I applied for a grant for my fire department for some fitness equipment, and they requested a photo of something on our department, fitness-related. Probies are a wonderful group. I called one of ours to come up to the station where he got into full gear (minus the SCBA), I grabbed a kettlebell from my... Continue Reading →
Planks and Ladders
For one of my college classes - biomechanics and kinesiology - we had to pick a movement, have a video demonstrating that movement, and explain each individual part of that movement - the muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, bones, etc. The catch: it couldn't be one that we had already discussed in class and no repeats.... Continue Reading →
The Importance of Pre-planning
Before you go on a call, you plan. You have trainings. En route to the call, scenarios run through your head. In EMS, it's all the different possibilities. Shortness of breath could be allergic reaction, asthma, cardiac related, musculoskeletal. . .anything. You run through the different treatments you may have to administer. In Firefighting, you're... Continue Reading →
Spiral Stairs and Bear Crawls
I was going into my second year as an EMT and working full-time at a private transport company. One night, first call of the night, we got a discharge run for a 150# patient - a light one to start the night. We picked the patient and their belongs up from the hospital and transported... Continue Reading →
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