Archive for March2011

Paramedics and The ET Tube
March 28, 2011 | ems-topics | medicscribe | 4 Comments

The days of handing a laryngyscope to a new paramedic and telling him to go out and not kill anyone need to come to an end.

Combitube!
March 21, 2011 | ems-topics | medicscribe | 8 Comments
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20 years ago when I was an EMT-Intermediate, we used a device called an EOA (esophageal obdurator airway). The airway was designed to occlude the esophagus, thus enabling supraglottic ventilation. The main problem with the EOA was sometimes instead of going in the esophagus, it ended up in the trachea and was not recognized. I […]

Division of Labor
March 14, 2011 | ems-topics | medicscribe | 3 Comments

If you work commercial ambulance in a high volume system, and if one of you is a paramedic and one an EMT (the standard in our system), you and your partner are going to need to work out a way of dividing up the calls.

Blogging (Repost)
March 10, 2011 | ems-topics | medicscribe | 1 Comment

Write to elevate the spirit you have seen in people you have cared for — in their worst and best moments. Use your writing to try to understand the world, not to condemn it. Share your victories, your defeats, your frustrations and your hopes. Write to show that you have walked down the EMS streets.

Splinting (Update)
March 8, 2011 | ems-topics | medicscribe | 6 Comments
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My quest to be the Architectural Digests’ Best Splint Ever Winner, as well as getting an award for Most Improved Splinter continues.

The Heart of Health Care
March 1, 2011 | ems-topics | medicscribe | 2 Comments

You have these moments in life. Sometimes you see something for the first time. Other times you are just reminded of basic truths. This was such a moment for me when you see the world very clearly.