Dick Blanchet, BS, MBA

Original Contribution
Your Captain Speaking: Lift With Your Head Too
10/26/2018
Thinking your patient movements through in advance can help reduce injuries.
Thinking your patient movements through in advance can help reduce injuries.
Thinking your patient movements...
10/26/2018
EMSWorld
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Beyond MedicAlert
07/25/2017
EMS professionals are all taught to look for a MedicAlert bracelet or a necklace. This simple step has become much more complex in the information age, and we may not realize for what and where to look.
EMS professionals are all taught to look for a MedicAlert bracelet or a necklace. This simple step has become much more complex in the information age, and we may not realize for what and where to look.
EMS professionals are all taught...
07/25/2017
EMSWorld
Your Captain Speaking: Silent Hypoxia and COVID-19
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Your Captain Speaking: Silent Hypoxia and COVID-19
07/12/2020
Look for fast respirations, cyanosis, and a pulse-ox reading that’s surprisingly low.
Look for fast respirations, cyanosis, and a pulse-ox reading that’s surprisingly low.
Look for fast respirations,...
07/12/2020
EMSWorld
Your Captain Speaking: Scene Safe or Scene Secure?
Feature Story
Your Captain Speaking: Scene Safe or Scene Secure?
01/18/2023
It’s an important difference. Ask in advance what's expected of you and what you're willing to do.
It’s an important difference. Ask in advance what's expected of you and what you're willing to do.
It’s an important difference....
01/18/2023
EMSWorld
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Your Captain Speaking: ‘Just Another Overdose’
08/08/2018
Be ready for anything on these calls, and keep reevaluating your scene. 
Be ready for anything on these calls, and keep reevaluating your scene. 
Be ready for anything on these...
08/08/2018
EMSWorld
Original Contribution
Getting the Message Safely
06/02/2017
How a simple three-word phrase can help keep you and your partner safe behind the wheel.
How a simple three-word phrase can help keep you and your partner safe behind the wheel.
How a simple three-word phrase...
06/02/2017
EMSWorld
Your Captain Speaking: Smooth Scheduling
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Your Captain Speaking: Smooth Scheduling
06/20/2020
Some tips for keeping shifts filled and personnel satisfied.
Some tips for keeping shifts filled and personnel satisfied.
Some tips for keeping shifts...
06/20/2020
EMSWorld
Your Captain Speaking: We Need a Bed!
Feature Story
Your Captain Speaking: We Need a Bed!
03/29/2023
Patient boarding is a denial of good medical care and sets a dangerous precedent for EMS.
Patient boarding is a denial of good medical care and sets a dangerous precedent for EMS.
Patient boarding is a denial of...
03/29/2023
EMSWorld
Original Contribution
Your Captain Speaking: Managing Threats and Errors
07/18/2018
Staying safe means calling out concerns and having each other’s backs. 
Staying safe means calling out concerns and having each other’s backs. 
Staying safe means calling out...
07/18/2018
EMSWorld
Original Contribution
When Your Patient Has a Gun
04/07/2017
A short primer on how to deal with a patient who happens to have a handgun
A short primer on how to deal with a patient who happens to have a handgun
A short primer on how to deal...
04/07/2017
EMSWorld

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