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 'ems 2.0'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:01:27 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3346473&cid=t_293324_101_f&fid=38969&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheemtspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2F09%2Fhard-questions-ems-2-0-will-need-to-address%2F “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life… as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” - Booker T. Washington With multiple premiers of The Chronicles of EMS and a wave of enthusiasm from the EMS Today conference in Baltimore, the future of EMS looks bright, blindingly-bright. I’m incredibly optimistic about where this crazy experiment in EMS is headed, but I also see some big hurdles in our path. Put on your shades and let’s talk about what I feel are the five biggest challenges to EMS reform. 1.) We’ve been talking a lot about unity and standardization, but individual EMS systems are unique in every way. How do you influence standardization and still allow for the tremendous leeway required for ... The EMT Spot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3346473 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:03 +0100 3346473 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2879415&cid=t_293324_101_f&fid=38972&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLifeUnderTheLights%2F%7E3%2F6ULgrGljbho%2Fsoapy-demons-ckemtp-is-geek.html (Source: Life Under the lights) Life Under the lights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2879415 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:13:00 +0100 2879415 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2842554&cid=t_293324_101_f&fid=38976&url=http%3A%2F%2Fyourhappymedic.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fems-fail-or-client-fail.html Our Pal CK had a rough night recently, not just with some hellish weather and unsound sleep, but encountered one of the glaring issues of modern Emergency Care, the frequent flier.For those of you not in the industry, frequent flier refers to clients who activate 911 for non-emergent conditions or situations that the normal responsible person would simply take some tylenol or decongestant. These persons call 911 when they run out or lose their albuterol inhaler, have their seizure medication "stolen" or didn't listen when the pharmacist told them not to drink alcohol when ingesting these medications.Another kind of frequent flier is the basic care seeker. These clients call 911 and use code words like "chest pain" and "seizure" and "difficulty breathing" to get their response bumped up to ... the Happy Medic blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2842554 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:53:00 +0100 2842554 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2838936&cid=t_293324_101_f&fid=38972&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLifeUnderTheLights%2F%7E3%2F496r52FKCzs%2Fems-20-bernoulli-fluid-dynamics-and.html (Source: Life Under the lights) Life Under the lights blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2838936 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:20:00 +0100 2838936