A patient care protocol is a kind of checklist. A protocol includes a lot of instructions on how to assess and treat a patient. Within a protocol you might also have several checklists to complete to successfully implement the protocol. For example, you likely have a protocol for a patient with chest pain. The protocol […]
Did you take advantage of the Living Social deal of the day yesterday – a $20 Amazon gift card for $10? I did and now I have the urge to spend. The genius of this deal is that the more than 1.3 million gift card holders will certainly spend more than $20. My recommendations for […]
I have been on enough regional jet take-offs to know that leveling off just a few thousand feet off the ground just after take-off is not the way things usually work. We had taken off moments from the Detroit airport for a southern destination. As I began to puzzle our low altitude the plane turned […]
I have three words that are guide posts for my personal and professional development in 2011. My words are: 1. Present. I strive to be present in my online, phone, and face to face conversations in 2011. I strive to be fully present during time with my children. Part of being present will be untethering […]
Like many EMS professionals I have read media accounts from the Tucson mass shooting for lessons we might learn for application to future mass shooting incidents. Tragically, a mass shooting could happen in any community and we all need to consider a mass shooting in our all-hazards pre-planning and cooperative planning with other emergency responders. […]
2010 was an exciting year for Everyday EMS Tips. Pageviews and visits continued their strong growth. I welcomed the support of several terrific sponsors and guest bloggers that helped make us one of the top sites for EMS Smartphone content. If you are interested in advertising and what to know more about our analytics view […]
National Registry renewal is about 10 weeks away. Do you have enough continuing education hours? Here are some online training opportunities you might consider for continuing education hours, as well as professional development. 1. RapidCE.com – online continuing education from EMS World and CentreLearn. 2. EMSBootCamp.com – live and recorded training programs from EMS education […]
Start your new year by listening to this interview with Steve Whitehead about his e-book and guide The Non-Conformist’s Guide to EMS Success. This episode was originally broadcast at EverydayEMSTips.com. Browse to Everyday EMS Tips to read the…
An Everyday EMS Tips reader asked, “I need to get a recertification for my EMT done on the cheap. It’s due in March.” Buy Cheap, Get Cheap Unfortunately many of us have low expectations for EMT recertification training and thus look for the fastest and easiest path to recertification. We also get stuck in needing […]
This is a guest app review by critical care paramedic JD Graziano. If you want to guest post or review on this blog, check out the guidelines here. I have seen multiple apps, all trying to accomplish one thing, individualism. EMS Tracker, initially to me, was just another app for keeping time and tracking procedures. […]