Patrick Lickiss

Sticking to the basics

An EMS practitioner for nearly 15 years, Patrick Lickiss is currently located in Grand Rapids, MI. He is interested in education and research and hopes to further the expansion of evidence-based practice in EMS. He is also an avid homebrewer and runner.

LATEST ARTICLES

Operational scenario: A co-worker becoming increasingly distant

Your partner is regularly late to work, has been disciplined for poor attendance and increasingly seems aloof

October 20, 2016 10:58 AM

Patrick Lickiss

Active Shooter

Active shooter incident: The changing role of EMS

You responded as the first-in ambulance on a suspected active shooting scene; did you make the right call?

September 22, 2016 10:33 AM

Patrick Lickiss

Clinical scenario: A report of shots fired with multiple injuries

You are dispatched to a law office for multiple shooting victims

September 22, 2016 10:26 AM

Patrick Lickiss

Education

Tips for respiratory assessment and just-in-time education

You were asked to assist your trainee in assessing and treating a 56-year-old man with shortness of breath; did you make the right call?

August 19, 2016 02:07 PM

Patrick Lickiss

Education

Clinical scenario: Middle-aged man complaining of respiratory distress

You are dispatched to a bank for a man who is weak and lethargic

August 19, 2016 01:59 PM

Patrick Lickiss

Education

Tips for assessing and managing a patient with “general illness”

You were asked to assess and treat a 44-year-old woman who has been feeling weak and lethargic; did you make the right call?

July 22, 2016 08:13 AM

Patrick Lickiss

Education

Clinical scenario: Office worker complaining of weakness

You are dispatched to a bank for a woman who is weak and lethargic.

July 22, 2016 08:11 AM

Patrick Lickiss

Patient Immobilization & Splints

Tips to prevent, manage EMS scene disagreements

You were asked to assess and treat a 22-year-old woman with an obvious leg fracture and there was a disagreement about how to proceed; did you make the right call?

June 17, 2016 03:47 PM

Patrick Lickiss

Patient Immobilization & Splints

Clinical scenario: Soccer player with a leg injury

You are dispatched to a local park for an adult with a traumatic extremity injury

June 17, 2016 03:39 PM

Patrick Lickiss

Airway Management

Tips for assessing and treating stroke victims

You were asked to assess and treat a potential stroke in a 39-year-old man found unresponsive while working out; did you make the right call?

May 16, 2016 11:17 AM

Patrick Lickiss