Reflective Writing Essay INTRODUCTION The following reflective writing essay will centre on a particular event that I witnessed. I will be using Gibbs’ model of reflection‚ from Gibbs‚ G. (1988). For confidentiality purposes‚ I will name my family member as Estelita who is a fifty five year old female. DESCRIPTION Estelita was experiencing shortness of breath and chest pain. She called an ambulance‚ whereby a FRU car arrived‚ followed by a backup ambulance crew. The FRU responder performed
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Running head: Budgets and Fire Departments How Budget Cuts Effect Fire Departments Leann Rae Edison State College How Budget Cuts Effect Fire Departments Budgets have played a major role in fire departments all over the world. In the past couple of years‚ fire department budgets have been in the headlines quite frequently. This is especially true in Florida‚ where there has been much controversy in the proposal and passing of Amendment 1‚ in January 2008. The passing of
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History of EMS EMSP 1338-Introduction to Advanced Practice Central Texas College December 5 2010 History of EMS Abstract The history of emergency medicine dates back many centuries. As the years pass EMS not only progressed in prehospital care‚ but in the way patients are transported to the hospital in emergeny situations. Along with the progression of the transportation and prehospital care of patients‚ the EMS profession has come
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Speech 22 September 2013 Emergency Response Pilot When there is a car crash on the highway‚ everyone slows down to gape at the wreckage. However‚ few have ever seen a truly horrific‚ heavily gory accident in which a Medivac helicopter has come to rush victims off to safety. Air-medical transport saves lives every day in a plethora of situations. Being a part of the Hawaii Air Ambulance team allows one to be the best pilot they could be in a field whose purpose is saving lives. To be an Emergency
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Gabriel Ruiz 4/26/12 Paramedic Paramedic’s takes hard work and patience‚ people say it’s not easy becoming a paramedic you need the right education and you must acquire a specific skill. A paramedic makes a good amount of money enough to pay the bills and still have some money left over. Being a paramedic requires people’s lives to be in your hands at times and to be able to handle yourself under pressure. This essay will consist of the requirements
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Melissa EMS 150 Nov. 16‚ 2010 Safe Ambulance Operations In this paper‚ I will discus the importance of safety while driving an ambulance and the recommendations set forth by North Carolina for ambulance driving. I will also cover the North Carolina laws regarding ambulances‚ and the frequency of ambulance accidents including on the job injuries and deaths. Ambulance safety is not something that most new EMT’s are taught in their classes‚ it is something that they learn while in the field
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All of the journeys that lead to greatness start with a dream‚ whether it is big or small‚ but what the person does with their dream is what controls whether it comes true. “All our dreams can come true‚ if we have the courage to pursue them.” -Walt Disney. Anyone can have a dream but just like Walt Disney said‚ they need to have the courage to pursue them if they are to come true. Even today‚ if a child is asked what they dream of being when they grow up‚ they usually answer with a police officer
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My future career choice is becoming a firefighter. I always wanted to be a firefighter since I was five‚ when I went with my mom to her firefighter training class. Watching my mom do these different obstacles showed me‚ if my mom can do it so can I. To watch the rest of the staff go through obstacle after obstacle was not only entertaining and informing‚ but it taught me how teamwork and communication is very important. Firefighters put out fires and help save civilians in life threatening
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Trauma patients I am currently taking a EMT course through Copper Mountain College. We have had to study trauma and medical cases. I would like to share with you in detail some of the cases that we have studied first ill introduce you to some of the assessments that have to be done before we begin. For a trauma patients especially one whose injuries are serious-time must not be wasted at the scene. This patient needs to get to a hospital as quickly as possible. On the other
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Clinical paramedicine 2 HSC6115D | Pre-hospital Spinal Immobilization | Literature Review | | 21200777 | | Word count = 2703 | Contents Abstract 3 Introduction 4 Spinal cord injury 4 Current Management 5 The Literature 7 Cervical spine immobilization 7 Full spinal immobilization 9 Conclusion 11 Bibliography 12 Abstract Background: A literature review form a variety of references‚ in particular journal articles‚ textbooks and information from appropriate
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