In our second month, The EMT Spot saw our regular readership more than double. This, quite frankly, blows me away and encourages me to make the site as good as it can be. I must admit that it gives me pause when writing my latest additions to know that thousands of people in over 30 countries are going to be reading the site over the next week. For that, I offer you my most sincere thank you.
If you enjoy online social networks, we also now have affiliate group pages for people to connect with us through Facebook, EMS United, and Firefighter Nation.
As promised, this month we looked at Why Head Injuries Fight us, we dove into a universal clinical truth in Skin Doesn’t Lie and narrowed down the reasons Why People Vomit Blood. Our first guest author, Matthew Bergland expressed his feelings on providing care for The Greatest Generation and I talked up the merits of an EMT who took action in One EMT Can Make A Difference.
Around the Blogsphere, The Happy medic has a bevy of good advice (that’s right, I said bevy) from The Handover Blog Carnival as well as an appropriate warning for new medics looking for a job in the fire service. Peter Canning describes an interesting case of pain management in Empty Shoe and Rouge Medic has a rant worthy of consideration regarding medically untrained personnel providing QA and discipline in a an ALS system. Elsewhere, Rescue911Blog asks a good question about Burn Out.
In EMS News, the results of the latest Polyheme trial were released and the hoped for miracle save rates were not demonstrated. A firefighter and a paramedic are out of a job after posting a YouTube video (will this stuff ever end?) Chicago is trying to do something to address the surge in firefighter and paramedic suicides. Research showed that 12 lead ECGs are useful in determining the presence of infarction immediately following ROSC in cardiac arrest. And finally, A Columbus Ohio city level committee addressed the bold question, Are Paramedics Necessary? This one is bound to get interesting.
In our national EMS periodicals, JEMS looked at two often heralded absolutes of medicine, airway control and oxygenation. EMS Magazine offered advice on interacting with patents who are legally armed and the treatment of syncope.
In the podcast realm, everyone’s favorite podcast, The EMS Garage has an excellent conversation about refusing patients with alcohol on board.
So now you’re all caught up for March. In April, The EMT Spot will use the tragic story of Natasha Richardson as a call to examine the nature of head injury presentations. We will also talk about the effects of stress and concern over loosing your job as well as four assessment findings that should always concern you. It’s going to be a good one. Come back soon.
Steve
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