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In Case You Missed It…. | The Ambulance Chaser
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Musings from the warped, cynical mind of an ambulance chaser and ambulance driver. In Case You Missed It…. In Case You Missed It…. Posted on February 12, 2015. I’m now on EMS1 as well. Talking about compassion. Shocking for a lawyer! Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window). Speak Your Mind Cancel reply. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. August 30, 2016.
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If We’re Truly Doing Everything Doctors Do, But At 80 Miles An Hour | The Ambulance Chaser
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Musings from the warped, cynical mind of an ambulance chaser and ambulance driver. If We’re Truly Doing Everything Doctors Do, But At 80 Miles An Hour. If We’re Truly Doing Everything Doctors Do, But At 80 Miles An Hour. Posted on January 20, 2015. Look around the EMS social media world for any period of time and you’ll see a bunch of worn-out clichés. One of the more popular ones is “We do everything a doctor does, but at 80 miles an hour.”. Yet, of all of the education programs out there, EMS education...
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EMS Education | The Ambulance Chaser
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Musings from the warped, cynical mind of an ambulance chaser and ambulance driver. Have you ever noticed…? Posted on August 9, 2016. Have you ever noticed how many new, inexperienced, poorly educated providers talk about how much they’re allowed to “do” in their EMS organization/system/region? What Might Be Wrong With EMS and EMS Education. Posted on May 4, 2016. Posted on April 20, 2016. 8221; These sayings, among many other legal maxims, recognize that answers to most legal questions are nuanced and th...
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Risk Management | The Ambulance Chaser
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Musings from the warped, cynical mind of an ambulance chaser and ambulance driver. When you’re managing risk…. Posted on March 2, 2015. Several EMS systems attempt to manage and mitigate risk by creating an extensive field training/credentialing/clearance to practice model. The lawyer in me is skeptical. Allow me to throw out some legal analysis that I believe illustrates some additional risks that this paradigm creates. How many EMS systems can defend their field training processes? 2) As we all hopeful...
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Rants | The Ambulance Chaser
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Musings from the warped, cynical mind of an ambulance chaser and ambulance driver. Posted on July 6, 2016. Today, though, I dug deeper into a recent EMS discussion about the priority between hemorrhage control and the classic “Airway, Breathing, Circulation” priorities that are drilled into almost every EMS provider. I noticed that the majority of providers wanted a definite, absolute answer. They wanted a clearcut answer. We’ve earned our $15. Time To Call It Like I See It. Posted on June 14, 2016.
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Thoughts On The Detroit EMS Incident | The Ambulance Chaser
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Musings from the warped, cynical mind of an ambulance chaser and ambulance driver. Thoughts On The Detroit EMS Incident. Thoughts On The Detroit EMS Incident. Posted on June 25, 2015. If you’ve been around any of the EMS social media over the past two days, you’ve heard a story about a Detroit EMT who refused to respond to a baby in cardiac arrest. Were her acts disgusting? Absolutely. Are they immoral? You bet. Do they violate every ethical norm that EMS provider subscribe to? Should she lose her job?
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My Sermon to You | The Ambulance Chaser
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Musings from the warped, cynical mind of an ambulance chaser and ambulance driver. My Sermon to You. My Sermon to You. Posted on February 14, 2015. I’m not the world’s most religious guy. But I just awarded myself a new title. I’ve accepted ordination as a reverend in the EMS Church of the Painful Truth. And for my fellow followers of the gospel of the truth that EMS is the practice of medicine, I deliver to you my first sermon. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). February 14, 2015 at 2:23 pm.
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Medical Practice By Cliche | The Ambulance Chaser
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Musings from the warped, cynical mind of an ambulance chaser and ambulance driver. Medical Practice By Cliche. Medical Practice By Cliche. Posted on January 30, 2015. One of my biggest complaints in EMS education and practice is that too many providers take clichés from t-shirts and turn them into the dogma of EMS practice. I fully acknowledge that there are some excellent EMT-level providers out there who are the exception to my semi-rant. These EMTs are primarily found in EMS systems where there...
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EMS | The Ambulance Chaser
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Musings from the warped, cynical mind of an ambulance chaser and ambulance driver. The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations. Posted on August 30, 2016. Yes, I know that’s a quote used in a George W. Bush speech. Yes, I know some of you may not like President Bush. Truth be told, I don’t always either. (He’s like the Diet Coke of conservatism: Just one calorie, not conservative enough! 8212; Apologies to Dr. Evil, by the way.). Is doing similar work as well. For those of you complaining about poor pay, poor w...