No doubt, with the holidays at hand, our local Hazmat agencies may be receiving an increase in suspicious package calls. As time goes on, we tend to develop a ho-hum attitude toward these types of … [Read more...]

My EMT instructor told me his version of the story back in 1989. He was forthcoming that he had not been in the emergency room when it happened, he had only heard the story passed on. (As I would pass … [Read more...]

I encountered a video recently of a family crossing the street in front of an emergency vehicle with its lights and sirens operating. There are several interesting points to the video. One is the … [Read more...]

"Hurry up and do something!" Emergencies seem to demand that we take action. Not just action, but immediate action. Haven't you ever stepped out of your vehicle onto an emergency scene ad had … [Read more...]

One of the more difficult things to relate to new EMTs who are just cutting their first patient assessment teeth is putting assessment finding in context. Frequently, while teaching a new batch of EMT … [Read more...]

Managing head injury patients can be challenging. Actually they can be down right scary. Let's face it, the closed head injury call can go sideways fast. They tend to be altered or unconscious. They … [Read more...]