Ohio Ambulance Service Closes Its Doors Weeks Before Christmas
TOLEDO, Ohio — First Med, the parent company of LIFE Ambulance and MedCorp — which together are the largest providers of EMS service in the state of Ohio — abruptly closed its doors on Friday, putting hundreds of employees out of work without notice. [Read the full story on EMS1] (Source: The EMT Spot)
Source: The EMT Spot - December 11, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
Chigaco Medic Well Over DUI Limit During On-Duty Crash
CHICAGO — Police say a suburban ambulance driver was three times over the legal limit for alcohol when he ran a red light, his emergency lights and sirens on, and crashed into a pickup truck in the Sheridan Park neighborhood on the North Side. [Read the whole story on EMS1] (Source: The EMT Spot)
Source: The EMT Spot - December 11, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
Treatment vs Care
It’s important to distinguish between good treatment and good care.
Doing a proper patient assessment is good treatment.
Telling the patient what you are doing before you do it is good care.
Starting an IV is good treatment.
Thoroughly cleaning the IV site and using sterile technique is good care.
Safe transport to the hospital is good treatment.
A warm blanket and a kind word before you leave is good care.
Proper splinting is good treatment.
Proper pain control is good care.
Making sure you are transporting to an appropriate receiving facility is good treatment.
Making sure the family members know how to get there i...
Source: The EMT Spot - December 11, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Everything Else slider Source Type: blogs
EMS Captain Saves Over One Week a Year in Labor Costs
(Sponsored Post)
EMS Captain Saves His Department Over One Week a Year in Labor Costs
Hesitancy to switch from a handwritten calendar to an online employee scheduling system
was erased with a simple 30 minute tutorial.
November 13, 2013 – Often people are reluctant to change an administrative process because they aren’t comfortable with the technology involved, or they think their system “is good enough” the way it is. But when they see other organizations making a successful change to save time and money…they often decide it’s time to jump on the bandwagon.
“Previously we c...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 30, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
Florida EMS Aquires New MCI Vehicle
EAST NAPLES, Fla. — Just in case some large-scale disaster were to occur with mass casualties, Collier County wants to be prepared.
County commissioners recently gave the county’s Department of Emergency Medical Services the go-ahead to pursue funding from the state to buy a multi-patient ambulance bus for improving response capabilities and saving lives. [Read the whole story at EMS1] (Source: The EMT Spot)
Source: The EMT Spot - November 30, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Everything Else Research and News Source Type: blogs
Korean Firefighters and Paramedics Train at GA College
The GRU Department of Emergency Medicine has hosted the international group for about a month and trained them on prehospital trauma care, emergency response and clinical techniques. [Read the whole story at The Augusta Chronicle] (Source: The EMT Spot)
Source: The EMT Spot - November 30, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
Risk vs Benifit Analysis – An Apology to Melissa
I belong to several EMS groups on social media. Recently one of the boards got rolling on the topic of active shooter scenarios and some systems that are integrating non-tactical EMS into their active shooter scene management. The idea is to teach EMS personnel how to enter an active killer scene and assist with care and evacuation of areas that have already been cleared by the first wave of law enforcement. EMS personnel are shielded by multiple law enforcement officers who protect the EMS crews while they perform critical interventions and evacuate the wounded.
This system is designed to bring care to victims on scene fa...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 24, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Knowledge Source Type: blogs
Risk vs Benifit Analysis – An Apology to Hannah
I belong to several EMS groups on social media. They all have their individual personalities and nuances. Lately, I’ve encountered some great discussions on a members-only board that I’ll call The Secret Society of Facebook EMS. Don’t get too jealous. It isn’t as exclusive as the name implies. And it isn’t all that secret. But it is full of some smart cats who like to challenge each other on EMS related issues.
Recently the board got rolling on the topic of active shooter scenarios and some systems that are integrating non-tactical EMS into their active shooter scene management. The idea is to...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 24, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Knowledge Source Type: blogs
ACLS Training Center Offers Learning Resources and Certification
As an EMS educator who has been posting educational material online for over four years now, I’m always encouraged to see EMS training institutions moving their content online. I’d like to make you aware of one recent addition to the online E-learning offerings, ACLS Training Center. The folks over at ACLS Training Center asked me to take a look at their latest offerings and I like what I see.
They are offering BLS, ACLS and PALS certifications online for reasonable prices with immediate certification available on completion. I know that a lot of folks out there struggle with managing their shifts and making it...
Source: The EMT Spot - October 24, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Everything Else slider Source Type: blogs
The EMS Community Mourns The Passing of An Icon
The EMS community lost an icon Sunday morning with the unexpected death of EMS educator Mike Smith. Mike, age 61, was a close part of the JEMS family for many years, writing as a columnist for JEMS and lecturing at many EMS Today conferences. He went on to join the EMS Magazine and EMS World team and served them well for many years as a columnist. [Read the whole story at JEMS] (Source: The EMT Spot)
Source: The EMT Spot - October 21, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
Aladtec’s Scheduling Systems Resolve Staffing Problems for EMS at Burning Man
Hudson, WI – It’s difficult to to schedule 20 people on a spreadsheet, calendar or whiteboard. Imagine trying to schedule hundreds of people with one of these antiquated methods of scheduling. Large scale events require a great deal of support personnel…including security, food service, volunteers, and EMS staff. How to manage, schedule and keep track of all these people is a huge undertaking. [Read the whole story at EMS World Magazine] (Source: The EMT Spot)
Source: The EMT Spot - October 21, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
Helicopter Flights Against Parents Wishes Cost $14,000
Nearly an hour after the initial call for help, two Lincoln County, KY children with minor injuries were flown by helicopter to a regional hospital instead of being driven to a hospital less than 15 minutes away. Now the angry parents want answers. [Read the whole story here.] (Source: The EMT Spot)
Source: The EMT Spot - October 20, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
Woman in Wheelchair Sues EMT Over ‘Wide Load’ Tweet
AP Newswire – NEW YORK, A wheelchair-bound woman has filed a lawsuit against a New York City EMT who tweeted a photo of her with a caption that said “Wide Load.”
Teena Gamzon, who suffers from diabetes and other ailments, says fire department EMT Thomas Dluhos secretly photographed her and then splashed it over the Internet. [Read the whole story on EMS1] (Source: The EMT Spot)
Source: The EMT Spot - September 24, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
Aladtec’s EMS Manager Prevents a $7,000 Unemployment Claim in PA
(Sponsored Post)
Aladtec’s EMS Manager System Allows Haverford Township EMS (PA)
to Prevent a $7,000 Unemployment Claim
A part-time employee believed he was eligible for unemployment
due to “lack of work” at this agency.
September 24, 2013 – Philadelphia, PA – When organizations and companies schedule staff on a spreadsheet, whiteboard or a calendar with paper and pencil, it’s extremely difficult to accurately keep track of an employee’s total hours worked for any given time. Then consider all their shift trades, dropped shifts due to illness, etc. and ma...
Source: The EMT Spot - September 24, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
Florida $375.00 Ambulance Ride to Nowhere
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – When a local woman parked i the emergency bay at an area hospital the staff called 911 so the ambulance crew could assist her inside the facility. Then she received a $375.00 bill for an ambulance ride to nowhere. [Read the whole story here.]
(Source: The EMT Spot)
Source: The EMT Spot - September 24, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
