Blogs
The Five-Year Paramedic
When Did EMS Become a Stepping-Stone Instead of a Career? By Scott Ash For The Paramedic Hive There was a time when becoming a paramedic meant you had found your profession. You went to medic school. You survived Clinical’s and field internship. You learned how to read an ECG bouncing down a freeway, you can…
The EMS Staffing Crisis Is Becoming a Public-Safety Crisis
And the Experience Gap May Be Making It Worse By Scott Ash For the Paramedic Hive For years, we’ve called it an EMS staffing shortage. I’m beginning to think we’ve been calling it the wrong thing. “Staffing shortage” sounds administrative. It sounds like empty boxes on a schedule, overtime texts going out at six in…
The Experience Gap: Why Your Next Paramedic May Have Never Seen What You’re Seeing
By Scott Ash, EMHA, BS, AAS, NRPThe Paramedic Hive™Built for Those Who Answer the Call Not too long ago becoming a paramedic was as much apprenticeship as it was education. Many new paramedics spent years riding as EMTs prior to promotion. They spent hours in vehicles with experienced clinicians who taught them more than just…
A Life That Changed Thousands: Honoring EMS Pioneer John Osborn
By Scott Ash for The Paramedic Hive There are paramedics who answer emergency calls. Then there are paramedics who answer a calling. John Osborn belonged to the second group. For decades, John dedicated his life to a profession that was still finding its identity. He served when paramedicine was in its infancy, when protocols were…