Emergency management

AAS and FGS: Which is Superior? Anglo-American systems (AAS) and Franco-German systems (FGS) are the two main models for emergency medical services (EMS) that are used internationally. Two countries that have implemented each of these models are the United States and Germany – the United States has implemented the AAS while Germany has implemented the FGS. It is apparent that both systems work, as they have been used for over 40 years, but which one is superior? Although the answer cannot be…

The quiet morning of Friday, Oct. 28 yielded a good time for a few American heroes to properly train cadets from the Blythe Area. Proudly serving in Quartzsite, Captain Aaron Martinez, firefighters Joe Sain and William Aaron taught cadets Angelo Urias and Dorita Castro essential skills for being a public safety professional. Firefighting, a dangerous process of extinguishing fire and providing adequate medical assistance in some cases, is a demanding field that few are brave enough to sign up…

Paramedics are similar to EMTs where they both are quick responders to the sick and injured in emergencies. While responding, paramedics are able to bandage a wound, asses a patient’s condition and identify the path of treatment needed, provide first-aid and life support treatment, transport patients in an ambulance to a hospital, and report knowledge of the patient to the staff at the hospital. Some paramedics are able to work on a helicopter or airplane with the proper training and equipment.…

troubling dilemmas in prehospital care that you have experienced?” 21% of the 400 EMT participants answered that the most troubling dilemmas “were conflicts involving do-not-resuscitate (DNR) situations. (Ethical Dilemmas in Emergency Medical Services: The Perspective of Emergency Medical Technician). This percentage is hardly surprising when considering the potentially complicated nature of DNRs. DNRs are complicated enough issues but add in suicides in relation to DNRs and it creates an…

On 10-11-2015 at about 1825 hours I was dispatched to a CPR in progress at 1605 1st ST SE, Auburn/King/Wa. Enroute dispatch advised that a 90 year old male, later identified as Marvin Lohse, was found unresponsive in his backyard by his neighbors, TY Ferguson and Steven Ferguson. I arrived on scene with VRFA and was directed to the backyard of the residence. I noticed a male, Steven, performing CPR on a male, Marvin, who was laying in the grass near a lawnmower. VRFA began CPR protocol as I…

Organization Name & Description The organization I have chosen to develop a communications plan for is the Ontario Renal Network (ORN). The ORN, a division of CCO, and an agency of the provincial government, manages the delivery of chronic kidney disease (CKD) services across Ontario (Ontario Renal Network [ORN], n.d.a). The ORN structure consists of a headquarters located in Toronto, Ontario, that is co-led by a non-clinical Vice-President and a nephrologist Provincial Medical Director.…

EMT stands for Emergency Medical Technicians. EMTs and Paramedics have the same knowledge and skills to take care of patients. The biggest difference between them is their scope of practice. They’re usually associated with 911, like operators of 911. They accept the blame for to commonplace medical emergency, but the most common are car accidents, childbirth, violent traumas, heart attacks and accidents. Their mission is to assess the medical needs of sick people and their injuries, and then…

Why should firemen be EMT’S A Lot of people think all firemen do is sleep and watch TV, There not wrong we do sleep and Watch TV after all our training and clean the station is done. There is a lot of stuff that we do that people don’t know and its behind the scene. Firemen have to Be physically fit to do our job. We are constantly training to stay in shape we train to learn the new technology for our job or new ways to fight fires. Now why should firemen be Medically trained? All we do is…

companies to venture into. The paramedics of today are not of the same caliper than when I first started my ems career in the late 70s and early 80’s. The education and skills that are now required makes the current paramedics well versed in emergency care, but lacks in the knowledge of psychological care. For instance, more than once I held the family members hand when informing them that the patient, or their loved one, had died. Simple acts such as making sure…

your body is one of the many things that happens when you are encountering a major situation. Being a paramedic is the job that happens to make you feel as if you're actually doing good in the world. Paramedics are the people who are there in any emergency situation; assisting injures along with transporting those who are ill or injured to the hospital. In this instance, being a paramedic is the occupation that specifically suits my interest. In order to be a paramedic an individual has to…