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Video: Remember 2 Things for Special Events and 1 More Thing

From Steve Whitehead’s ongoing series at EMS1.com ParamedicTV is powered by EMS1.comAfter the band-aid the 2nd most popular request at many special events and mass gatherings is an ice pack. At your first aid area, right next to the display on hands-only CPR, fill small sandwich size bags with ice for bumps and bruises. What […]

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Social Media Activity Triage

Find new to us house. Make offer on house. Offer accepted. List old house. Sell old house. Move all stuff to new to us house. Those 6 sentences sum up almost every minute of my free time since early March, 2012. Life has been busy and hectic for me as I am sure it has […]

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What are the BEST EMS/EMT Blogs?

I was asked this question, “What would you consider the top EMS/EMT blogs?” Specifically, the interviewer wants your recommendations for the best EMS/EMT blogs that are: Consistent High quality & original posts Good community following NOT trying to sell me their product I have some ideas, but I want to know your recommendations. Which EMS/EMT […]

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Health and Wellness

Posts Outside the Service Area: Kricken Cancer

My friend, mentor, paramedic, EMS educator, and triathlete (and father and husband) Rick A. is blogging about his journey of a recent cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment. He is only a few posts into his blog so you can cruise to http://krickincancer.wordpress.com/ right now to get caught up, including Rick’s visit today with the UW Med Flight […]

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Alternate Posting Location: Hoarding Behavior

Hoarding, more than a TV show, is my latest column at EMS1.com. Have you encountered patients with hoarding behavior? What are your assessment tips? How can you make homes of a patient with hoarding behavior safer for the patient, their friends and family, and their neighbors? Yes, I usually write my own column headlines. I […]

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Video: Street Heroes EMS Week 2012

The 2012 EMS Week video from the poet laureate of EMS, FDNY EMS Lt. Farooq Muhammad. As he says, “Keep yourselves strong. Keep yourselves safe.” Audio engineer for this video was Bob Weir. The Bob Weir? I don’t know but Bob and I have something big in common.

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Health and Wellness

Marathon Training Starts Today

Today my training for the Fox Cities Marathon starts. I am looking forward to building off my spring racing season fitness and re-tooling for the marathon distance. The Fox Cities Marathon was the first marathon I ran. It is close to home, a point to point course, and mostly through tree lined residential streets. Are […]

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Alternate Posting Location: Increase your Career Options with More Education

If you are a math whiz you might try to solve this problem. Which choice will lead to the greatest accumulation of life-time income? A paramedic graduates from a 2 year associates degree program. Choice A: Paramedic uses all available free time to work over time. This continues for 5 years until the paramedic has […]

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Video: AFSCME Support for EMS Week

Lots and lots of videos were posted on YouTube during EMS Week 2012. Find them all by searching YouTube. I will be posting a couple that caught my eye, but I didn’t have time to watch them all.

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Race Recap: Bellin 10K 2012

The Bellin 10K is one of the largest 10K races in the United States. Today I was proud to toe the starting line with more than 18,000 runners and walkers for a jaunt through the tree lined streets of Green Bay and Allouez. Race recap short version: Hot. Windy. Humid. Sunny. No PR. Disappointment. Still […]