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the Happy Medic and Julie Brookhiser are now friends
August 20
The technology is out there and it is secure.
August 15
My Zoll seems to be missing that option Skip...*sigh*. But at least teh manufacturers are moving in that direction! Good to know SKip, thanks!
August 13
Right now, the monitor (LP-12) automatically connects to the ePCR (Healthware Solutions 2000), and all the physiologic monitoring data (EKG, BP, pulse SP02, etCO2, plus drug and other event markers) automatically dump in to the flow chart of the c...
August 13
Yumm....and the Monitor/SpO2 automagically connects to your ePCR as well. Plus, the patient has a little electronic healthcare card on him, which you stick in the card reader of your laptop and you have medical history etc on there. Hey, gotta hav...
August 12
I found out when a local nurse who knows of my blog cornered me and said their system CAN do this, but each of the 3 hospital "companies" have different hardware, similar software and our new laptops are not compatible. Bluetooth? Not included. Mi...
August 12
I think it sounds nice, but is it possible everywhere??
August 12
Love it! and Skips got a good idea on how to make it happen, if its a hospital that has a little extra money!
August 12
A blog post by the Happy Medic was featured
I've been talking a bit over at HMHQ about something I call "EMS 2.0." This idea is still developing, but it centers around giving the care givers on the front lines more training and more choices instead of automatically defaulting to an ambulanc...
August 12
Even the confidentiality is not an issue - 128 bit encryption is way secure. We might be surprised - if hospitals want our data electronically (and many actually DO want it that way), they may be willing to pay for the infrastructure, or at least ...
August 12
Frank, $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ is the catch.
August 10
Wow, full information sharing with a third of the headaches?? Really?? :D Other than confidentiality, and possible systems failures in inclement weather, what's the catch?
August 10
Oh man that does sound awesome!
August 9
the Happy Medic added a blog post
I've been talking a bit over at HMHQ about something I call "EMS 2.0." This idea is still developing, but it centers around giving the care givers on the front lines more training and more choices instead of automatically defaulting to an ambulanc...
August 8
the Happy Medic and Jedifire11 are now friends
August 8
It's a three part post that ends with a decision whether or not to press charges against a man who stabbed himself in the leg. http://yourhappymedic.blogspot.com/2009/06/round-1-dispatch.html Got some great insight from a number of folks. It can ...
July 9

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That would be cool - EMS 2.0 gets technical

I've been talking a bit over at HMHQ about something I call "EMS 2.0." This idea is still developing, but it centers around giving the care givers on the front lines more training and more choices instead of automatically defaulting to an ambulance to the hospital. Many groups are trying similar systems, most notable Wake County's Advanced Practice Paramedic Program, mentioned many times here at JEMS Connect.

But EMS 2.0 also looks at ways… Continue

Posted on August 8, 2009 at 9:10pm — 11 Comments

the Happy Medic

BLS better than ALS?

I've been told recently that Paramedics have a very slim save percentage in cardiac arrest, very similar to BLS efforts. These persons then make the blind jump to a conclusion that ALS is no better than BLS.
I asked him to expand this conclusion to non cardiac arrest scenarios and was told that those are easy treat and transport calls.
But who treats?

Maybe it's true Paramedics don't have a good save rate in cardiac arrest. How is the hospital's record? We don't do well with dead people, no one… Continue

Posted on June 21, 2009 at 12:05am — 11 Comments

the Happy Medic

They don't make them like they used to.

Here's a snippet from a recent post over at HMHQ

"Engine 51 10-4, KMG 365." The Captain spoke with authority.

It was another world. 1 generation removed from myself.

Like many a kid I waited and waited through all the ads for washing powder and the medic alert tags until the claxon would strike at the beginning of an Emergency! episode. After the opening set up we'd see mighty 51 roll out the doors on a clear sunny California morning off to another amazing rescue, not realizing that the Fire… Continue

Posted on April 9, 2009 at 1:59pm — 8 Comments

the Happy Medic

The Handover Blog Carnival

The Handover Blog Carnival is now LIVE! This month's theme is "A Lesson Learned."

Stop by and see if one of your blog posts made the list or maybe just to learn something new.


Contributors this month include Ambulance Driver, Medicblog999, Michael Morse, ER RN and many more!

http://yourhappymedic.blogspot.com

Posted on March 27, 2009 at 9:00am —

the Happy Medic

A lesson learned

Here's a snippet from a blogpost at my home blog about a learning moment.

My mentor there, I'll call him Bill, was a relaxed Paramedic who always talked about everything but the job. You know the type. Sports, family, anything, but when the bells rang he was all business and I soaked it up like a sponge.

Bill was the one who taught me that driving an ambulance isn't a race, but instead a challenge to see how little you can make the box move from side to side. He instructed me to drive with my… Continue

Posted on March 12, 2009 at 9:30pm — 5 Comments

 
 

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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...
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(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...
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