Frustration

I love prehospital care. Emergency, NET, wilderness, critical, community, flight, ground, I love it all. I live and breathe it and always have. But some nights I just want to quit. It's not the patients, scenes, or calls. It's not nightmares or PTSD. It's not yet another drunk or threat or 911-for-a-stubbed-toe.

The Paramedic Paradigm

It’s a question few in EMS have avoided asking:

Should an EMT gain experience on the street or go straight to paramedic school?

Must We Reinvent the Wheel?

While I realize that emergency responders have existed throughout history (Tell Me the Old Stories), I acknowledge that EMS as a formal profession is relatively new. The field is experiencing growing pains—some would even say it’s in crisis. In this new world of capnography, clotting agents, and community paramedics, we are confronted with new challenges and problems.

Burger Flippers Vs. Ambulance Drivers

There has been quite an uproar over the move to pay fast-food workers $15/hour. Many EMS personnel look at their own meager pay rates and cry foul. Then memes like this begin to circle the internet.