Susquehanna University is a small liberal arts university of about 2000 students, in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, on 220 acres of reclaimed farmland. It has fields and farms on several sides of it and is a short walk from the Susquehanna River. During the fall, the smell of the harvest wafts in from the fields anywhere on [...]
Archives for My Ambulance Education
Chapter 1b. My Career as an Athletic Trainer
Because it was a home game, we had a fairly standard procedure for such things; I called the head trainer and briefed him. It was decided that I was taking her to the hospital for x-rays and the emergency physician would call the team physician for orders after the injury had been assessed. Meanwhile the [...]
Chapter 1a. My Career as an Athletic Trainer
Chapter 1. My Career as an Athletic Trainer. As a child I always wanted to be a medical professional when I grew up. Some of my earliest memories are of being fascinated by biology and medicine. I wanted to be Einstein or a physician. I took my first first-aid course at the age of 13 [...]
Chapter 1 of My graduate education starts tomorrow
The first half of Chapter 1 of My Graduate Education will be posted Friday Aug 6 with the conclusion of Chapter 1 posted on Aug 9. Lots more to come.
Introduction to My Graduate Education:
Introduction to My Graduate Education: Why is “helping people” in quotes? “Helping people” is a cliché. People entering caring professions to “help people” are sadly too often not helpful or do not deal well with people. This is especially true when one is trying to help people who do not want to be helped. I [...]
Intersecting Lives and My Graduate Education
I have been asked multiple times what happened to some of the people I talked about in “My Ambulance Education”. Holly, Bill, My brother, and others are real people and their stories are equally interesting and important. They shaped my life and in many ways, continue to do so. There is a metaphor of two [...]
Just a brief update
July 2010 showed a 25% increase in traffic to this blog. Thanks for visiting. Let me give you some bits of information. The blog is now connected to 3 RSS and companion blog feeds. I plan on starting two blog series: one in August concerning “My Graduate Education” and one a brief teaching series that [...]
Medical Practitioners and Ambulance Personnel
Dear EMS practitioners, I apologize in advance if some of this is indelicate, but it is one person’s opinion and is intended to advance the profession. Yours truly, Joe Clark Prehospital care is medical treatment and care that is given by ambulance personnel, often in an ambulance. EMTs and paramedics provide a wide range services [...]
A cat tale
Ever wonder where the term “catty” came from. It came from cats. A friend has three cats. Two males and one female. The female named Libby is petite and precocious. One of the males, named Winston, is the senior cat in the house with the middle male, Clovis, having been adopted as a playmate for [...]
Is denial part of brain pathology?
I wanted to express an opinion to my EMS colleagues. This is not a policy statement or educational mandate, but simply one person’s opinion and an invitation to think about some types of brain pathology seen in the pre-hospital setting. Please recall that my career is concerning the diagnosis, treatment and work towards improving the [...]
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