Blogs
Paramedics: Why We Can’t Recruit the Next Generation
By Scott J. Ash, NRPThe Paramedic Hive – Beyond the Sirens I remember when people wanted to be paramedics. Being able to work medicine away from a hospital setting, make life and death decisions and save a life here and there was enough to draw an entire generation of young men and women to our…
The Ambulance You Never Think About
Things People Don’t Understand About EMS By Scott Ash You’re late for work. Coffee in the cup holder. Traffic is already terrible. Somebody three cars ahead apparently believe 42 miles per hour is an acceptable speed in the left lane. Then you hear it. A siren. You check the mirror. There it is. An ambulance.…
Paramedics vs. Nursing Licensure: Same System, Very Different Rules
By Scott Ash There’s an odd inconsistency in EMS that few people talk about. Paramedics are expected to work independently. To make real-time clinical decisions about patients we often know little about. Patients without diagnoses. Patients we treat in chaotic environments. Patients where we may be the only healthcare provider on scene. But when it…
Buprenorphine on the Ambulance: Are Paramedics Ready to Treat Opioid Withdrawal Differently?
By Scott Ash For The Paramedic Hive For decades, the prehospital response to opioid overdose has followed a familiar sequence: Find the patient.Support ventilation.Give naloxone.Restore breathing.Watch the patient wake up. And often wake up miserable. The patient who was unresponsive minutes earlier may suddenly be vomiting, sweating, restless, anxious, cramping, aching, and begging you to make…