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EMS Education Tips

EMSEduCast: New Episodes from March and April

The EMSEducCast – the podcast by and for EMS educators – has more than 130 episodes for fire and EMS educators. The co-hosting team, Rob Theriault, Bill Toon, and myself – record two or more new episodes a month. All episodes are available on iTunes, the ProMed Network and EMSEduCast.com. War Stories and Skill Labs: […]

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News and Events

CE Video: CPR Quality from ZOLL Medical and EMSWorld.com

Free CE Opportunity: Dr. Bentley Bobrow discusses ways in which prehospital providers can improve patient survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. In the video on CPR Quality, recorded at the 2011 EMS World Expo in Las Vegas, NV, and sponsored by ZOLL Medical Corporation, Dr. Bentley Bobrow discusses ways in which prehospital providers can improve patient survival […]

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EMS Education Tips

Alternate Posting Locations: CentreLearn blog April 2012

Is your organization using online education or training? My day job is as Director of Education for CentreLearn Solutions, LLC. I am responsible for building and maintaining our library of continuing education content. I also spend a lot of time with training officers helping them develop their own training content. The CentreLearn blog has been […]

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EMS Tips

Posts Outside the Service Area: Tips, Reviews, and Recommendations

I compiled this post in March but never posted it because of the transition to the EMS Blogs Network. There is some really great information in these posts. Enjoy. The Unwired Medic shares with readers the EMS blogs that he recommends. Visit his list and add your own recommendations in the post comments. With EMS […]

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Health and Wellness

Everyday EMS Athlete Profile: Rachel Zambrano

EMS professionals are challenged to balance work, family, and other obligations while also staying or striving for mental and physical fitness. The Everyday EMS Athlete is a regular column to recognize and learn from other EMS professionals that are setting and meeting fitness goals. This edition was contributed by Firefighter/Paramedic Rachel Zambrano. Q: What is […]

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Book Reviews

Book Review: 2 Weeks a Year Finding Humor in Iraq

[amazon-product text=”2 Weeks a Year Finding Humor in Iraq” type=”text”]B006P0HW5K[/amazon-product], by SSG Trent Cherin, is an ebook chronicle of SSG Cherin’s experience deployed in Iraq for a year spanning 2003 and 2004. 2 Weeks a Year caught my eye as I was browsing the Kindle owners lending library because the cover photo is of the […]

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EMS Tips

Reader Question: Chevy Duramax Loss of Engine Power

Reader D.A. writes: “Greg, have you heard of any problems services are having with the Chevy Duramax and the Loss of Engine Power. We have one that is a constant problem and the mechanics can’t seem to find out the cause. I had heard there was a fire department in the San Diego area having […]

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Alternate Posting Location: Earth Day Energy and Money Saving Tips

At EMS1.com I have shared tips for saving energy at home or work. The tips I share in the post are saving us so much that our utility bill actually went down during the winter and I saved enough to get a whole month of energy use credit. In 2009 I wrote about doing the […]

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Health and Wellness

Desert Biohazard

The Gila Monster is one of only two poisonous lizards in North America. I have only seen two in my travels and hiking in the Sonoran desert. This Gila Monster was pointed out to us by another hiker on a recent descent down Black Mountain in Cave Creek, Arizona. Like any creepy crawler avoid being […]

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EMS Tips

Video: 2 Things About Laptop ePCRs

Remember 2 Things from Steve Whitehead focuses on the laptop computer and the ePCR. ParamedicTV is powered by EMS1.com I would add: 1. If you are wearing gloves that have touched the patient you shouldn’t be using the laptop. 2. Secure or stow the laptop when it is not in use. Like anything else it […]