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Hi, compadres, from Russ Reina, that firetender guy. As some of you know, I moved to Ecuador about three years ago. It is what’s now called a “Developing Nation”. Ecuador is about the size of Colorado with a population of about 14,000,000. On April 16th, the coastal area was rocked by a 7.8...

What would you have done? http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CORPSE_PASSENGER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Could someone please link me to the best study available documenting the efficacy of compressions only (and at what rate) and/or a study that best establishes the optimum ratio of Compressions to breaths. Thanks!

How many of you have wanted to do this? Of those, how many haven't for fear of doing what this guy almost did? http://www.callthecops.net/paramedic-arrested-attempting-murder-partner-duty/

I ran in to a brief article on something we all know, but don't talk about, on Security Industry Forum in the U.K. Paramedics see more trauma, death and tragedy than most front line soldiers http://www.the-siu.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=965 It led me on a trail that brought me to some...

I'm sure there are many of you out there who are tracking innovators in EMS. It could be model systems, departments, hospitals or even private services (based anywhere in the world), or it could be individuals at any level of medicine, organizations, EMS bloggers, even patients or politicians...

I'll fill everyone in on what's happening with me shortly. Meantime, could you guys fill me in on any EMS conventions going on between now and May 8th in the Southeast? I've moved off of Maui and am now, temporarily, in Orlando so if anything,s going on that I might be able to plug in to and...

Interesting story about a paramedic who was actually a Good Samaritan! Off-duty paramedic rescues man who sawed arms full story HERE He was shopping at a Home Depot and some guy decided to cut his own arms off. What did Art Hurtado do? (And where do I know that name?) He intervened; and...

Conclusion of the 5-part series; Geeks, Packagers, Pitchmen, EMS and You! Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV Some things seem meant to happen. In early, 2011, I was walking out the door of my local library in Makawao, Hawaii when I spotted the image of an ambulance on the cover of a book in...

It’s one thing to have designed a procedure that can raise the dead. It means nothing, however, unless the people who are best able to use it are able to use it with ease. Once that hurdle is overcome you’re still left with the necessity of making sure what you produced, the “product”, gets...

A vision, to be fully realized, requires a coming together of forces. If that doesn’t happen, it misses its moment and dies. It really wasn’t enough that Kouwenhoven and his colleagues realized electrical defibrillation could restore function to an ineffective heart. What good is a grand...

Here's some real life incredible stuff involving Swedish Twins, Fast Cars, and Emergency Responders!

CPR less likely for minorities on street or home Since so many of us are averse to jumping in and handling things like this on the streets off-duty, now I have to wonder if you have ever stepped in for a Caucasian and not for a person of color or poverty? Is there any difference in the...

Lately there has been a lot of focus here on BLS vs. Paramedic Services, Two ALS partners or One ALS and One EMT, the neverending debate (to be charitable!) about being EMT and going straight to paramedic or gaining experience and then, of course the ongoing question "Why aren't we a REAL...

Part I – Introduction The Paramedic program in the U.S. was based on a simple concept: Ambulances that brought the patient to the hospital would now bring the hospital to the patient. Have you considered what a tremendous switch in orientation this was? In this series you’ll be surprised at...

Here's a thread we have going about a synchronized cardioversion that was synchronized to the vulnerable stage of the EKG complex BY the machine: http://www.emtlife.com/showthread.php?t=31070 I'm really curious as to the way monitor/defibrillators are set up for this and how it would have...

EMS. More than a job. A calling. The second I read it I had a very visceral reaction. "That" I said to myself, "is the reason it's not a profession." So many people are called to it for so many different reasons and so few stick it out because, let's face it, it ain't easy to heed the call...

For inclusion of ALL EMS personnel into the Public Safety Officer Benefit program http://www.change.org/petitions/the-president-of-the-united-states-include-all-emsrescue-workers-in-the-public-safety-officer-benefit-program

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=316AzLYfAzw Enjoy!

Anybody here who was part of the study? http://www.ems1.com/cardiac-care/articles/1263253-Cardiac-cocktail-delivered-by-medics-may-save-lives/