JEMS Connect - EMS Emergency Medical Services

Social and Professional Network

Pennsylvania EMS Providers Discussions (25)

← Back to Pennsylvania EMS Providers
Discussions Replies Latest Activity
John W. Magyar

SHOULD EMS CANDIDATES RECEIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENING PRIOR TO HIRING?

After reading many articles on EMSN News and other publications, the thought came to mind that maybe we need to consider psychological sc...

Started by John W. Magyar

14 Apr 12
Reply by B Meckley
John W. Magyar

EMS Associations - Are they working for YOU?

There are many EMS Assns. in our country. Are you a member of any? Are you actively involved or just a card carrying member with another ...

Started by John W. Magyar

2 Apr 8
Reply by John W. Magyar
John W. Magyar

The "TANK"

This discussion group is for experienced EMS members who are involved in EMS Instructing, Training, Teaching and those in an EMS Supervis...

Started by John W. Magyar

21 Apr 1
Reply by John W. Magyar
John W. Magyar

PPROBLEMS WITH BLOODBORN PATHOGEN EXPOSURES

Recently I was made aware of an EMS provider who experienced a direct exposure to a pts. blood. Provider was double gloved with Nitrile g...

Started by John W. Magyar

5 Mar 24
Reply by John W. Magyar
John W. Magyar

Generational Issues in EMS

As if EMS doesn't already have enough problems to deal with, are we seeing additional problems that can be attributed to "generational is...

Started by John W. Magyar

21 Mar 8
Reply by JJ Magyar
Amy Harner

ERs calling 911 for emergency transports.

Just a question to throw out there..Is there any laws or requlations that prohibit an ER from calling 911 for an emergent transport becau...

Started by Amy Harner

12 Mar 6
Reply by Jon
John W. Magyar

VOLUNTEER/RURAL EMS - Headed for Extinction?

With the current shortage of EMS manpower in rural areas of our country with many vol. EMS depts. having to pay for staffing or worse, go...

Started by John W. Magyar

9 Mar 2
Reply by blair4630
Jeremy Welshans

Providers safety

I am sure that the majority of you have heard about the 25yo volunteer EMT that was shot and killed in Cape Vincent NY last week. My thou...

Started by Jeremy Welshans

5 Feb 8
Reply by Micheal Coldren
Michael Hulsizer

Centralized Medical Command

We talk about improving the system and overall delivery of patient care all the time. We think of ways that improve on patient care and p...

Started by Michael Hulsizer

7 Feb 4
Reply by Marlys Litchfield
Matthew RJ Siko

Help Needed Medical Alarms...

Help needed alarms that the elderly and/or chronically ill utilize to activate EMS from various service providers are definitely a blessi...

Started by Matthew RJ Siko

5 Feb 1
Reply by Matthew RJ Siko

RSS

Attend Our Next Webcast

Add Contacts Now

Invite your EMS co-workers & friends to join your network. They'll automatically be added to your Friends List. Click Now

Latest Activity

11 minutes ago
Evidence for what, though? I can think of a thousand things that survive politically that are terrible ideas, and a thousand good ideas that don't have a snowball's chance in hell. :) I also know people who would classify each of my thousand in th...
24 minutes ago
(emphasis mine) Thank you, sir, for making my point, which was "that if there aren't enough people to go on fire and EMS calls because they're on police matters, it tells me that they didn't hire enough people." Meaning, these systems didn't (nec...
30 minutes ago
I'm still waiting for the link to the recording of the Virtual Summit.
31 minutes ago

Member Search

Search by Name, Location, Agency, Keyword
  

JEMS Connect is the social and professional network for emergency medical services, EMS, paramedics, EMT, rescue squad, BLS, ALS and more.

© 2009   JEMS / Elsevier Public Safety    Our Sites: JEMS.com - EMS Today Conference & Expo 2009 - FireRescue    Partners Firefighter Nation
Commercial Use Limitations: Use of any content features (blogs, forums, messaging, etc) for direct self-promotion, spamming, etc. will result in account termination. Profiles are for individuals only at this time. Profile icons may not include company logos.

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Privacy  |  Terms of Service