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App Recommendations from Indiana Primary Instructor Symposium

Last week at the Indiana Primary Instructor Symposium I used Remind101.com to text key points and questions to the audience during the presentations. One of the questions I asked was: What are your favorite apps?  Attendees sent me these favorite apps: Metronome Hazlite Google calendar MyScript Calculator Umano PediStat Dropbox Kindle  YouTube QR scanner Pinterest […]

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Alternate Posting Location: Celebrations for Anytime of Year

Posted today at EMS1.com 5 ways to bring a culture of celebration to your EMS agency Visit EMS1.com to read the article and please share your ideas for celebration. Happy EMS Week!

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Race Report: Cellcom Green Bay Marathon 2014 #cgbm14

Quick Recap This morning I completed the 15th annual Cellcom Green Bay marathon in a time of 3:41:00. After a miserable winter of training through illness, injury, and severe weather I was exceptionally pleased with my result and the effectiveness of my race plan. Training Through the Polar Vortex of 2014 In the months of […]

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Indiana Primary Instructor Symposium: Slides and Notes

Today I am presenting to the Indiana Primary Instructor Symposium in Indianapolis. I am honored to have been invited to the event by St. Vincent Hospital EMS. Below are the slides I presented. Cheating in EMS Education Is it Cheating or Group Problem Solving from Greg Friese Handheld Wizardry  Integrating Smartphones and Tablet Devices into EMS […]

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Poll Results: Handheld Wizardy Conference Presentation

At the Colorado EMS Educator Symposium I used PollEverywhere.com to ask the audience several questions. I then riffed off the answers and facilitated audience participation related to the question and answers. The polls were embedded in the PowerPoint slides, available for viewing here. Two of the poll results are below:

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Colorado EMS Educator Symposium: Slides and Notes

At the 2014 Colorado EMS Educator Symposium I presented Hanheld Wizardry and Cheating in EMS education during two concurrent sessions. View the symposium brochure. Handheld Wizardry  Integrating Smartphones and Tablet Devices into EMS Education Presented to Colorado EMS Educator Symposium from Greg Friese Smartphone Apps recommended by Everyday EMS Tips readers. Documents and webpages mentioned in this […]

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Student Explains Apps to Preceptors: Know Your Stuff Part 5

This guest post was submitted by paramedic student Steve Hays. He replied to the Everyday EMS Tips weekly enewsletter, “Do you know your stuff?” — My preceptors have been mixed on me using apps to reference meds. My response when they asked why was simple, “I’m not comfortable taking the risk of a medication error […]