DC F/EMS follies

Filed Under “Water Is Wet”: DC FEMS Is Toxic

Well, yet another respected physician has resigned as Medical Director for that miserable semblance of an EMS system, DC FEMS (that’s pronounced “eff EMS”). The EMS landscape is littered with the professional corpses of talented medical directors who have tried, and failed, to polish that turd. Jullette Saussy lasted only seven months, and she pulled no punches as to what ...

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DC FEMS: Just Take Off and Nuke the Site From Orbit

It’s the only way to be sure. I used to post a good bit about the follies of what passes for an EMS system in our nation’s capitol. I don’t anymore, because frankly, they’re too easy a target. There’s no sport in it, and constantly pointing out how bad they suck is akin to picking on the slow kid in ...

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There’s Your Problem Right There

In his post on calling a sow's ear a silk purse the "rebranding" of the District of Columbia Fire Department – er, excuse me, that's DC Fire/Emergency Medical Services, or DC FEMS for short – TOTWTYTR points out that while the name has changed, the culture there is just as toxic as ever: "About 20 years ago a fire fighter ...

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