK paramedics, universal healthcare | Ckemtp | 2 Comments

You may not know this, unless you’ve read my blog once or twice, but I am a news and politics junkie. I try not to put it on the blog, but occasionally it creeps through. This is one of those posts. I read a lot of different articles and opinions every day. You’ll find me […]

Hey, UK people, Explain this for me
June 20, 2009 | UK Child custody, UK paramedics | Ckemtp | No Comments

This link – is to a story that I just found coming out of the UK. It’s about a young, single mother who “did not know that she was pregnant for 27 weeks”. The story is about the UK social services (and I don’t know how your governmental divisions work over there) taking the young […]