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Existentialist Firefighter Delays 3 Deaths
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January 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Existentialist Firefighter Delays 3 Deaths
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For EM and EMS: The person was brought into a medical space, but the medical staff was excluded (vs excluded themselves).
Never cede this space and responsibility to others.
@ericjaeger.bsky.social
Never cede this space and responsibility to others.
@ericjaeger.bsky.social
December 28, 2024 at 6:02 PM
For EM and EMS: The person was brought into a medical space, but the medical staff was excluded (vs excluded themselves).
Never cede this space and responsibility to others.
@ericjaeger.bsky.social
Never cede this space and responsibility to others.
@ericjaeger.bsky.social
Re: avoiding burnout-
Internal factors like this are essential, but I can’t help mentioning that external factors like having a good paycheck, supportive organization, plenty of time off, etc are also crucial.
(I hope #EMSsky becomes a thing)
Internal factors like this are essential, but I can’t help mentioning that external factors like having a good paycheck, supportive organization, plenty of time off, etc are also crucial.
(I hope #EMSsky becomes a thing)
Someone asked me recently how, after being in EMS for 12 years I am not crispy, how I kept the important parts of myself.
I’ve been thinking a lot about it.
The best that I’ve come up with is that while everyone will tell you to be harder, the key to surviving is keeping your softness.
#EMSsky
I’ve been thinking a lot about it.
The best that I’ve come up with is that while everyone will tell you to be harder, the key to surviving is keeping your softness.
#EMSsky
December 24, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Re: avoiding burnout-
Internal factors like this are essential, but I can’t help mentioning that external factors like having a good paycheck, supportive organization, plenty of time off, etc are also crucial.
(I hope #EMSsky becomes a thing)
Internal factors like this are essential, but I can’t help mentioning that external factors like having a good paycheck, supportive organization, plenty of time off, etc are also crucial.
(I hope #EMSsky becomes a thing)
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RSI Med Sequencing:
-Improved 1st pass success w/ paralytic 1st(PMID: 39425254)
-All about onset of action: Roc 1.2 mg/kg ~ 60 sec. Ketamine/etomidate ~ 30 sec + propofol ~15-20
-If push same time, induction agent will kick in first -> apnea w/o paralysis
#MedSky #EMIMCC
youtube.com/shorts/xjtIx...
-Improved 1st pass success w/ paralytic 1st(PMID: 39425254)
-All about onset of action: Roc 1.2 mg/kg ~ 60 sec. Ketamine/etomidate ~ 30 sec + propofol ~15-20
-If push same time, induction agent will kick in first -> apnea w/o paralysis
#MedSky #EMIMCC
youtube.com/shorts/xjtIx...
Resequencing RSI Meds #emergencymed #emergencymedicine #criticalcare #airway
YouTube video by EMSwami
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December 23, 2024 at 3:08 PM
RSI Med Sequencing:
-Improved 1st pass success w/ paralytic 1st(PMID: 39425254)
-All about onset of action: Roc 1.2 mg/kg ~ 60 sec. Ketamine/etomidate ~ 30 sec + propofol ~15-20
-If push same time, induction agent will kick in first -> apnea w/o paralysis
#MedSky #EMIMCC
youtube.com/shorts/xjtIx...
-Improved 1st pass success w/ paralytic 1st(PMID: 39425254)
-All about onset of action: Roc 1.2 mg/kg ~ 60 sec. Ketamine/etomidate ~ 30 sec + propofol ~15-20
-If push same time, induction agent will kick in first -> apnea w/o paralysis
#MedSky #EMIMCC
youtube.com/shorts/xjtIx...
A peds ED doc once defined status epilepticus for a group of EMS providers as “if the 911 call was for seizure and they’re still seizing when you show up, it’s status.”
And it gives me an opportunity to post this treatment algorithm for Pediatric Status Epilepticus that we put together
December 23, 2024 at 12:37 PM
A peds ED doc once defined status epilepticus for a group of EMS providers as “if the 911 call was for seizure and they’re still seizing when you show up, it’s status.”
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Another thing I made this year: Real and implied birds.
December 20, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Another thing I made this year: Real and implied birds.
Christmas trees hauled in from the mountains tonight, including a little cedar “just her size”
December 21, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Christmas trees hauled in from the mountains tonight, including a little cedar “just her size”
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Raw milk is one of those ideas that can really only take hold when people haven't seen a cow. if you see a cow from let's say ten feet or less you immediately understand the problem that pasteurization is solving
December 20, 2024 at 2:53 AM
Raw milk is one of those ideas that can really only take hold when people haven't seen a cow. if you see a cow from let's say ten feet or less you immediately understand the problem that pasteurization is solving
Providing a needed service might not—and maybe shouldn’t—produce a profit
There is no bigger fiction in American life than the idea that “government just needs to run like a business.”
Tell me again about how "successful businessmen" are better at running the government
December 19, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Providing a needed service might not—and maybe shouldn’t—produce a profit
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On my morning peloton ride and the instructor said something great for new #emimcc trainees/providers: "Be good. But if you can't be good, be careful."
This is how inexperienced folks should be approaching high risk clinical practice: aspire for mastery, but be cautious in moments of inexperience.
This is how inexperienced folks should be approaching high risk clinical practice: aspire for mastery, but be cautious in moments of inexperience.
December 19, 2024 at 12:21 PM
On my morning peloton ride and the instructor said something great for new #emimcc trainees/providers: "Be good. But if you can't be good, be careful."
This is how inexperienced folks should be approaching high risk clinical practice: aspire for mastery, but be cautious in moments of inexperience.
This is how inexperienced folks should be approaching high risk clinical practice: aspire for mastery, but be cautious in moments of inexperience.
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Congratulations to Dr. Beermann-Foat. #EMSLeadership www.ems1.com/maria-beerma...
Maria Beermann-Foat, PhD, MBA, NRP, selected as Va. director of EMS
Dr. Beermann-Foat was selected in a nationwide search of over 150 applicants to lead the state's Office of Emergency Medical Services
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December 18, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Beermann-Foat. #EMSLeadership www.ems1.com/maria-beerma...
Paramedics follow protocols for this, but should also understand the nuance both medically (not all PEA is the same) and in regards to family (explaining clearly in plain speak the what/why/how of the decision to terminate).
It’s a huge responsibility.
It’s a huge responsibility.
How do you all handle determining when to call (as in end) an arrest?
Let’s say PEA, nothing obviously fixable, family unavailable/unprepared to say ‘stop.’
Obviously so much variability depending on situation, but do you have any guiding principles?
#emimcc
Let’s say PEA, nothing obviously fixable, family unavailable/unprepared to say ‘stop.’
Obviously so much variability depending on situation, but do you have any guiding principles?
#emimcc
December 9, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Paramedics follow protocols for this, but should also understand the nuance both medically (not all PEA is the same) and in regards to family (explaining clearly in plain speak the what/why/how of the decision to terminate).
It’s a huge responsibility.
It’s a huge responsibility.
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Morning reading 12/1/24
1. Quaker Book of Wisdom, Robert Lawrence Smith.
2. Daily Stoic, @ryanholiday
1. Quaker Book of Wisdom, Robert Lawrence Smith.
2. Daily Stoic, @ryanholiday
December 1, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Morning reading 12/1/24
1. Quaker Book of Wisdom, Robert Lawrence Smith.
2. Daily Stoic, @ryanholiday
1. Quaker Book of Wisdom, Robert Lawrence Smith.
2. Daily Stoic, @ryanholiday
Tell me about it
November 21, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Tell me about it
Imposter syndrome is timeless
November 19, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Imposter syndrome is timeless
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What if being run ragged all the time is the *abnormal* way to live?
October 8, 2023 at 10:22 PM
What if being run ragged all the time is the *abnormal* way to live?
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Just as an educational point for anyone who wants to pursue a large city/town EMS you need to be prepared to deal and work with local politics. It’s not just medics you need you convince of an important job, it’s the recipients of EMS care (including yourself and fam)
October 2, 2023 at 4:32 AM
Just as an educational point for anyone who wants to pursue a large city/town EMS you need to be prepared to deal and work with local politics. It’s not just medics you need you convince of an important job, it’s the recipients of EMS care (including yourself and fam)