This morning, I read an article with great interest about our local EMS system using a physician assistant who's also a paramedic to provide enhanced EMS care -- both for acute patients and to divert non-acute patients from the emergency room. The … [Continue reading]
EMS Education — Some Easy Places To Start
Posted on July 10, 2020 Written by
Right now, EMS is being asked to step up its game and take on more of a role in healthcare. Even before we knew about COVID-19, EMS was being asked to do more in terms of reducing repeat patients and finding alternatives to the "you call, we haul" … [Continue reading]
A Solution to EMS Stagnation?
Posted on June 23, 2020 Written by
As I look at EMS's stagnation in comparison to nursing, I have a thought. Nursing has made it where a Registered Nurse is the minimum level of entry to almost any acute care role -- and where an associate's degree is the minimum education level at … [Continue reading]
COVID 19, Free Money, and Excuses
Posted on April 20, 2020 Written by
This is a bit far afield from my usual blogging about the world of EMS, but if you think big picture above and beyond considering what clinical skills an EMT or paramedic should have, maybe this is exactly about EMS. A couple of things about … [Continue reading]
Early Lessons/Thoughts From COVID-19 for EMS.
Posted on April 12, 2020 Written by
Because the science is evolving on COVID-19, we know that the end lessons from this may be different. But I'd like to throw of my early observations out early for consideration. First and foremost, all of the EMS grants, training, and attention … [Continue reading]
EBM. Do you know what it really means?
Posted on April 8, 2020 Written by
Right now, in this time of COVID-19, there's a lot of unknowns. There are known unknowns and unknown unknowns, to borrow a phrase from Donald Rumsfeld. Right now, many of those unknowns, both known and unknown, apply to the treatment and management … [Continue reading]
EMS Continuing “Education”
Posted on March 2, 2020 Written by
Time for me to bring up a semi-regular rant again. The Texas Bar requires 15 hours of continuing legal education a year, including 3 hours of ethics. Up to 3 hours can be self-study including 1 hour of ethics. And the Texas Bar specifically mentions … [Continue reading]
Rural EMS and the Rural Hospital Crisis.
Posted on November 5, 2019 Written by
One of the best pieces of advice that an attorney gave me as I entered the legal profession was that I should read the news every day. He told me that you never know what future cases might be in the news. Being a bit of a nerd for politics and … [Continue reading]
