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Author-Interviews

Paramedic to the Prince – Medical Author Chat with Tom Notestine

Paramedic and author Tom Notestine discusses his book [amazon-product text=”Paramedic to the Prince” type=”text”]1424158966[/amazon-product] in this episode of the Medical Author Chat podcast. Tom talked to me by Skype from his home in Qatar. There is a short delay between my questions and his responses and some distortion in the call due to our connection. Nonetheless, […]

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EMS Education Tips

Triage Tuesday – Does your agency practice triage regularly?

Fortunately, few of us have had to triage 5, 17, 31, or more patients at a mass casualty incident. Unfortunately, our triage skills and equipment stagnate from infrequent use. The goal of Triage Tuesday is for EMS and hospital staff to periodically triage patients using START and JumpSTART (or other triage method). Regular use of […]

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App Reviews Products

Product Review: Build your own App with App Makr

I read lots of website content on the go from my iPod touch. I can browse to a blog website, but most blogs aren’t optimized for viewing on a small screen web browser. Instead the best way to browse and read blog content is by using an App built from the site’s RSS feed. The […]

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Book Reviews Operations

Book Review: Rework from 37Signals

[amazon-product text=”Rework” type=”text”]0307463745[/amazon-product], from 37Signals.com, is a series of essays about their beliefs about work, workplace behavior, and personal success. 37Signals is the maker of a very popular set of project management, contact management, and group collaboration software apps (link to 37Signals products). Rework is written by the founders of 37Signals, Jason Fried and David […]

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Audio Tips EMS Education Tips

Office Hours Podcast: Pain Management

In this episode of the EMS Office Hours podcast Jim Hoffman, the EMS professional, discussed pain management in EMS and how griping to your partner isn’t helping anyone. He also talked about some of his recent work with EMS Boot Camp and Webinars for New York City EMS professionals. I was not able to join […]

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Audio Tips EMS Tips

Office Hours Podcast: Public Access Defibrillation

In this recent episode of the EMS Office Hours Podcast Jim Hoffman, the EMS Professional, and I discuss AED saves in airports and other public areas, along with CPR Awareness Week. I also told Jim about my encounter with a rattle snake while trail running near Phoenix, Arizona. We always welcome your comments on the […]

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Health and Wellness

Have Shoes, Will Run to Top of Mountain

Urban Exploration Running is my preferred method to explore the places I visit. I spent the latter half of this week in Juneau – the capital city of the great state of Alaska. I was honored to be asked to present at the Southeast Regional EMS Symposium. Although Juneau is on the mainland it has […]

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Author-Interviews

Black Ice – Medical Author Chat with Jaxine Daniels

EMT and romance novelist, Jaxine Daniels, discusses her series of novels featuring paramedics and rescue jumpers in this issue of the Medical Author Chat. Jaxine is the author of two books ([amazon-product text=”Black Ice” type=”text”]1894869710[/amazon-product] and [amazon-product text=”Thin Ice” type=”text”]1554100607[/amazon-product]) that feature a paramedic that works for a fictional hockey team. The other series of […]

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Product Reviews

Product Review: Poly-Lingo Translation Software

Multi-Language Prompter I had the opportunity to use a trial version of the Poly-Lingo Translation software recently. Poly-Lingo is a “multi-language prompter program designed to remove language barriers and improve patient care.” I used a laptop version that was installed on my local drive from a CD-ROM. Poly-Lingo was developed by Firefighter/Paramedic Ken Kelly. Features […]

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EMS Tips

Earth Day Tips for EMS

Happy Earth Day! I am celebrating by flying to Juneau, Alaska. I present Thursday and Friday at the Southeast Regional EMS Council symposium. I was last in Juneau the summer after I graduated from high school – 1989 if you must know.  I am looking forward to taking a long urban adventure run out to […]