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Hot Summer Posts from Outside the Service Area

July has been a hot one for me. First a week of blazing heat and humidity in Central Wisconsin and then a week of constant heat and humidity in Miami. Here are some of my favorite posts from outside the service area: This MSNBC.com article about a PICU nurse that committed suicide a few months […]

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EMS Education Tips

Social Media Usage for Paramedic Education

The Center for PARAMEDICS education program is impressively using social media tools to distribute education. Center for MEDICS YouTube Channel Center for MEDICS Flikr Stream EMS education programs can use social media tools like YouTube and Flickr to: 1. Post and share videos of proper assessment and treatment procedures for study and review 2. Promote […]

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Video: airQ Tips and Techniques

I was talking airway management with an anesthetist recently and after discussing the Combitube, King, and LMA he offered that he thought the airQ showed a lot of promise for pre-hospital utilization. I hadn’t heard much about the airQ so I went to YouTube and found this video from the creator of the airQ. Has […]

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Social Media Tips

EMS Week 2012: Can you top this video?

Farooq Muhammad of FDNY EMS sets a high bar for EMS Week videos. Can you top this video? If you think you can you better start planning for EMS Week 2012 now.

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News and Events

On My Way to Miami: #PinnacleEMS

I am on my way to Miami for the Pinnacle EMS conference. This is my first time attending Pinnacle and I am looking forward to the focus on EMS administration, management, and leadership. Chris Montera, host of the EMS Garage podcast, is hosting a tweet-up Wednesday night at the Hemispheres Lounge at the Loews’s Hotel […]

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Video: Transitioning a Patient to a Mechanical Ventilator

One of the most common requests I get for online education programs is how to set and manage a ventilator. You can probably find lots of ventilator instruction videos on YouTube. Can’t find a video specific to your service’s ventilators? Then make and post your own videos. //

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Podcast: Line of Duty Death Handbook

In this episode of the Medical Author Chat podcast I talk to EMT Tawnya Silloway about the Line of Duty Death Handbook. Tawnya organized and wrote the handbook after she became involved in the National EMS Memorial Service and was unable to find an EMS specific resource on planning for and managing a line of […]

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Video Tips

Video: Bucky Bash VI Peloton

Last Friday I rode with a group of cyclists from Stevens Point to Madison, Wisconsin. A ride of about 125 miles. We had a great group/social ride with plenty of stops for refreshments, way to many stops for flat tires, and one unfortunate stop for a crash (cyclist vs. cyclist no significant injuries). I shot […]

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Operations

Video: Roadside Safety for EMS Professionals

When you are outside the ambulance on the roadway all vehicles are PARAMEDIC SEEKING MISSILES! Lights, vests, chevrons, cones, signs, and flag wavers are merely interesting to the intoxicated and or intexicated driver. Good conversation from EMS1.com about roadside safety. ParamedicTV is powered by EMS1.com

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EMS Tips

Moving Spotlight: PowerPoint Tip for EMS Educators

Create a moving spotlight of a specific part of a PowerPoint slide by setting a transparent color and applying a motion path. This is the screencast that shows how to create the object with the transparent color to make the spotlight.