Bryan E. Bledsoe, DO, FACEP, 2009 Nov 5, Bryan E. Bledsoe

It's 6:15 a.m. on a warm autumn morning, and Michael Wills pulls his 2000 Ford F-150 pickup into the ambulance station parking lot. His shift doesn't start until 7 a.m., but he wants to make sure he's...

Bryan E. Bledsoe, DO, FACEP, 2009 Oct 1, Bryan E. Bledsoe

I have to warn you from the outset that this month's column will be a little different -- kind of a Halloween tale. However, unlike most Halloween tales, this one is true. Listen, my children, and you...

Bryan E. Bledsoe, DO, FACEP, 2009 Sept 10, Bryan E. Bledsoe

Yesterday, I went to Wal-Mart to get some things we routinely use around the house. Any given Wal-Mart is certainly a microcosm of society. But, there was something about this trip that was different....

Bryan E. Bledsoe, DO, FACEP, 2009 Aug 6, Bryan E. Bledsoe

I'll bet that in some time in your career you have encountered the HIPAA police. These people tend to cite HIPAA as a reason for virtually everything. One of my pet peeves is the tendency of some people...

Bryan E. Bledsoe, DO, FACEP, 2009 Jul 3, Bryan E. Bledsoe

For reasons I don't understand, I spent the past hour looking at comments on various online EMS lists and bulletin boards. Interestingly, I saw the same moaning and complaining that we did in the '70s...

Bryan E. Bledsoe, DO, FACEP, 2009 Jun 4, Bryan E. Bledsoe

My 8-year-old grandson, Andrew, likes to come into my office and look at the thousands of books on the shelves. His favorite is one called "Weird Texas," which details various ghost stories and urban legends...

Bryan E. Bledsoe, DO, FACEP, 2009 May 9, Bryan E. Bledsoe

I've been fortunate to be able to travel to various parts of the world and see novel and interesting EMS devices or practices. When I see them, I think many seem like a logical tool or practice for American...

Bryan E. Bledsoe, DO, FACEP, 2009 Apr 9, Bryan E. Bledsoe

As the economy falls, EMS is one of the first public entities to get the shaft. A simple review of recent news articles illustrates this. For example, a few weeks ago the city council of Kansas City, Mo.,...

Bryan E. Bledsoe, DO, FACEP, 2009 Mar 5, Bryan E. Bledsoe

With some anxiety, I'm rolling out a new talk this month at EMS Today in Baltimore on the developing science related to oxygen administration. As my research and reading took me into the realm of free-radicals,...

Bryan E. Bledsoe, DO, FACEP, 2009 Feb 5, Bryan E. Bledsoe

I have a love-hate relationship with traveling. I like to get out and visit new places and meet new people, but I hate the process of traveling. Last year, I logged almost 100,000 miles in airline travel....