Brush Up On EMS with Bob

I started my journey in EMS not really caring about EMS. But with the constant and ever present influence of Chris Venters and Nick Larmer as my EMT-B instructors I quickly stopped caring about fire and became more dedicated to EMS. If it wasn't for both of my instructors staying late with me helping me understand and remember all those things that I was having trouble with, I would have never finished EMT class. But now I work full time for a service where I live. I absolutely love going to work. I constantly think back to class and what both of my instructors have said . All of that, leads me to want to continue my education. So I decided to go for it. Below is a picture of myself and a friend on out first day of paramedic class. It would never have been possible without Chris or Nick. Thank you for opening my eyes to this great and unruly beast ,known as EMS!!!!! Guys there are more stories like these out there. Lets always keep in mind , what we teach our students i

Imagine with me a day when we are notified , by an electronic device that is monitoring a patients vital signs and pages ems way before the patient does. Wow, would that save on the 3am in the morning calls that they have been feeling this way since 6 am the previous day, but they just can’t take it anymore. This device could tell you a patient’s weight, heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and much more. All of this information stored in a microchip. Does this sound to science fiction to you?   Well folks, we might possibly be on the verge of being there already. In a recent study done by the University of California, San Francisco, they found that the apple watch is 97 percent accurate in detecting abnormal heart rhythms. Out of all their participants they used through a cardiac app, they found a majority through the study had normal cardiac rhythms. Most if not all had normal sinus.   Furthermore 200 participants were diagnosed with paroxysmal atrial fibrilla