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PLACEs for Breathing
I recently did some cadaveric airway training with my department, and of course the piese de resistance was the surgical cricothyroidotomy practice. People love that…
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Practical Insights on Prehospital Care, Resuscitation, and Operational Leadership
Ordinary Ops Medic offers an unfiltered look at the realities of emergency and critical care medicine. With straightforward insights into the challenges of prehospital care, leadership in tough situations, and training that actually works, it’s written for those who want to be better at what they do—not just in theory, but in practice. If you’re looking for honest perspectives and practical advice to refine your skills and grow as a provider, this blog is worth your time.
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On Confidence…
Confidence: This is EARNED. Confidence is the residue of PREPARATION. It’s the result of deliberate training and practice. It is earned through sweat, work, and…
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Humility
I think there is something that people can get wrong about humility. They think it means to play small, be nice, be agreeable, and certainly…
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Pulling It Apart: CHF and COPD
If there is one thing that can set you apart from your peers as a prehospital clinician, it is the ability to think outside of…
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Fight Fire With Fire? On Permissive Hypotension
Permissive hypotension (PH) is a commonly applied element of damage control resuscitation strategies in the prehospital environment. Typically it is presented with a singular MAP…
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SKiPS DEEP
Over the years of moving vented patients and watching new clinicians get their heads around the vented patient, I have come to observe the same…
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Knowing What You Are Doing > Knowing The Right Answer
Do you know what you’re doing, or do you just know what to say? Do you just know the right answer because you’ve memorized information,…
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Distracted and Disconnected
Distraction 1.) a thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else. 2.) extreme agitation of the mind or emotion In our high…
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The Old Way: Methods of the Experts
Can you see an error, figure out exactly how the error was made, and then coach/train the error out of the individual. Can you see…
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HemoDIEnamics: Part 2
In part 1 I talked about catching shock early and making your big move before the patient loses their ability to compensate (and perhaps respond…
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SDH = Stupid, Dumb, Hubris
This is the first in a series of pieces that are designed to give a new flight clinician a frame of reference for some types…
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Doing > Being
I’ve been hitting the Ryan Holiday stuff and stoicism hard lately, and this phrase rings loud and true for me. Hopefully it does for you…