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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’

Change Medicare? Save EMS
March 17, 2011 | Administration & Leadership, change, EMS, ems 2.0, EMS Management, EMS Topics, Funding & Staffing, new perspective, Paramedic, paramedic salary, politics, potential, profession, Uncategorized, universal healthcare, US economy | Ckemtp | 8 Comments
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The “Fee-for-Transport” revenue model has failed us. EMS has grown to fit the healthcare payment system and has limited so much of our profession’s evolution. We need new revenue streams and innovation, not archaic regulation. Viva EMS!

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?

Someone Failed… Is it the System? Everyday EMS Ethics
September 29, 2009 | 911 fail, ALS Intercept, Ambulance, edemse, emotions, EMS, EMS ethics, medical ethics, Paramedic, politics, socialized medicine, universal healthcare | Ckemtp | 5 Comments

A tempestuous night is blowing outside the station walls. The cold night air is stirred wildly, blowing splatterings of rain against the glass window of my bedroom. The wind howls through the trees conjuring up fantastic images of the disturbed environs of the world outside my bunk room. Having gone to bed early, I cannot […]

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 […]