Run away! Run away!
by dr-exmedicHow scary can you make the latest flu panic seem?
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Belting them in
by dr-exmedicDo we really need to be told how to get patients from point A to point B?
EMS Pet Peeves #2
by dr-exmedicAnd this isn’t limited to EMS people by the way, but that’s where I have the most experience with it: people who report vital signs as “stable” when they’ve only taken one set. The dictionary definition of stable: “8. (of a patient’s condition) exhibiting no significant change.” If you only have one set, you cannot [...]
Delicious irony
by dr-exmedicToday, I attended a lecture on the effects of obesity on the survival of trauma patients. They heavily advertised not only the seminar, but the fact that they were serving lunch.
Art and EMS intersect
by dr-exmedicArt students should never be allowed to design real medical equipment, but it does make for some fun “art.”
EMS pet peeves–the first in an irregular series
by dr-exmedicCoworkers who insist on washing bedsheets and pillowcases in the same load as towels used to clean the insides and outsides of an ambulance.
Pimpin’ ain’t easy either
by dr-exmedicOverheard among medical students talking about their 4th-year rotations: Student 1: You’re doing ER? Do you really like working hard or what? Student 2: I didn’t think it was going to be hard….
I should have asked her how Walt Disney was doing
by dr-exmedicAt a recruitment session for a disaster medical reserve team, the speaker talked about the team’s last activation in 2005, down to New Orleans and other parts of Louisiana. About 20 minutes later, someone in the front row asked: “What disaster did the team get sent to down in New Orleans?” I have to assume [...]
And where did you learn that?
by dr-exmedicI’ll admit that EMS isn’t a beauty contest, but we should at least do our best to not look silly.
Not a joke
by dr-exmedicWhen I saw a link to a story titled “Song Helps 3-Year-Old Call 911 for Mom,” I fully admit that the first song that jumped into my head was the wrong song.
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