Monthly Archives: February 2011

Beantown Bound

Submitted myself to the tender ministrations of the TSA drones this morning, en route to Boston for a few days of shooting and swapping lies with my Northeast gun blogger cronies before we head to EMS Today in Baltimore. Hopefully, pics from tonight’s dinner to follow!

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How Apropos

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6zU1YRTrqk&feature=player_embedded#at=19[/youtube] Since most soccer “injuries” are just for show, I suppose it’s only fitting that the medic put on a performance as well…

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999 Medic, Signing Off

Mark Glencorse is hanging up the keyboard. You’re a credit to the profession, Mark, and the way you ended your blogging career is every bit as graceful and classy as the way you conducted it. You will be missed.

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For You EMS Newbies…

… Episode 36 is up on Confessions of an EMS Newbie. Ron and I discuss the philosophical question, which kills you quicker, the arterial bleed or the compromised airway? We answer a few listener questions, discuss PASG, and offer a few non-traditional uses for the KED. It’s Confessions of an EMS Newbie, the only podcast known to cure cooties. Get ...

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A Good Cause

I know that in the current economic climate, people have enough problems paying for their own rent, food and medical care. But we here in the United States still have it pretty sweet. You could, for example, live in Haiti. And in the best tradition of putting your money where your mouth is, two paramedic friends are going on a ...

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EMS Today Countdown: T minus 5…

I leave Sunday for EMS Today. The conference itself doesn’t begin until March 1, but I’ll be heading to Boston for a couple of days prior to hang out with the Northeast Gunblogger tribe and get some shooting and storytelling in. While at EMS Today, I’ll be attending sessions, schmoozing at The Meetup, helping man the National EMS Museum Foundation ...

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On Teaching, Mentoring and Stewardship

When a preceptor passes on that "practical experience and training,'' there are volumes of tradition, science, art, wisdom and bullshit encompassed in those four little words. The good preceptor passes on the collective wisdom - and sometimes, inadvertently, the bullshit - of our profession to the next generation, and I mean all of it; what EMS was, what EMS is, and what EMS should be. I'd say "what EMS will be," but so much of that depends upon how well that preceptor does his job.

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Blogroll Additions

Time to update the Blogroll O’ Doom here at Ambulance Driver World Headquarters, home of the most hated blog name in the EMS blogsophere! First, welcome ParaPup to the JEMS Fire/EMS Blogs team, and read her post on sexism in EMS. Next come a few more female EMTs to add to the Bloggers I’ve Met roll; Inspiratory Drive at Cheyne ...

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Unconscionable

Some posters in EMS forums are wondering if this firefighter's refusal to respond detracted in any way from the heroism of those that did. I have only two things to say to that:

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For You EMS Newbies…

… Episode 35 is up at Confessions of an EMS Newbie. Ron and I wax philosophic about Trauma Center designations, the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Distraction* since 9/11, and we even say good things about air medical transport. It’s Confessions of an EMS Newbie, the only podcast proven to reverse the terminal boredom induced by ICS 100-800! * The ...

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