Confessions of an EMS Newbie

Congratulations to all our finalists, and to Jennifer Martin on her 3rd place essay!

… still to be determined. Well, folks, after 53 essays, 15 preliminary judges in 5 teams, and 11 finalists judged by 3 final judges, we have arrived at our nightmare scenario: We have a three-way tie for first place. Fortunately, Ron and I planned for a nightmare scenario. Those three essays are now in the hands of our tiebreaker judges, ...

… Episde 54 is up on Confessions of an EMS Newbie. Ron and I talk junctional rhythms, comparison shopping for pacemakers, Gary Saffer's 30-second PALS course, and why I think military rank structures and rigid command hierarchy is rather stupid in an EMS system. It's Confessions of an EMS Newbie, the only podcast that stimulates your brain… in retrograde fashion.

… Episode 53 is up on Confessions of an EMS Newbie. Ron and I discuss sinus and atrial arrhythmias, the EKG books that should be included in every medic's library, and answer a few listener questions about HIPAA and how impossible it is to change the rotten culture of an organization. It's Confessions of an EMS Newbie, the podcast hosted ...

Well folks, preliminary judging for the EMS Newbie EMS World Expo Essay Contest is completed! We had 53 essays submitted, and of those, our esteemed panel of judges narrowed them down to 11 finalists. There were supposed to be only 10, but the judges in one group rated two essays as equally awesome, so we made them both finalists. Right ...

… Episode 52 is up on Confessions of an EMS Newbie. Ron and I discuss cardiac monitors and cardiac rhythm recognition algorithms, and I share a story about comparison shopping for transcutaneous pacemakers. It's Confessions of an EMS Newbie, where we cover everything you every wanted to know about cardiac monitors, but were too afraid of narcolespy to ask. It's ...

… Episode 51 is up on Confessions of an EMS Newbie. Ron and I talk cardiac anatomy and answer a few listener questions. Riveting stuff. It's Confessions of an EMS Newbie, the only podcast more engrossing that the missing sections of the Nixon tapes! Listen to us and lose yourself in the… whatever it is we've got!  

… Episode 50 is up on Confessions of an EMS Newbie. Ron started cardiology in paramedic school last week, and we talk about CPR guidelines and outcomes measures, and answer a few listener questions. Also, June 8 was our first anniversary of the podcast, and nobody noticed! Okay, so Ron and I didn't notice either, but it's still not too ...

... because the submission deadline on the EMS Newbie Essay Contest clearly states midnight on June 1. That gives you 24 more hours to get your submissions in. And since this has come up by some readers who missed the original announcement, the contest was opened to U.S. and Canadian residents shortly after we started accepting submissions.

... and the newbie nodded fervently, head bowed, and said, "I know! I'm praying! Pleeeeease let me win that essay contest!" ... and the voice, which may have been FSM but sounded suspiciously like Ambulance Driver, said impatiently, "Dude, at least meet me half way. Write a friggin' essay!"

Get to writing, and hopefully we'll see y'all in Vegas, baby!

… Episode 48, the Listener Question Episode, is up on Confessions of an EMS Newbie. It's Confessions of an EMS Newbie, where the only question that stumps us is, "Explain the universe, and give two examples." And it wasn't the question that proved difficult, it was coming up with that second damned example…

… Episode 47 is up on Confessions of an EMS Newbie. Ron takes his final exams, and we look back on a semester of paramedic school. We also answer a few listener questions, including debunking one of the stupidest internet memes on emergency care I've ever read. It's Confessions of an EMS Newbie, the podcast that's just like Mythbusters, only ...

It's Confessions of an EMS Newbie, the only podcast so starved for content that we'll make YOU the star! Give us your listener questions, and if we can't make you famous, we'll at least make you notorious!

It's Confessions of an EMS Newbie, the only podcast Grissom listens to for technical tips. If it's good enough for CSI, shouldn't it be good enough for you?