JEMS should be a hit with the basics...

[DwayneEMTP]

Looking through JEMS this month, which I'm coming to believe may be been one of the more obvious wastes of mony I've spent in EMS, and notice that it should make many basics very happy! (Yeah, I'm a basic as well, so don't get your panties in a bunch)

Is it just me, or is the whole magazine this month (more or less) about 'advancing EMS' by giving basics more responsibility?

More drugs, more skills...Man...Maybe I'm just tired...

[Dustdevil]

Ya know... there comes a point to where it's not even worth the effort to find the exploding head graphic anymore. :?

[reaper]

I canceled my subscription to JEMS. It is a joke now, Bad articles, to much advertising.

EMS magazine has it beat hands down. Yes, they still have lots of advertising, but they always have some decent articles and more then one. Best of all, It's free!!

[Ridryder 911]

I have to admit that I am not a big fan of any of the trade magazines, however;JEMS appears that they did try to present some articles better than others. IMHO EMS is not even worth taking to the bathroom stall, it is the old replacement for Emergency trade magazine. I do not how you get your EMS magazine free?

When doing a lit research, they only trade magazine is JEMS that has been recognized as legitimate. Unfortunately, EMS has not made it to maturity level where it has an authority of having a Journal, with well written articles and citations. Yes there is the Prehospital care and some other few small ones, that are published every quarter and very difficult to obtain, as well costly in comparison to even true professional journals that even makes it out of hand for most.

I would hope NAEMT with their reconstruction and new policies would develop a true EMS magazine, like they had in the late 70's with scientific type articles. Then again, if there is not enough pictures or whacker advertisements, most EMT's would not even open the rag...

R/r 911

[p3medic]

Annals of Emergency Medicine and NEJM....only two I subscribe to...

[NYC-EMS]

Try reading JAMA

[spenac]

Guns and grenades is the best. OOPs wrong forum.

[brentoli]

Let's start our own journal?

[Scaramedic]

I wonder if this decline is because Jim Page has passed on? Kind of like how Wal-Mart changed after Sam died.

Peace,

Marty

[AnthonyM83]

Let's start our own journal?

Eh, I've been with a few organizations that start their own journals, but it rarely ends up being a respected one. We need an organized body, research entities, and people with PhDs and MDs to get any respect.

What we could do is work on training updates of sorts....like the kinds people post here sometimes....