top of page

Sam Ireland
May 18, 20187 min read
The Brown 20
I once worked with a prehospital practitioner who at one time worked for a service that drilled 20 minute scene times in their head. If...


Sam Ireland
Apr 7, 20183 min read
2 Quick CALCS You Must Know
I will reluctantly admit that I am an AHA instructor... Whenever I teach ACLS or PALS classes and run students through scenarios, I hear...


Sam Ireland
Mar 10, 20184 min read
Brains and Eyes - 2
Consider a couple possible scenarios that may occur while testing a patient's pupillary reflex: Scenario 1: While shining a light into...


Sam Ireland
Feb 24, 20184 min read
Brains and Eyes - 1
Eyes and Brains Sometimes I choose my blog subjects based off of a subject that I’m going to be teaching, or other times something I just...


Sam Ireland
Dec 23, 20174 min read
The Chest Tube!
Chest tubes are great. They can overcome all kinds of obstructions in the chest - air (pneumothorax), blood (hemothorax), air and blood...


Sam Ireland
Sep 29, 20176 min read
3 Things To Make Your Simulations NOT Suck
"And we would give Ketamine..." - Paramedic trainee/student who is being run through a scenario In EMS, we rely on simulation for a lot...
bottom of page