Medic Matthew

Amazing…

Posted by Epijunky on November 24th, 2008 | 5 comments

Shamelessly stolen from MedicMatthew, who stole it from Xavier, who got it from God knows where.

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Just got my JEMS email…

Posted by Epijunky on November 6th, 2008 | 6 comments

After reading a very interesting article about suggestions he has to improve the safety of HEMS by Brian Bledsoe (a hero of mine), and a lovely story about a 92-year-old woman who voted from the back of an ambulance on Election Day (She voted as a Democrat, I wont hold it against her)…

I saw a link for this. Apparently Stryker is advertising that their Power-Pro stretchers will reduce injuries to Medics by 50% (compared to the non-powered cots) or they’ll pay the difference in cost to replace the powered stretchers with the non-powered versions.

Uhm… a few questions.

First of all, what if the service you work for actively discourages anyone (basic, intermediate or medic) to file a workers comp claim.

Secondly… How many Medic’s do you know who actually lift?

Okay, I kid, I kid. Seriously. Medic Matthew, Rebel, AD… I’m kidding. Mwah. Smoochies and all that.

And for the record, yes, I realize that I’m not lifting anything right now.

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