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Posts Outside the Service Area: The Changing of the Seasons Edition

Each month I try to collect/curate articles of interest to me that you might find interesting as well. Enjoy reading. I am outside playing in a leaf pile. Early in the month, fresh off an outstanding EMS World Expo, Dave Konig shared the Ultimate Social Media Protocol by riffing off the ultimate EMS protocol written […]

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Health and Wellness

Foul Weather for a Tempo Run

The forecast for my 6 mile tempo run this afternoon: With wind gusts in the 30s and a steady rain I had a couple sections that felt like I was running into a fire hose. I persevered, met my goal time, and finished wet, cold, and satisfied. Tempo runs are my favorite because: manageable distance […]

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EMS Tips

Alternate Posting Locations September 2011

I also write posts frequently at Blog.CentreLearn.com, the blog of CentreLearn Solutions, LLC where I am the director of education. A few of my favorites from September on the CentreLearn blog: New online training courses for EMTs, Paramedics, and Firefighters Kinds words from the Epilepsy Foundation CentreLearn Morning Mug and PowerPoint Design Tips Test Security […]

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Operations

Duties of Every Employee

Every job, every employee, and every employer has these essential duties or job function: Sales Customer Service Education Maintenance How do these functions manifest in your workplace? Sales EMS, especially when provided by a public agency, doesn’t have to do traditional sales and marketing. What EMS does need to do is communicate its value to […]

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EMS Tips

Laryngoscope Insertion Caution

Thanks to paramedic educator Chris Cannon for this guest post. If you would like to guest post or review on Everyday EMS Tips check out the guidelines here. “Hold it all dainty-like when you enter the mouth…” That was the statement from one of our paramedic students today during component skills labs, after I reminded them to […]

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EMS Blog Promotion Tips

For a long time I joked that the only regular blog reader I had was my mom. I wrote dozens of posts that received less than 10 page views. Gradually traffic has built and I have used a variety of techniques, some successful and others not, to increase visits. I am now regularly surprised at […]

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EMS Tips

1st Annual World Trauma Symposium November 1, 2012

This is a new event you should pencil in for 2012. The 1st Annual World Trauma Symposium will be hosted by PHTLS and EMS World Expo on November 1, 2012. Need trauma continuing education or PHTLS certification. Check out great options for PHTLS Online to receive 8.0 hours of PHTLS trauma CE or enroll in […]

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Video: County of Simcoe EMS Week

From our friends in Canada. Nicely done video about the value of this service to their community.

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Social Media Tips

EMS World Expo Podcast Finale

Watch and listen to the final podcast episode from EMS World Expo 2011. Part 1 Part 1 show notes Part 1 Part 1 show notes

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EMS Tips

Video: Identify and Treat Sepsis

The latest video in the EMS1.com “2 Things” video series from Steve Whitehead. Early identifcation and early resuscitation. Great stuff Steve! ParamedicTV is powered by EMS1.com