Kids….. Not always a horror story!
on Oct 29, 2009 in Uncategorized Ben Yatzbaz asks us to think about kids for this months edition of ‘The ‘Handover’, which will be published at his blog ‘The Insomniacs Guide to Ambulances’ on Friday, 30th October Whenever a new theme comes up, I always...

I HAVE NOW MOVED!!
on Oct 15, 2009 in Uncategorized Right guys, my new home is now open for visiting… No further posts will be published on this blogsite. To keep reading my blitherings you will need to go to : www.999medic.com For my readers, please update your bookmarks/favourites/rss feeds/bl...

Peoples Health Bloggers Awards
on Oct 14, 2009 in Awards Hi Chaps, You may well notice that small inconspicuous button over to the right there!! That is a Voting button for the second annual ‘Peoples Health Bloggers Awards’ Im saying  nothing more other than, If you think this blog is worthy o...

A Monumental Comment!
on Oct 14, 2009 in Happy Medic The project Quick folks, go back to the ‘Blogger Meet up’ Post from yesterday and check out the first comment! The previously fully annonymous Happy Medic is starting to come out from behind his mask. Read his comment and you can finally know where h...

Learning how to do it?
on Oct 14, 2009 in ceremony memorial I have been reading through some of my favourite blogs again tonight (as I do every day!!!), when I came across the latest post from ‘Not Trained but we try Hard’. In this post, FireCap5 shares with us his experience at this years Memori...

Blogger Meet Up
on Oct 13, 2009 in blogger meet up Well its really starting to get close to the culmination of 9 months of planning… I will be heading off to Happy Medics neck of the woods in 3.5 weeks to witness first hand, the life of an American Fire Fighter Paramedic. Its going to be an ama...

Oh Crap!!!
on Oct 12, 2009 in Ambulance EMT emergency paramedic prehospital care Sitting in the car on standby, it’s nearly the end of a long and busy shift. The siren tone on the computer screen alerts me to the likelihood of another late job……Champion! I look down at the screen: “34 yr old female, Preg...

Simple actions can save lives
on Oct 10, 2009 in Ambulance CPR EMT emergency paramedic resuscitation Its not very often you get 'someone back' from the brink of death, but this was one of those rare days!

A ‘Hypothetical’ Moral Dilemma
on Oct 10, 2009 in The project Uncategorized dilemma Since the post I put up the other day about the Camera man and EMT has started off a bit of a ‘legal’ discussion, I thought I would capitalise on the clever folks who read this blog to answer a hypothetical question for me (heres initiall...

Beware the man with the camera!!
on Oct 8, 2009 in Confidentiality HIPAA There have been some interesting posts pop up on some of the blogs I read during the last 24hrs. It appears to have started over at Statter 911, where a post was put up describing a video that is now doing the rounds on YouTube, showing a Fire Fighte...