3 EMS Sounds I like to Hear and 3 I don’t

August 27, 2010

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Three of my favorite EMS sounds:

An infant patient crying.
My partner’s seatbelt clicking.
An unresponsive patient breathing.

What are your favorite EMS sounds?
Three of my least favorite EMS sounds:

Sirens.
I’ll find his/her nurse.
Flatulence as a patient is being lifted as it is rarely only a noise.

What are your least favorite EMS sounds?

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Drowning Resources and Articles #31DaysofCE

August 25, 2010

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Drowning prevention and drowning patient assessment and treatment is a topic that is highly interesting to me. As a former lifeguard and now a parent of two young children that are learning to swim I am always mindful of prevention. In the past week I have come across several excellent resources about drowning. I was [...]

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Paramedic that Knows Everything Declines Additional Learning

August 24, 2010

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I feel like I have “read it all” from end of course evaluations … “this was too easy” or “too difficult” or “the classroom was cold” or “breaks were too short” or “the PowerPoint slides were difficult to read” or ” I learned a lot, thanks” and on and on. I actually really enjoy reading student [...]

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Posts Outside the Service Area: Expo, EMS Blogs.com, and Is this an Emergency

August 23, 2010

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Summer is zipping away, faster than I realized. As daylight grows shorter I find myself catching up on my blog reading and writing posts here and other places.
Robert G. Nixon EMS Scholarship Award Winner
Congratulations to @JustMyBlog, winner of one of the 2010 Robert G. Nixon scholarships. She will be traveling to EMS Expo from her [...]

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Invitation to Join me at EMS Expo in Dallas

August 22, 2010

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I would like to invite you to attend EMS EXPO in Dallas, TX, September 27 – October 1, 2010. I am looking forward to presenting two sessions and doing live broadcasts of the EMSEduCast podcast from the exhibit hall floor. Expo is the largest EMS conference and trade show in North America.
Important disclaimer: If you register [...]

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Social Networking Photo Collage Frintr.com Photo of @gfriese

August 21, 2010

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Something fun for a Saturday. Make a photo collage of your social networking profile using the profile photos of your friends with Frintr.com. This is my Twitter profile (@gfriese).

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Best Books of 2010 … at least so far

August 20, 2010

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Amazon.com editors have selected their top books of 2010. My personal reading efforts have picked up steam in 2010, especially when the weather was cold and dark. I thought I would share my top books of 2010 … at least so far.
1. Scent of the Missing (, Everyday EMS Tips Review – coming soon)
2. Frantic [...]

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Video: Customize your Android Powered Smartphone

August 19, 2010

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Medic Madness has a great post and video about customizing your Android Powered Smartphone. I am already applying these tips to soup up my HTC Hero with an EMS Screen and a Social Media Screen. The apps on my EMS Screen, so far, are a calculator, flashlight, and Google Maps with many more to come. [...]

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Tips for Transporting Children

August 18, 2010

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This is a guest post by EMS Safety Expert Jim Love. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.
Each year up to 1000 children are injured as the result of a crash while being transported in an ambulance.  On August 5th in Washington DC a meeting was held to discuss [...]

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Tips to Develop and Distribute an Ebook for EMS Training

August 16, 2010

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A few months ago I have posted a first and second edition of an ebook on MCI response tips, products, and training for EMS professionals. The process to prepare the ebook, post it online, and share it was readers was pretty straightforward.
1. Collected columns and blogs posts I had written on MCI response into a [...]

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