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Recent two FDNY EMS Paramedics have been accused with faking an ambyulance call report after some confusion with a DNR. We all know that the Call Report is a legal document. But did these medics act on compassion based on the patients and family wishes? Or did they make such a grave error as to cost them their jobs and even jail time? Join us for a special live show and give your thoughts on the topic. Here is a link to the article in the Staten Island Advance. It should get your juices flowing for sure. http://webogi.com/bhlzBS  

This week we discuss the language of EMS. Using profesional communication as a standard vs communicating amoungst each other with common EMS slang. Is there a place for EMS slang or should we do away with it and focus on a standard of communication that leaves no room for error? We also plan on talking about EMS Facebook pages and the culture of negativity as well as answer a few questions sent in by listeners. Join us for another live episode and give your opinion via toll free call in or n the chat room.

Get ready for another rapid fire episode where anything goes. EMS is a great professional with lots of topics to discus and many opinions to be heard. Come listen to the latest in EMS culture and join in the conversation via phone or chat, or just listen in as Jim, Josh and Dave give their take on the latest in EMS.

Is EMS the stepping stone to other professions? Do providers leave EMS to pursue better career options when they find so few in EMS. Sometimes its not about pay. Its can be about career movement, job satisfaction and options for the long haul. Is teaching and supervisory positions the only rungs in the ladder? What do you think has the constant revolving door in EMS spinning? Join us tonight for the Office Hours opinion and some thoughts on how to keep providers who bring experinece to the field.  

We focus a lot on response in EMS. Our response allong with our training can effect patient outcomes. But what about when response is the focus without equal attention to training. Getting there is only part of what we do, yet is often the one marker that is looked at when it comes to a patients outcome. This week we talk about EMS response, call types, training and how they reflect on patient outcomes. Does the 8-10 minute response have a positive impact or is it better training and equipment? Join us for this discussion.

With the anniversary of 9/11 coming up Jim, Dave and Josh plan on talking a bit about the Memorial itself. Mainly how many feel it is designed to earn revenue more than anything else. That can be hard to argue with the high price of entry, t-shirt sales and offerings of statue of liberty miniatures. Have you been to the Memorial? What do you think? Is it too costly and does the sale of tourist items lessen the meaning of this hallowed ground. Please join us with your opinion, some 9/11 reflection and a few other EMS news items.  

Early in EMS education we are presented with the idea that "time" is a factor in much of what we do. Golden Hours, Platinum Ten Minutes, Time is Muscle etc. While some of these can help us with our treatment and transport decisions, have you ever wondered or questioned if they are getting in the way of patient care? As EMS providers we bring much of the Emergency Department to the patient. Even more so we are expected to provide certain levels of care to our patients prior to delivery to these ED's. I am sure that you have been questioned or made to feel like less of a provider when you don't provide certain aspects of care. Even when it was due to trying to follow dictated "time" constraints that are expected and may have been in the patients better interest to transport rather than perform a skill prior to arrival at the ED. So what do you think? Are these time markers valuable to us as providers or helpful? Do we end up focusing too much on them and not on what is best for the patient? Join us for this episode as we discuss this and other popular EMS topics. Call in Toll Free or come into the chat room to share your opinion. ======== Visit Jim at EMSSEO.com Check out Josh over at WANTYNU.com and be sure to look up his newest EMS Tool - The PALM.  

If you have been in EMS for any length of time you most likely have had the pleasure of the pucker factor. That call that gets you stressed before you even get there. EMS dispatch assignments such as pediatrics, major trauma or cardiac arrests. These calls and others like them put you into high alert mode and even higher stress mode. This week we talk about this and other topics like Ebola and the truth about EMS providers and contact precautions. Join us for this discussion and listen to member questions like "What to do when your patient hates you?" Check out some the best study and training resources with Jim over at EMSSEO.com and be sure to claim the absolute best oxygen wrench you will ever need produced by Josh at WANTYNU.com

This episode we discuss a recent video where EMS providers in NYC are shown with a patient in police custody who ended up dying. More importantly we talk about the all the Monday Morning Quarterbacks that have judged and sentenced these providers with knowing the full story, including local politicians and other EMS governing bodies. We also talk about the perception in EMS with videos like this one and how that perception is damaged even more with countless FaceBook posts and comments. This week is the second half of the live show from July 27 with Jim , Josh and Dave Brenner along with guest caller Donald as they try and give their views on the topic.