Had a call today that I'd like to work through the patho on. First the call, then some questions.
Responded for a 22y/o M, query seizure following a weekend of binge drinking. Arrived to find Pt. lying supine on the floor, conscious, alert and oriented, in moderate distress. Pt. pale/ashen...
The topic of increased education in EMS comes up so frequently on this forum that I thought I'd share a very interesting development from the Paramedicine Across Canada Expo conference I just attended.
The Paramedic Association of Canada who writes the National Occupational Competency...
http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/13135525/1343983969/name/Pomax%20backgroundfile-59902.pdf
KPMG recommended that the City of Toronto explore merging Fire and EMS to save money. Council commissioned a consultant to study the operations of both departments and whether a merger was justifiable. The...
I'm on the look out for some zippered, vinyl pouches, clear tops, with velcro backing. The only place I've seen these so far are the ones that came with the old Pacific Emergency Products R-series of back-packs and unfortunately PEP is no longer making EMS products. I'm looking for similar...
I'm glad stable IFT's are a separate industry around here. It keeps the yahoo wannabes from confusing their job with EMS rather than the horizontal taxi service. With the exception of a bariatric treat and return which the IFT companies can't handle, the only IFT's I've done are urgent if not...