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News and Events

Winner! New Boots from Magnum Boots USA

Congratulations to Medic61! You have won a new pair of Elite Force 8.0 WPI boots from Magnum Boots USA. You are going to love these boots. Thanks to everyone else that entered by writing a comment on my March 30, 2010 review post about the Elite Force 8.0 WPI boots I was given by Magnum […]

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Social Media Tips

Make an iPhone App from your RSS Feed

This is a guest post by Michelle Mangen. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. There are thousands and thousands of iPhone apps for games, news, scheduling, music, and more. Lots of popular blogs are available as apps for reading on an iPhone, Blackberry or Google Android smartphone. […]

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News and Events

Update from Magic Mike Pitt – Project Mwanza

Dr. Mike Pitt, a magician and a pediatrician, was the guest on a December 2009 episode of the EMSEduCast podcast. He discussed how he uses magic to put pediatric patients and their parents at ease during assessment and care. His tips and ideas were fantastic. He also told us about his month-long trip to Tanzania […]

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App Reviews

Video: IV-Meds App developed by Harvey Castro MD

Quick video about the iPhone app IV-Meds developed by ED physician Harvey Castro. Learn more about Dr. Castro’s iPhone apps at DeepPocketSeries.com.  

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Author-Interviews

A Simple Case of Suicide – a Medical Author Chat with Laura Kendall

Paramedic and author, Laura J. Kendall, discusses her two books, [amazon-product text=”A Simple Case of Suicide” type=”text”]0741448815[/amazon-product] and [amazon-product text=”Double Winkers Club” type=”text”]0741457806[/amazon-product] on this episode of the Medical Author Chat. Laura is an active paramedic in New Jersey. Her EMS career began as a volunteer in 1981. She has since worked in rural and inner […]

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Products

Mail Bag: New Deliveries to EverydayEMSTips.com Headquarters

The grass is greening, new shoots are coming up in the flower beds, and the trees are starting to leaf out. On several recent afternoons my yard work has been interrupted by the UPS and Fedex drivers making deliveries to EverydayEMSTips.com headquarters. Some of the books and products that I have received recently include: Flight […]

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EMS Tips

Priority Posts from Outside the Service Area

I overheard some priority traffic from other EMS bloggers, publications, and education programs that I wanted to share with Everyday EMS Tips readers. EMSResponder.com Tom Middleton has an excellent article on MCI response tips at EMSResponder.com based on his experiences as a combat medic in Iraq and more than 20 years as a Firefighter/Paramedic. Tom […]

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EMS Education Tips Video Tips

Watch YouTube Video During a PowerPoint Presentation #Screenr

Screencast demonstration on how to open a full-screen YouTube video direct from a PowerPoint slideshow. Also see this compilation of videos at LifeUndertheLights.com for an Airway Management presentation. Share your methods and questions about inserting a video into PowerPoint in the comments area. //

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EMS Education Tips EMS Tips Operations

Game: Take the EMS1.com Medical Legal Challenge

Test your Medical Legal knowledge in the April 2010 EMS1.com game. I wrote the quiz questions that were uploaded into the C3Softworks game Bravo. Games are an effective tool for teaching in the classroom and online. Tips for electronic patient care report documentation: 1. Consistently work through each data entry screen. The software set-up might not always […]

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Book Reviews

Book Review: My Ambulance Education by Joseph Clark

As a college student Joe Clark worked on the ambulance in New York City on nights and weekends to pay for his college and graduate school education. [amazon-product text=”My Ambulance Education” type=”text”]1554074479[/amazon-product]  is Joe’s stories of patient encounters, relationships, and events on the streets that shaped him as a person and guided his career choice […]