2010 was an exciting year for Everyday EMS Tips. Pageviews and visits continued their strong growth. I welcomed the support of several terrific sponsors and guest bloggers that helped make us one of the top sites for EMS Smartphone content.

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The top three posts of 2010:

1. 2010 EMS Week Planning Resources

2. EMS iPhone Apps

3. Medical Math Training from EMS Boot Camp

The top five referring sites were:

1. theEMTSpot.com

2. EMSBootCamp.com

3. EMS1.com

4. LifeUndertheLights.com

5. InsomniacMedic.BlogSpot.com

Top keywords included:

1. EMS Week 2010

2. EMS Week

3. Stroke Assessment

4. Therapeutic Hypothermia

5. EMS Tips

6. Patient Assessment Scenarios

Other factoids:

1. Less than 2% of users visited with a dial-up connection.

2. More than half of users browsed with Internet Explorer.

3. 82% of visitors were from the United States.

4. 3% of site visits were with an iPhone

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2010 EMS Gift Guide from the Social Medic.

A Special Thank You to EMS professionals from public speaking coach Lisa Braithwaite. If you are interested in becoming a better public speaker as an EMS professional subscribe to Lisa’s outstanding blog – Speak Schmeak.

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Everyday EMS Tips sponsor, EMT Review, launched a new product this week, EMT Review Plus – which features 500 review questions. Find all of their products in the iTunes app store or at EMTReview.com.

Last December I wrote about Giving the Gift of Information and Peace of Mind. Another excellent emergency personal health record system is the QuickStart ePHR.

Finally, I posted a new episode of the Medical Author Chat podcast this week, an interview I did with nurse and Army Reserve Colonel, Susan Luz, about her book the Nightingale of Mosul.

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With tens of thousands of app choices there are only a few Android Apps I use daily:

1. Stitcher – an app that streams podcasts. The great thing about this app is I set up my favorites at Stitcher.com and then select the podcast I want to listen to from the favorites category on my phone. Seconds later the podcast is playing. I have never had problems buffering or the podcast pausing as more downloads.

2. Twitter for Android – the official Twitter App is my choice for posting and reading tweets on my phone. The integrated capture and post a photo works well.

3. New York Times – I am a news junkie. The Times is the place I start for national and international news.

I also use gmail and Google Voice.

Three bonus apps for  fun:
1. Google Googles – search results based on an image
2. Color Flashlight – part of my EMS Screen
3. Air Horn – my kids love this app

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The most viewed posts by EverydayEMSTips.com readers this month were:

1. Paramedic that Knows Everything Declines Additional Knowledge

2. Emergency Response Guidebook App Review

3. 5 Things I Personally Check at the Start of Every Shift

4. App Review: Car Locator for the Droid

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KevinMD.com posted a list of 10 free iPhone apps for Physicians. Scanning the list I think many of these would be useful for paramedics. The apps on the list that are probably the most useful to Paramedics include:

1. Medscape

2. Epocrates - I use the Blackberry version of this app

3. MedCalc

4. Medical Radio

See the full list and read a little about each iPhone app at KevinMD.com.

Do you use any of these apps? Share the apps you like in the comments area. Remember EverydayEMSTips.com welcomes reviews of iPhone, Droid, Blackberry, and Palm apps for EMTs and Paramedics. Send me your review ideas or written reviews for publication here.

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The most viewed posts from January 2010 at EverydayEMSTips.com

1. Do you ever go through the motions?

2. 7 EMS iPhone apps

3. 2010 EMS Week Planning Resources

4. Electrical Hazards – Workplace Safety Tips

5. Therapeutic Hypothermia – a PowerPoint presentation

Did you have a favorite post in January?

Thanks for your interest and support.

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This is a guest post by Jeanette Kozlowski. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.

While iPhones have been known to save a social life or two, who’d a thought you could use the decade’s trendiest gadget to save real lives, too? Inspired by Mashable’s list of “7 iPhone Apps That Can Save Lives,” here are the best free and paid applications to help you in everyday rescue missions.

Calling all iPhone-aholics: Know of a really great app that’s helped you on the job that isn’t mentioned? Feel free to post it in the comments section!

Pocket First Aid & CPR – $3.99
Created by the American Heart Association, the Pocket First Aid & CPR features hundreds of pages with illustrations and covers CPR, choking, bites, bruises, burns, seizures, diabetic emergencies and more. Moreover, there are videos and a place where you can save your own and others medical emergency information.

myLite Flashlight – Free

Dubbed the “Swiss Army Knife of flashlights,” myLite provides illumination when you need it the most. Obviously it won’t be as bright as your standard flashlight, but what it will do is allow you to adjust color and brightness. As mentioned by its creator DoApp Inc., other uses for myLite include sending out SOS messages and showing off on the dance floor.

Police Scanner – $2.99
This app grants you on-the-go access to law enforcement, fire and EMS dispatch frequencies. While on-call volunteer firefighters and emergency responders can listen in, they won’t be able to broadcast or respond. Frequencies include both national and international streams.

CPR & Choking – Free
If someone is actually choking, it might not be the time to pull out your iPhone. Despite that fact, it serves as a proper review for those who already have had CPR training. Developed by doctors and educators at the University of Washington, this life-saving app includes short video demonstrations on how to perform CPR properly.

EMS Logger Plus – $2.99
Building on the success of the free EMS Logger, EMS Logger Plus allows paramedics to document critical events without a pen and paper. This new version even includes a shaker-activated timer, which helps you time pulse and respiration. The app’s creator, an EMT student at the time, has also created similar applications for police and fire personnel that can be found here.

EMS Meds – $2.99
Written by the same EMT student who made EMS Logger Plus, EMS Meds is a perfect reference guide for paramedics that catalogs about 80 commonly used drugs by EMS personnel. In addition to the dosage guide, there are four calculators for dosage, body surface area, simple infusion and drip rates.

SirenFX – Police/Emergency Sound Effects – $.99
A catalogue of emergency sound effects can be a big help if you find yourself in an emergency situation without a siren. On the other hand, it appears its best use is to freak out your friends. In addition to a siren, sound effects include a police radio, air horn and wail.


Author: Jeanette Kozlowski is a freelance journalist and resident blogger for Cat5 Commerce, a niche retail operator. She spends most days monitoring the wires for new and exciting public safety developments to share on Tactical Pants Blog, an information hub for the law enforcement and public safety industry.

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Everyday EMS Tips reader Richard Hemby has compiled a list of Blackberry applications for the medical field. Do you use any of these Apps? I use ePocrates – most often during training sessions to quickly access information about a drug.

The Blackberry Apps I use most often are:

1. UberTwitter – a Blackberry Twitter client
2. Google Calendar
3. Google Voice

Which apps are essential to you as an EMS professional?

Richard thanks for the article link. Remember send your tips, ideas, and suggestions to greg dot friese at everydayemstips dot com

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