EMSEduCast Focus on Pain Management: Episode 173

by on June 18, 2013

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In episode 173  of the EMSEduCast guest Peter Canning discusses Pain Management. Peter shares that pain management has rekindled his EMS career. He states, “Pain management is a daily opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives.”

Visit the EMSEduCast page to listen to Pain Management in EMS Education

Peter Canning has been a full-time paramedic in the Greater Hartford area since January of 1995.  He is the author of three books: Paramedic: On the Front Lines of Medicine,  Rescue 471: A Paramedic’s Stories and the recently published novel: Mortal Men.  His blog is StreetWatch: Notes of a Paramedic at www.medicscribe.com.

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Best EMT Test Prep Ideas

by on June 17, 2013

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At the Minnesota EMS Educators conference I was really struck when Heather Davis said, “More practice tests are more effective than more studying.“
If you fail a written test, especially if the questions are application and comprehension, rather than retention your time is better spent becoming a better test taker.
Sure if you fail a retention test (recall of facts) you need more studying, but most tests are application and comprehension. Students fail those tests because they:
  • can’t determine what the question is asking
  • can’t apply knowledge when under stress
  • can’t find the right answer among distracting answers
Solve this by taking as many practice tests as possible.
If the hands-on/practical skills are your failure point:
  • Practice the skill stations every day, over and over. Repetition is your friend
  • Have a colleague/friend/family member watch and check you off as you go
  • If you make a mistake, correct it and finish the station
  • After each practice review what you might have done wrong or need to improve, but don’t dwell on it
  • Make sure to review what you did well and correctly
Read more about my time at the MN EMS Educators conference.
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Top 10 Reasons to Buy a Book by an EMS Author

June 15, 2013

Mike Morse posted the Top 10 Reasons to Write an EMS Book on Rescuing Providence. Here are my 10 reasons to buy a book from the Everyday EMS Tips Books Store by authors like Peter Canning, Michael Morse, and Kelly Grayson. 10. Book authors have bills to pay. When you buy their book for yourself [...]

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Video: State of EMS Podcasting June 2013

June 14, 2013

Listen in as Jamie Davis of the MedicCast, Jim Hoffman of the EMS Office Hours, John Broyles of 1-Union-801, and Greg Friese of the EMSEduCast discuss the state of EMS podcasting. Each of these experienced podcast hosts share how they started in EMS podcasting, the breadth of podcast listeners, and how they find topics and [...]

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Course Review: Cardiac Arrest, Hypothermia, and Resuscitation Science Week 3 #MOOC

June 13, 2013

In week three of the Massive Open Online Course from Coursera on the topic of Cardiac Arrest, Hypothermia, and Resuscitation Dr. Abella discussed the reason for and action of therapeutic hypothermia for patients with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). Excellent and Thorough Presentation I have read, listened to, and watched hours and hours of training [...]

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Alternate Posting Location: RunningMedics.com

June 12, 2013

Nick Nudell and I are working on a new blog: RunningMedics.com It is a place for us to share: Best practices and experiences in race event medicine Race recaps Product reviews Training logs Race calendar If you are a runner, aspire to run, or know a run we would welcome you to visit and share RunningMedics.com. [...]

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Contemplating Chickens

June 8, 2013

For several years I have been tossing out the idea of housing a small flock of chickens (3-4 hens). I am not sure when I first had the idea or what sparked the interest. It has been mostly talk, but after a recent trip to a local farm to scavenge some blackberry canes from an [...]

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Q1 2013 EVENT Reports Posted

June 6, 2013

I hope you can take a few moments to read the near miss and incident reports your EMS colleagues are sharing with the EMS Voluntary Event Notification Tool. Learn more about EVENT on episode 164 of the EMSEduCast podcast. I received this email update on the 1st Quarter 2013 reports: We have posted the summary [...]

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Alternate Posting Location: Changing your EMS Employer

June 5, 2013

When you’re ready to move on: Changing EMS employers, a two part series, is now available at EMS1.com. Part 1 Part 2 Make sure to share your tips and ideas in the comments section for each article. I welcome connections from EMS professionals on LinkedIn.  Tweet Share

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Course Review: Cardiac Arrest, Hypothermia, and Resuscitation Science Week 2 #MOOC

June 4, 2013

Week 2 of the Coursera course, Course Review: Cardiac Arrest, Hypothermia, and Resuscitation Science Week 1 #MOOC, focused on CPR.  With frequent references to clinical research and AHA guidelines Dr. Abella discussed that CPR quality is the key variable to survival with lay and professional rescuers. Lay Person CPR Training Little is known about the number [...]

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