If you give people just a little bit of information it is amazing how quickly they can make up a story. Lets say that you have discovered that 150 mg of morphine is missing from your organizations drug supply. The new guy working nights in materials has lots of scary tattoos, rides [...]

I have lots of friends who have spent several years poking fun at my Apple computer. Ever since I made the switch to Mac from DOS (yes it was a long time ago) I’ve felt like the folks at Apple have managed to put together products with operating systems and user interfaces that work [...]

People who experience sudden illness or injury are in no position to assess the knowledge and skills of the emergency medical folks who show up to care for them. They rely on the providers themselves and the EMS system leaders to ensure that EMS professionals know what to do and how to do it. [...]

It’s happened with almost every leadership group I’ve met with. Someone will say some version of, “I don’t understand the young generation in our workforce. They have no work ethic. When I was a new paramedic my job was my life.” I usually point out to them that 20 years ago [...]

For the last several years people have been saying things like, “You really need a blog” or “I can’t believe that you’re not a blogger.” I thought blogger might some kind of insult hurled by British rugby players or some type of ugly birthmark. It might be both and finally I’m taking the plunge. [...]