EMS

Mar
25
Méfiez-vous du chien

Méfiez-vous du chien

J'étais encore à moitié accroupi et j'ai paré l'attaque de mon bras droit. Le chien a mordu et m'a tenu au niveau du poignet droit... Tout en me redressant, je ressentais une vive douleur au poignet, comme s'il était pris dans un étau que l'on continue de serrer.
4 min read
Mar
23
Myron Cybriwski’s Legacy

Myron Cybriwski’s Legacy

“No family should ever have to grieve knowing that their loved one died alone waiting for help that never came.. He was not well enough to call anyone else for help or to get to the hospital himself. He was told help was on the way, and it came too late...
9 min read
Mar
18

Response delays - East Broughton zone - Québec - 17 March 2023

This post is bilingual. Ce poste est bilingue. Last night, there was a call to 9-1-1 from the Tring-Jonction area.
2 min read
Mar
17
Combien de temps supplémentaires c'est trop ?

Combien de temps supplémentaires c'est trop ?

This post is only available in french. J'avais entendu des histoires des paramédics travaillant trois quarts de travail
4 min read
Mar
17
If only we cared about paramedics as much as we cared about....

If only we cared about paramedics as much as we cared about....

La version française succède à l'anglais. Back on the very first day of The Last Ambulance project, I
2 min read
Mar
16
The essential myth

The essential myth

"I don’t know of any other states that use the word “essential,” but the EMS community keeps pushing for that word, even though, in my opinion, it is meaningless without funding and service level requirements....
6 min read
Mar
15
Interview with Anthony Almojera

Interview with Anthony Almojera

Everything you see on TV is a firefighter. You always see, and I've had this argument with photographers for newspapers, you always see when the firefighters are running with the kid, but they never take the photo of who they're handing the kid over to -- there's never a hand-off picture. Ever...
19 min read
Mar
08
Codes

Codes

Code 99, Code Blue or just Code. Shorthand for cardiac arrest. An absence of life signs. No respirations. No pulse. Seldom as simple or as clean as the previous description. Often comes as a surprise to both the patient and the other people at the scene...
3 min read
Mar
08
Chaque second compte

Chaque second compte

2 min read
Mar
07
Un entrevue avec Michel A. Di Iorio

Un entrevue avec Michel A. Di Iorio

11 min read