medical emergencies

Mastering The Head-To-Toe Assessment

February 8, 2010 By Steve Whitehead 15 Comments

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You probably practiced your head-to-toe assessment a bunch in your EMT class. Maybe more than any other skill in the EMT curriculum. If your class was or is anything like mine (as a student or a … [Read more...]

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Patients Define Their Emergencies

February 21, 2009 By Steve Whitehead 23 Comments

What if I told you that you could adopt one simple, yet powerful belief that would improve your happiness at work immediately and forever? What if I could tell you one simple truth and, if you were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Big Get It Tagged With: emergencies, EMS, job frustration, job satasfaction, medical emergencies, system abuse

Mastering The Head-To-Toe Assessment

Patients Define Their Emergencies

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