Opinion Pieces Archives - Page 2 of 3

As an EMS instructor, one the challenges I face each semester is the girth of job opportunities for my students […]

What Do You Do When The “Heimlich Maneuver” Doesn’t Work?

Tim Cheves / June 22, 2016

What happens when your little boy chokes on a piece of chicken and the back blows and abdominal thrusts just

As long as I have taught EMT classes I have tried my best to instill in students the absolute importance

Tim Cheves / June 15, 2016

In a very demanding job like nursing, nurse tech, etc. it is rather easy to focus a little too much

Tim Cheves / June 13, 2016

What’s your opinion on this? Weirdos are part of the job: Someone selling you your own supplies, running around naked

See that guy grabbing the gurney? That’s me…. Well, no, not really, but that’s how I feel sometimes! An EMT

Often times during my interactions with current and former students the inevitable phrase comes up while we are discussing protocols,

An alert patient comes into the ER with a deep laceration to the forehead. Seems like a simple enough job.

As many of you know out there in the world of EMT instruction, sometimes we think we got ‘through’ to

1. I knew everything I needed to know about being a Paramedic in class. Some people call it Paragod Syndrome,