Is Lunacy real?
Every month, teachers and medical providers everywhere dread the full moon. There’s just something about it that makes the strangest things happen. Just listen to this full moon story submitted by an EMT in Indiana: I’ve always dreaded the full moon. Ever since I first started working in EMS, I noticed strange things happening […]
Private/For Profit EMS
Historically, smaller communities have not recognized ambulance services as being on a similar priority level as fire departments or the police. Most people did not believe EMS agencies deserved to receive public funding. That was until it became apparent that medical transportation services are just as important as other public safety systems. Before these EMS […]
Ammonia on the Brain: Breaking Down Hepatic Encephalopathy
Tones Drop and dispatch tells EMS that they are going to visit a 55-year-old male with abdominal discomfort and altered mental status. After a few minutes, the ambulance arrives on scene to an apartment and the PT’s wife tells you that her husband not only has abdominal pain but isn’t making sense, is irritable, and […]