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7 Webinar Presentation Tips for EMS and Fire Educators

Webinars (also known as web meetings or web conferences) are great techniques for presenting EMS or fire education to a geographically distributed audience. There are plenty of free or inexpensive tools for web meetings like Skype, GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, or Google+. I have also used WebEx and some other types that I can’t recall. Webinars are […]

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Podcast: Making a CE Content Mashup

In this episode of the Fire Medic Perspective podcast I was glad to be interviewed by Rom Duckworth about creating a continuing education mashup with available online content. This was a fun conversation and I appreciated Rom letting me look behind the scenes at the software he uses for call recording and note taking. Thanks […]

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Video: Conflicting Medical Control Orders

In this Google+ Hangout from the What Would Jim Do? series I join Jim Hoffman, Rom Duckworth, and Tom Bouthillet to discuss a conflicting set of medical control orders Jim received regarding nitro administration to a patient with a STEMI. Read Jim’s show notes.

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Day 2 at Wisconsin EMS Association Conference #WEMSA

I spent the majority of my day at the CentreLearn booth in the exhibit hall. It was fun to talk about online education with CentreLearn customers, interested training officers, and skeptics about the effectiveness of online training. Asking the NAEMT Questions about NREMT Next to the CentreLearn booth is the National Association of EMTs. I […]

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EMS Web Summit Speakers | Today, May 17, 2012

Today is the long awaited and first ever EMS Web Summit, an online conference for EMS professionals. The line-up of speakers is outstanding and as good as you would find at any big regional or national EMS conference. Check out this line-up and then go register, it’s not too late. 1000-1015am – Jim Hoffman will […]

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2012 EMS Web Summit

The EMS Web Summit will bring together leaders in the EMS field for a collective day long webcast giving their insights, tips and tricks on a variety of EMS topics that they are passionate about. This event is completely online and live on Thursday May 17th, 2012. The EMS Web Summit will bring together leaders […]

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CE Mash-Up: Active Shooter Incident and EMS Response

Created February 28, 2012. Updated on March 6, 2012, July 30, 2012, January 25, 2013. The school shooting in Chardon, Ohio is a reminder that active shooter incidents can happen in any town, any school, and any workplace. Every EMS agency should work with its law enforcement and fire partners to plan for a response to […]

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CIRC Trial and IBP ALS

This is a guest post from Rom Duckworth, paramedic and educator that follows-up on this post about my experience in the CIRC trial. If you want to guest post or review on this blog, check out the guidelines here. CIRC Trial and IBP ALS Having had the opportunity to attend the ACLS Guidelines roll-out in Chicago […]

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CE Mash-Up: Stroke Assessment and Treatment

A CE Mash-Up is a technique to design and deliver a continuing education program using materials available for use and consumption on the internet. Each CE Mash-Up will suggest content to combine in your own blog post, website, or learning management system. Slideshare Presentation View this presentation, innovations in stroke care from EMS Educator Rom […]

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Why Won't They Learn: Articles and Podcast

Paramedic and educator Rom Duckworth is writing a series of articles for EMSWorld.com on the theme of “Why won’t they learn.” Part 1: How course content and student attitudes impact performance outcomes Part 2: Getting to know the large group of people facing you Part 3: to be published soon … Rom also discussed this […]