MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'emergency medical technician'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:01:04 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4424237&cid=t_295042_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ffire-department-app-theres-a-hero-in-all-of-us%2F2011.02.01 Just admit it: Deep in your heart you’ve always wanted to be an emergency medical technician, if at least for a few moments. If you’re located in San Ramon Valley, California, you can now live that dream: The local fire department has released an iPhone app that will alert you of any emergency activity in the area. The well thought-out application will send out a push notification to users who have indicated that they are proficient in CPR whenever there is a cardiac emergency nearby. In addition, the closest public-access automated external defibrillator (AED) is located by the app. Current response status of dispatched units are shown and incident locations are pinpointed on an interactive map. There’s even a log of recent incidents including a photo gallery. For the ol... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4424237 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:00:12 +0100 4424237 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3868738&cid=t_295042_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fan-emergency-medicine-myth%2F2010.08.15 I’ve internalized all the dogma of medicine, for good and bad. When I was an EMT, green as a twig in an ER, I learned the basics: For any wound with hair employ the razor, and get the hair away from the laceration so the doc could do a good closure. So, employment week #3: Eyebrow laceration? Shaved that sucker clean off. ER doc freaked out, and I learned some medical dogma: Don’t shave eyebrows, they don’t grow back. Heard it later, too — all the way through training, in fact. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at GruntDoc* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3868738 Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:00:29 +0100 3868738 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3610295&cid=t_295042_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F05%2Femts-faked-training%2F Authorities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire are investigating up to 200 emergency medical technicians who faked training certificates that allowed them to practice. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3610295 Sat, 29 May 2010 07:27:15 +0100 3610295 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3254470&cid=t_295042_101_f&fid=38969&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheemtspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2F08%2Fmastering-the-head-to-toe-assessment%2F 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 teacher) you performed the head-to-toe assessment again and again. As much as we practice this skill in EMT class, I often wonder why so many EMT’s have such bad head-to-toe skills out on the street. It seems that, once we get out on the street, the systematic, thorough head-to-toe assessment falls out of favor and quickly gets replaced with the faster, more direct focused assessment. That works just fine most of the time. If it didn’t, I figure it probably wouldn’t be such a universal phenomenon. (For the record, have you ever worked somewhere where this wasn’t the case? ... The EMT Spot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254470 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:46:07 +0100 3254470 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2865686&cid=t_295042_101_f&fid=38969&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheemtspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2F06%2Fthe-soap-reporting-break-through%2F The objective portion of the report is the time when you state your case and tell everyone the stuff you found during your assessment. It’s time to become the CSI investigator and talk about your investigation and you findings. This will tend to be almost entirely objective information, however, don’t be scared to throw in the occasional subjective tidbit if it helps to paint your picture. “She thinks this bruise may be old.” or “His ankles are always a bit swollen but not this much.” If a subjective addition adds to the picture, include it. When telling my objective story I tend to start with the level of consciousness and skin signs then move strait into a head to toe report of pertinent findings. Remember that pertinent information can be positive fi... The EMT Spot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2865686 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:43:13 +0100 2865686 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2858642&cid=t_295042_101_f&fid=38969&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheemtspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2F03%2Fthe-normalization-of-deviance%2F In the span of a generation, NASA has lost two spacecraft and 14 pilots in the collective disasters of the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia. Can you tell me why? Trust me, it’s worth exploring. The space buffs in the crowed might recall that faulty O-rings in the Challenger’s solid rocket boosters failed and allowed supper heated gasses to escape. The result was a catastrophic explosion and a sullen announcement from my school principal in the middle of sophomore science class. In his quiet monotone, we learned that the mighty Challenger, moments before, had been destroyed and the crew was lost. Our teacher didn’t know quite what to say, and in the silence that followed, my sixteen year old world got a little smaller. More of you might recall that Challenger&#82... The EMT Spot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2858642 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:01:50 +0100 2858642