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EMS Life provides stories and advice for EMTs and paramedics working in the emergency medical services. Topics include the work/life balance, health and wellness, self-care, motivation, burnout, partners and managers, and how to handle various problems and ethical concerns encountered in the workplace.
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The Way We Were
Editorial Advisory Board Member Robert Nixon reflected on his experiences working as an EMT in the early 1970s in the Jan/Feb 1982 issue of EMS Magazine.
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A "Knee-ded" Subject
The knee is integral to all lower body movements and daily activities, and is easy to injure.
If It Is to Be, It's Up to Me
Healthcare is an incredibly rewarding field. Unfortunately, many of us lose sight of the inspiration that first drew us to our work. Here are some methods that will help you look at your job in a whole new (positive!) way.
A Dynamic Nursing Duo
Father and son EMT team keep medicine in the family.
- Shouldering the Load
- The Psychology of the Shirt
- MD Envy
- Ten Steps to Publication
- The Ethics of Care Under Fire
- Role-Playing
- How Does Your EMS Garden Grow?
- Kettle Bell Training for EMS
- A Night at the Opry
- Traditions & Ceremonies in EMS
- People With Stethoscopes
- Just a Little Pinch?
- A Pen Runs Through It
- EMS Book Corner: April 2009
- Abdominal Training for EMS II
- What's That Smell?
- Gut Feelings: Pearl or Peril?
- New Study: Boston-Area EMS and Fire Recruits Too Fat
- Dealing With the Dichotomy
- A Song to the Unsung
- Training Abs for EMS
- USFA and NVFC Release Updated Health and Wellness Guide for the Volunteer Fire and Emergency Services
- Through Clear Glass
- Smacking People
- A Few Things I Have Learned
- Collateral Patient Care
- Personal Responsibility
- Kindness
- Making Opportunities; Madison, Ms. Fire Department Creates Child Safety House
- Seat of the Soul
- Saving Our Own: A Different Kind of Christmas
- Dings
- Occupational Health
- EMS Response to Mass Shootings
- Superzilla
- Your Voice Is Needed
- Global Perspectives
- Mistakes
- Hard Times
- Lose Your Breath
- From the Ground Up
- Do You Care Enough to ICARE?
- Best Face Forward: The EMS Dress Uniform
- Backbreaking Work
- Patience; It's More Than a Virtue
- Just a New EMT
- Gunslinger