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EMS Awards and Celebrations

After I shared this post about Bill Toon’s retirement reception with Everyday EMS Tips readers Dr. Michael Curtis wrote about EMS ceremony and celebration in central Wisconsin. Dr. Mike’s reply, posted with his permission: As you know, for the last 19 years, the Portage County EMS Association has had an annual awards banquet, with a […]

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EMS Education Tips

3 Things Tuesday: Capture Screen Shots for Software Education

Screenshots are a valuable tool to teach students and personnel how to use the software they use on the job – scheduling, ePCR, online training, etc. Screenshots are also potentially valuable for us, as educators and trainers, to see what remote personnel are seeing on their screen. In addition to “PrtScrn” (Print Screen) this tutorial shows 3 […]

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Photos: Minnesota Teaching and Learning Conference 2014

Thanks to @FISDAP for posting this photo from my presentation, Distraction is Deadly to the MN EMS Educators Teaching and Learning Conference. .@gfriese speaks about the dangers of distracted driving at this year’s TLC for EMS Educators. pic.twitter.com/Ih6HBq8ZlB — Fisdap (@FISDAP) April 25, 2014 The slide behind me is a quote from Mom that I […]

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Idea: QuitStarter Group Funding a Co-Worker to Leave

Amazon is offering employees up to $5,000 to quit their job. (read article) I asked recipients of the Everyday EMS Tips enewsletter: “If your employer offered employees $1,000 per year of service up to $5,000 to quit, how many people do you think would accept the offer? Would you?” One sharp minded reader replied, “What […]

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Responding: Free Kindle Download on Saturday April 26

Author and EMT Michael Morse has made his 2nd book, Responding, available for free Kindle download today (Saturday, April 26). Get it. Now.   Find other books by EMTs and Paramedics in the Everyday EMS Tips bookstore. 

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2014 Minnesota EMS Educators Conference: Slides and Notes

At the 2014 Teaching and Learning Conference for EMS Educators I presented Distraction is Deadly and Cheating in EMS education during two concurrent sessions. (MN EMS Educators Facebook Page) Distraction is Deadly Distraction is Deadly: Presentation to MN EMS Teaching and Learning Conference April 2014 from Greg Friese Cheating in EMS Education Is It Cheating […]

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Checklists for Every Take-Off and Every Landing: Know your Stuff Part 4

Several readers replied to the Everyday EMS Tips weekly enewsletter, “Do you know your stuff?” with aviation themed responses. Below is a collection of their responses.  — “Any serious EMS provider needs to use what I call a “peripheral brain”….not to do so is nothing but arrogance. Each day in the US there are approximately 35,000 commercial […]

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3 Links Tuesday: EMS Week Resources and Ideas

1. The EMS Week ideas website from NAEMT and EMS World has been updated for EMS Week 2014. These two posts from 5 years ago remain among the most visited posts on Everyday EMS Tips. 2. 25 Ideas to Celebrate EMS Week. 3. 25 More Ideas to Celebrate EMS Week. What are your plans and […]

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Transport Destination Reference Card: Know Your Stuff Part 3

This guest post was submitted by paramedic and educator Brian Lilley. He replied to the Everyday EMS Tips weekly enewsletter, “Do you know your stuff?” — “[I do not] carry such information in my mind since it is readily available in books. …The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts […]

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Product Review: Maxxeon WorkStar 2030 Floodlight

Best Flash Light I have ever owned.  If you need light in dark places this flash lights is a go anywhere, light anything, long lasting machine. Note: I was sent a Maxxeon WorkStar 2030 in November, 2013 for a product review. I have been too busy using the flashlight to actually sit down and write this […]