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Our open house is fast approaching. Does anyone have any suggestions for EMS related interactive activities or games for kids? Thanks!
 
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"Pin the tourniquet on the trauma patient" is fun too.

In all honesty I can't think of an EMS-related game that is appropriate for children.
 
its not really a game but you can give them a tour of the ambulance and see how many kids know what stuff is like a BVM, stethoscope, BP cuff, kravats. stuff like that.
 
slloth said:
A little game called wash and wax the rigs. JK
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We already play that game, it usually comes right after "Oh god the bathroom - we had mexican for lunch, send the juniors in with SCBA on".

In all seriousness though, whenever I look for EMS-type games, all I find is stuff like this or puzzles. I'd like a board game that is something like Clue and Cranium, where it would require some hands-on demonstrations, some general trivia, some word problems/diagnoses. Putting it together into a board game that rewards correct answers makes it, in my mind, more fun for them to learn than just pulling out the Limmer&O'Keefe book and saying "OK boys, let's review scene safety!"
 
dixie_flatline said:
That is amazing. I want to buy this for my firehouse and all the guys that hate riding the whaaaambulance. Along those lines, do you know of any board-game type things that incorporate actual EMS questions? This would be a lot more effective with our Juniors program than just quizzing them.
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I remember when JEMS was asking us for ideas for place names. I think I recommended, "Aspiration Manor".
 
Jay said:
P/C, as long as it is not nursing we are OK with the career.
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What's wrong with nursing my mom is a retired nurse. Hopefully when your daughter doe go into EMS the USA will wake up and require
4 yrs minimum t be a paramedic.
 
fortsmithman said:
What's wrong with nursing my mom is a retired nurse.
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I should have specified that my lovely wife is a nurse :glare:

Before someone comments, I will do it for you: +1.

fortsmithman said:
Hopefully when your daughter doe go into EMS the USA will wake up and require 4 yrs minimum t be a paramedic.
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The issue is that before a 4 year rule could work without mass mutiny, the pay would need to catch up. As for 2 year or shorter programs, I have seen some real good medics out there and I have seen some real winners too. Perhaps, the programs need to screen for more serious applicants and the testing has to be on par without changing the time-based requirements. I can attest that longer school does not necessarily mean better performance, I personaly have seen both sides after moving careers. When I finally decided to get off my lazy bum in my past life and graduate from Oxford I already had all the practical experience that I could afford; school, even such a good school did not really give me much more of an edge, just some additional icing a top the cake. This is because of my practical experience in conjunction with being a motivated individual. Those are the types of personalities that I would want working on me, if need be. If we could somehow cultivate such individuals into a longer field internship, I am all for it, I am not for too much book savvy without the practicum to back it up, they said it best on the movie Top Gun and I quote "son, your ego is writing checks that your body can't cash".

As for the core differences between paramedic or any other level of EMS between Canada and the States, even though there are more similarities, there are still many fundamental differences. This would make it hard to compare. I am not saying that we are talking major differences, i.e. apples to oranges, rather Granny Smith to McIntosh. A good friend of mine, who happens to have dual citizenship between the US and Canada and I discussed such matters the other day. There are some biggies out there such as response times, how hard it is to get seen by a physician once out of the prehospital setting and even the definition of what constitutes a 'paramedic'.

This was probably way too long winded a comment but never-the-less my $0.02.
 
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