Call to Action: Trapped at Work
Paramedics from Vacaville, Calif., assist a deli employee after the driver of a station wagon crashed her vehicle into the restaurant.
November 2008 Volume 33 Issue 11
From the Editor: Your Other Partner
A good partner is reliable and strong -- and always has your back. However, partners often get separated. That’s why every EMS provider should have a portable “partner.”
Letters
Since when are black exam gloves a good idea?
Priority Traffic: EMS Deploys to Gulf Coast
On Sept. 1, Hurricane Gustav made landfall in southern Louisiana, prompting the evacuation...
Volunteer Voice: Already Paid
Does your service offer “volunteers” payment for services in addition to out-of-pocket expenses? If so, you might be a combination department. In this Volunteer Voice article, Jason Zigmont, MA, NREMT-P, addresses problems common to combination departments, such as class warfare and legal woes.
Leadership Sector: Growing Diversity
When a workforce becomes diverse and understands diversity, it becomes stronger.
Tricks of the Trade: Probie in the Doorway
Thom Dick introduces his friend, Peter Canning, a million-selling, New York Times -class author and full-time medic from Hartford, Conn.
Case of the Month: Injury by Power Tool
An EMS crew responded to a 32-year-old male weighing approximately 220 lbs. They found the patient seated at a kitchen table with a puncture wound to the back of his head.
Patient Survives Deadly Nail Gun Injury to Head
Additional images from "Injury by Power Tool," which describes a patient's survival of a serious head injury after being impaled with a 2" nail shot by a pressure-powered nail gun.
Medical Director Forum: Let ’em Loose?
One of the greatest challenges a medical director faces is determining when new paramedics are ready to practice independently.
Off the Paper Trail
Staying current with mandated training and certifications isn’t easy to accomplish because so much training is tracked manually. The good news is that software is now available to automate training records.
Escape Faulty Thinking
This article describes EMS patient assessment errors and the common cognitive dispositions to respond that contribute to them and identifies cognitive strategies to reduce errors in EMS patient assessment.
The Lighter Side: Pet Passing
My cell phone rang. I sputtered a “Yes, dear?” into the phone, which I had wedged awkwardly between my shoulder and chin while attempting to toss my backpack behind the driver’s seat of the ambulance.
Last Word
Featuring From Lemons to Lemonade and A Gutsy Medical Director
JEMS November Poll
Which feature article from November 2008 did you like best?
