Putting me out of business

by dr-exmedic

There aren’t too many central repositories of EMS research, but the Canadians are trying.

Sunday Silliness: the ad jumped over the moon edition

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There is an episode of G.I. Joe in which Cobra Commander tries to use a laser to engrave his face–well, mask–on the moon.  That’s all I could think of when I saw a website offering ads on the moon:  literally, your logo or message, inscribed across the moon, visible from Earth during quarter moons.
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The paramedic assistant

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Will there be a role for the EMT-Basic in my ideal future?

Scanning between the lines

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Is there really a future for ultrasound in EMS?

Moving on

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There are certain things you have to do before you can advance your career.

Changing the expectations

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EMS is no stranger to the notion that something good can seem bad if it wasn’t what you were expecting.

You keep using that word

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It turns out that the medical team responsible for therapeutic hypothermia at my hospital is called the Post-Arrest Reanimation Service.  I will forever love that word, reanimation, as applied to resuscitation.