John Todaro, BA, NRP, RN, TNS, NCEE

Perspectives

It’s Well Past Time

02/04/2021

John Todaro , BA, NRP, RN, TNS, NCEE;

Recognize EMS as the first-tier, first-class healthcare professionals we are.

Recognize EMS as the first-tier,...

02/04/2021

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Perspectives

Guest Editorial: Can Simulation Supplement EMS Field Experiences?

08/01/2018

John Todaro , BA, NRP, RN, TNS, NCEE;

If we can't provide good clinical and field experiences for our students, we need to reimagine how we provide them.

If we can't provide good...

08/01/2018

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Guest Editorial: Intelligent Disobedience

04/30/2021

John Todaro , BA, NRP, RN, TNS, NCEE;

Why do managers resort to cliches? Because it’s often easier to manage than lead.

Why do managers resort to...

04/30/2021

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Guest Editorial: I Fear for My Colleagues

07/01/2020

John Todaro , BA, NRP, RN, TNS, NCEE;

Don’t neglect rest, relaxation, and recharging during these stressful times.

Don’t neglect rest, relaxation,...

07/01/2020

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Guest Editorial: Intelligent Disobedience

04/30/2021

John Todaro , BA, NRP, RN, TNS, NCEE;

Why do managers resort to cliches? Because it’s often easier to manage than lead.

Why do managers resort to...

04/30/2021

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Leadership/Management

Guest Editorial: To Mentor or Not to Mentor—That Is the Question

02/25/2022

John Todaro , BA, NRP, RN, TNS, NCEE;

As a mentor you will have the opportunity to help educate, support, and grow the next generation of paramedical professionals. Even more important, you can support a positive succession process for your EMS system and maybe the paramedical...

As a mentor you will have the...

02/25/2022

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Perspectives

Guest Editorial: If I Were the Zeus of Prehospital Care

10/26/2018

John Todaro , BA, NRP, RN, TNS, NCEE;

We’d take concrete steps to improve our field’s professionalism.

We’d take concrete steps to...

10/26/2018

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Paramedicine as a profession requires fully accredited paramedic education programs that feed into a national certification process supporting state licensure. (Photo: Chris Swabb/On Assignment Studios)

Education/Training

Guest Editorial: Keep Our Profession Professional

08/28/2022

John Todaro , BA, NRP, RN, TNS, NCEE;

Please make your voice heard, push the cause of professionalism, and stand for what is right for EMS. We must demand that paramedicine be recognized and managed as a health care profession, with all those rights and responsibilities.

Please make your voice heard,...

08/28/2022

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Perspectives

A Degree for Me But Not for Thee

02/04/2019

John Todaro , BA, NRP, RN, TNS, NCEE;

Top fire organizations want degree requirements for firefighters but not paramedics—why?

Top fire organizations want...

02/04/2019

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Feature Story

Developing a Paramedicine System Model

11/03/2023

John Todaro , BA, NRP, RN, TNS, NCEE;

Given the challenges the EMS community continues to face—lack of funding, retention issues, recruiting failures, and more—moving from the current public safety system model to a paramedicine systems model may help us overcome ongoing...

Given the challenges the EMS...

11/03/2023

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