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Good Luck Levi in the Tour of California

The Tour of California cycling race starts tomorrow, May 16, in Nevada City. It is America’s largest stage race and I will be cheering for Levi Leipheimer to win his fourth consecutive Tour of California. Follow the race at AmgenTourofCalifornia.com. Like Levi, I wear the RoadID identification bracelet whenever I cycle or run. Identification is […]

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Author-Interviews Operations

The EMS Leadership Challenge: Medical Author Chat with Mitchell Waite, PhD

Fire Chief, Paramedic, and EMS Educator Mitchell Waite, PhD discusses his books [amazon-product text=”The EMS Leadership Challenge” type=”text”]1609100239[/amazon-product] ,  [amazon-product text=”Fire Service Leadership theories and Practice” type=”text”]0763756172[/amazon-product], and a 400 Days a Call to Duty on this episode of the Medical Author Chat. Chief Waite leads the Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department. He has been in the […]

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App Reviews

App Review: BabelDroid for Voice Translation

This is a guest app review by Sean Eddy, paramedic and blogger for MedicMadness.com. If you want to guest post or review on this blog, check out the guidelines here. I stumbled across a really neat tool for my Android phone and discovered that it can be quite useful in the pre-hospital setting. “BabelDroid” for Android […]

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EMS Tips Operations

10 Tips to Ace your Next Phone Interview

A Twitter connection mentioned that he was getting ready for a job interview that was going to be conducted over the phone and that he was nervous about doing his first interview. Having been on both sides of lots and lots of phone interviews here are some Everyday EMS Tips for an outstanding phone interview. […]

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EMS Tips

Patient in pain? Do the Mom things first.

Margaret, 15 months old, stood up underneath the kitchen table. After smashing her head against the wood, she crumpled into a sobbing heap. Then she began her frantic search for mommy. In less than a minute Margaret’s mom had consoled her and she was resuming normal play. // Read the full Everyday EMS Tip at […]

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Office Hours Podcast: Taking Action

One of the traits I admire most in others is action orientation. In this episode of the EMS Office Hours podcast Jim Hoffman, the EMS Professional, and I discuss taking action. Special EMS teams were also discussed along with potential fitness concerns when operating as a team member. Jim also gave some info on his […]

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News and Events Social Media Tips

Develop a Facebook Presence for EMS Week #EMSWeek

In the EMS Week resources on the ACEP website you can find my article, Use Social Media Tools to Celebrate EMS Week Anytime, Anywhere. Facebook is still a rapidly growing social network that is used by many people in your community. A Facebook Fan Page can be the hub for organizing your social media efforts. […]

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Product Reviews

Product Review: the Pocket BVM from PerSys Medical

The Pocket BVM from PerSys Medical is a remarkable product that packages a collapsible BVM with a mask into a container that is not much larger than a pocket mask container. To me it is an exciting product because it solves several important problems. 1. Compact Size. The BVM is the single largest piece of […]

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EMS Education Tips EMS Tips

EMS Boot Camp: Steve Whitehead presents Conquering Skill Stations

Paramedic, educator, and blogger Steve Whitehead is presenting an EMSBootCamp.com session on Monday May 10 – Conquering the NREMT Skill Stations – at 2000 eastern time. Steve is an experienced educator that is adapting his proven classroom presentation for EMT and Paramedic students for the live and interactive EMSBootCamp.com format. Register now for the free […]

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News and Events

EMS Week Contest from @EMS1 #EMSWeek

One of the things I hear most often from guests on the Medical Author Chat is that we all have stories to tell based on our experiences as EMS Professionals. EMS1.com just announced an EMS Week 2010 themed writing contest. The grand prize is a 42 inch television (that the winner could probably trade for […]