Prehospital Pain Management is the focus of the current NAEMSP Dialog. The moderated discussion group is being led by top proponents of prehospital pain management. Reading the posts and associated documents is a great way be up to date on current pain management best practices. In addition remember these pain management principles: 1. Assess pain […]
Month: September 2010
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When you say, "It's Not my Job" I Say …
“Then what is your job?” There is a significant risk for any person or any organization to be asked to assist or given an assignment and to respond with the throwaway line “It’s not my/our job.” If you use that response you better be sure that the rest of the world is really clear on […]
Last week was the annual symposium of the National Association of EMS Educators. Held in Schaumburg, Illinois the symposium attracted more than 400 educators from around the world. Each year the symposium features top-notch speakers delivering pre-conference, conference, and break-out sessions. I had the pleasure of assisting Kyle Bates with a pre-conference workshop and then […]
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3 Everyday Android Phone Apps
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 […]
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EMS Expo Meet-up September 29
Two weeks from tonight I am attending the Meetup in Dallas sponsored by Physio-Control. You can join me and many other EMS Bloggers and Podcasters for food, drinks, and some great giveaways. Learn more and register at Facebook or JEMSConnect.
I had lots of ideas for a blog post to write for today until I read Thomas’ Story at LiveStrongBlog.com. Thomas, a ninth grader, wrote an outstanding post about his experience as a childhood cancer survivor. Check it out.
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Remembering the EMS Professionals
Today contributors to EMSBlogs.com wrote tributes to the EMS professionals that died on September 11, 2001. Please take a moment to remember their needless deaths today. Thanks to David Konig for organizing bloggers to write in honor of the EMS professionals that died.
Today is worldwide suicide prevention day. You can find more information from the CDC’s Suicide Prevention Website. Also check out this post in the Everyday EMS Tips archives about talking to patients in crisis.
This is a guest post by Jason Friesen, President/Founder of Trek Medics International. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. About two years ago, I really got interested in learning about how EMS worked in foreign countries – particularly in low- and middle-income countries – and as I […]