Comments for Wake EMS Blog http://www.wakeems.com/blog The uNofficial Wake EMS Blog - Raleigh,NC www.wakeems.com/blog Sat, 25 May 2013 23:38:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Wake Co. Paramedics Tour Steel Country Sharing New Opportunities in EMS by jzalkin http://www.wakeems.com/blog/?p=25#comment-153 jzalkin Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:26:12 +0000 http://www.wakeems.com/blog/?p=25#comment-153 Wake County Paramedics Tour Steel Country Sharing New Opportunities in EMS On March 8, 2007, four Wake County EMS paramedics, Chad Turner, Tim Martin, Patrick O'Boyle and Jeff Hammerstein, made a recruitment trip to Sharon, Pennsylvania. Located in the Northwestern part of the state, the area is served mainly by private ambulance companies. The Wake EMS recruitment and information booth was made available to participants of the Emergency Medical Management Cooperative (EMMCO) West Symposium, which is an annual EMS educational convention held in the Pennsylvania region north of Pittsburgh. Over the course of the 2 day symposium, Wake paramedics met with a number of Pennsylvania paramedics and EMTs. Many of the attendants were intrigued with the level of progressive service offered by the Wake County EMS System. Wake paramedics also established relationships with several area paramedic schools interested in inter-regional job placement assistance. Wake County Paramedics Tour Steel Country Sharing New Opportunities in EMS

On March 8, 2007, four Wake County EMS paramedics, Chad Turner, Tim Martin, Patrick O’Boyle and Jeff Hammerstein, made a recruitment trip to Sharon, Pennsylvania. Located in the Northwestern part of the state, the area is served mainly by private ambulance companies.

The Wake EMS recruitment and information booth was made available to participants of the Emergency Medical Management Cooperative (EMMCO) West Symposium, which is an annual EMS educational convention held in the Pennsylvania region north of Pittsburgh.

Over the course of the 2 day symposium, Wake paramedics met with a number of Pennsylvania paramedics and EMTs. Many of the attendants were intrigued with the level of progressive service offered by the Wake County EMS System.

Wake paramedics also established relationships with several area paramedic schools interested in inter-regional job placement assistance.

]]> Comment on What’s Made the Biggest Diffrence in Patient Care in the last 3 years? by mal165 http://www.wakeems.com/blog/?p=23#comment-14 mal165 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:25:06 +0000 http://www.wakeems.com/blog/?p=23#comment-14 I will have to say that CPAP is my favorite tool in the back of an ambulance. Its amazing to see how quickly a critical patient can turn around with CPAP. It makes RSI seem unnecessary... This tool really is a "lifesaver" and there is now data to back it up thanks to Hubble's study. With a number needed to treat of 6...WOW! That really says something about CPAP. I would always run into the occaisional patient that needed CPAP but was fighting off the CPAP mask (or the even Nonrebreather mask) all the time becoming more and more hypoxic. Its terrible to have to try to coach someone who feels like they are drowning (and they are) to put a mask over their face. Oh how wonderful Versed is! Now that our protocol for pulmonary edema allows for medicating with versed, patients are much more tolerable of CPAP. Its a win-win situation; the paramedic doesn't have to struggle with an already sick patient and the sick patient recieves appropriate care without further aggitation. Just my thoughts and a couple of my faves :-) I will have to say that CPAP is my favorite tool in the back of an ambulance. Its amazing to see how quickly a critical patient can turn around with CPAP. It makes RSI seem unnecessary… This tool really is a “lifesaver” and there is now data to back it up thanks to Hubble’s study. With a number needed to treat of 6…WOW! That really says something about CPAP. I would always run into the occaisional patient that needed CPAP but was fighting off the CPAP mask (or the even Nonrebreather mask) all the time becoming more and more hypoxic. Its terrible to have to try to coach someone who feels like they are drowning (and they are) to put a mask over their face. Oh how wonderful Versed is! Now that our protocol for pulmonary edema allows for medicating with versed, patients are much more tolerable of CPAP. Its a win-win situation; the paramedic doesn’t have to struggle with an already sick patient and the sick patient recieves appropriate care without further aggitation.

Just my thoughts and a couple of my faves :-)

]]> Comment on I.C.E. SECTION of BLOG TO APPEAR SOON by Jeffrey http://www.wakeems.com/blog/?p=4#comment-3 Jeffrey Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:43:13 +0000 http://www.wakeems.com/blog/?p=4#comment-3 Induced Hypothermia seems to be really intriguing to the public. It is a good subject to use to get the word out about what paramedics really do. Other EMS systems should examine this treatment as well. It has a great potential benefit for patients. It is relatively inexpensive, easy to train for and not too difficult a procedure to put in place. Induced Hypothermia seems to be really intriguing to the public. It is a good subject to use to get the word out about what paramedics really do.

Other EMS systems should examine this treatment as well. It has a great potential benefit for patients. It is relatively inexpensive, easy to train for and not too difficult a procedure to put in place.

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