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News and Events

Live Podcasts from EMS World Expo 2011 #EMSWorldExpo

Tune in here Wednesday through Friday for live episodes of the MedicCast, EMS Garage, EMSEduCast, EMS Leadership, and Standing Orders from EMS World Expo Las Vegas. The live streams is thanks to ZOLL Medical. Streaming video by Ustream To learn more about upcoming shows visit MedicCastLive.com.

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News and Events

Lists of 3 from EMS World Expo 2011 #EMSWorldExpo

I am EMS World Expo in 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This morning I wrote (yes, with a pen and paper) these lists of 3 things, people, places, objects, resources. 3 NAEMT Courses Taught at EMS World Expo 1. Emergency Pediatric Care 2. Advanced Medical Life Support 3. Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support 3 More NAEMT […]

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EMS Tips

Posts Outside the Service Area: the End of Summer

Great Stuff Cooking in EMS In the last two years the attention to safety from field providers to policy makers has increased exponentially. The Podmedic, Jamie Davis, and Carissa O’brien provided excellent video blogging coverage of the EMS Culture of Safety Conference. The Unwired Medic explains why ePocrates is the best app he has ever […]

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News and Events

3 Things that Made the Weekend HOT!

It was a hot weekend as I busily prepared for EMS World Expo where it will be truly hot. Three things that made this weekend a scorcher. 1. I participated in the Portage County United Way Run, Bike, Unite Duathlon. I was very pleased with my 16th overall finish which include a blistering (for me) […]

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Operations

Video: Burbank Fire Dept Ambulance will be at #EMSWorldExpo

Video tour and showcase of new Burbank Fire Department Ambulance that will be showcased at EMS World Expo next week. I really like videos and social media efforts like this that give EMS agencies and Fire departments an opportunity to: 1) Showcase the work we do 2) Explain the important features of an ambulance or […]

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EMS Tips

Presentation Tips for EMS World Expo #EMSWorldExpo

I was asked by a first-time EMS World Expo presenter for presentation tips. At EMS World I invariably have found myself in a massive room with 400 seats which dwarfs the size of the audience for my niche topic presentations. Usually my room is bordered by Steve Berry and Ken Bouvier and their audience is […]

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App Reviews Products

App Information: ERG Pro

This post was contributed by Ray Coleman of Creative Custom Applications. ERG Pro is an application for iOS devices developed by Creative Custom Applications. ERG Pro has the complete 2008 Emergency Response Guide data from the NHTSB.  ERG Pro is easy to use and all of the data is searchable. The tab bar allows for […]

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EMS Education Tips

Schedule Training for When it is Needed

Look at this screen shot from Google.org Flu Trends for indicators of Flu activity in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the 2007-2008 flu season. During the 2007-2008 Flu season when would the best time have been to schedule influenza related training? Based on this trend line you might decide to offer influenza related training every January. But […]

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Products

Idea: Computer Recognition of Vocal Cords

Next week on the floor of EMS World Expo several vendors will be showcasing their video laryngoscopes. I will be asking them if there scopes have built-in vocal cord recognition. Note: EMS1.com November 2011 article about different types of video laryngoscope devices Every time I upload photos to Facebook the names of the people in […]

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EMS Tips

Why Won't They Learn: Articles and Podcast

Paramedic and educator Rom Duckworth is writing a series of articles for EMSWorld.com on the theme of “Why won’t they learn.” Part 1: How course content and student attitudes impact performance outcomes Part 2: Getting to know the large group of people facing you Part 3: to be published soon … Rom also discussed this […]