[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I82tMENJ8cw&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Updated: CBS pulled the youTube video, but you can still see it here. Some people are speculating that she suffered a stroke on-air. Since the symptoms were transient, I’d be more likely to call it a TIA, or perhaps some type of seizure. The story says a coworker drove her home as a precautionary measure after paramedics on scene ...

My brother-from-another-mother Gary Saffer and I do an EMS lecture called “Deconstructing EMS: Everything We Know Is Wrong,” in which we challenge some of the long held assumptions about Emergency Medical Services. Most of these assumptions have no basis in fact and indeed, most are disproven by scientific research. During the Epic Hog Hunt of 2010, Alan, Matt G., Daniel, ...

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… over at Medic Madness. Unlike most EMS providers who respond to pagers and quick-call systems, Dr. House would be tracked down by his boss to inform him of an interesting call. For the most part, he would handle all of the critical cases. That is unless he gets in trouble. In that case, he would be assigned dialysis transfer ...

… Episode 34 is up on Confessions of an EMS Newbie. In the midst of a blizzard*, Ron and I discuss what makes a good medic, firearms fallacies found in EMS textbooks, and the science of wound ballistics. It’s Confessions of an EMS Newbie, and the title of this episode is “Blunt and Penetrating.” Heh, that’s us all right. *Blizzard, ...

A recent conversation with a friend: Good Lawyer*: “Say, was I ever as sparky and idealistic as the EMS Newbie?” Ambulance Driver: “Well, law school made you cynical before you were ever an EMT. But yeah, you were pretty damned sparky.” GL: “Come on, really?” AD: “Dude. Coyote Ugly, in Austin about six years ago. Remember the chick dancing on ...

Matt G. voices his displeasure with the influx of new residents from California intent on bitching about their new state of residence. You know, the one they just voluntarily relocated to, because it offered better opportunities than the place they just left. New Hampshire has a similar problem with transplants from their sophisticated, more enlightened border state. They call them ...

First, gather all your ingredients: alcohol, one common redneck with previous DUI convictions, a minor stepchild he is responsible for, an equally soused brother-in-law, and just a smidgen of personal responsibility. And I do mean smidgen. Just the barest fucking pinch of doing the right thing, so that only the most sensitive of palates would notice the presence of that ...

Brian Kellett, aka Tom Reynolds of Random Acts of Reality, is hanging it up. Tom’s blog was one of the first EMS blogs on the internet, one of the first widely-read blogs in England, and both of his books grace my library. I’m sad to see him go. Luckily, he’s got archives. Go browse them and wish him a fond ...

… the Bob Page interview is up at Confessions of an EMS Newbie. Bob is one of the most talented and dynamic EMS educators out there. You should give it a listen.

Yanked directly from a friend’s Facebook comment thread today: Ambulance Driver: “Maybe not all liberalism is radical. But there seems to be a fundamental tenet of liberalism in that its adherents seem to see mankind as they wish it to be, not as it is, and they think the government is the way to shape reality to fit their ideal.” ...

The people have spoken, and A Day In The Life Of An Ambulance Driver is your Black Diamond Boots 2010 EMS Blog of the Year! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04854XqcfCY[/youtube] As a wise man once said, be humble in victory, and gracious in defeat. But since humility does not become me, maybe the wisdom of Conan is more appropriate: “What is best in life? ...

… Episode 33 is up on Confessions of An EMS Newbie. Ron and I discuss trauma center designations, scene photography and HIPAA issues, the cult of mechanism, and whether nurses are a necessary part of helicopter EMS crews. It’s Confessions of an EMS Newbie, the podcast recommended by 9 out of 10 proctologists for curing what ails ya’. Try us ...

… there’s a little how-to on spinal assessment in the February issue of EMS World magazine. Enjoy.

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