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EMS Tips – Fatigue is Deadly – Glucagon Rarely Used – Paramedic Refresher

1. Police say driver asleep at the wheel “An EMS provider driving an ambulance that crashed and resulted in the death of an EMT fell asleep behind the wheel, according to police.” This tragic incident happened just a week after the release of 5 evidence-based guidelines for fatigue management in EMS. Recommend using fatigue/sleepiness survey instruments to […]

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Alternate Posting Location: EMS1 Roundtable on Simulation

I joined several other EMS educators to discuss simulation in EMS education in this EMS1.com roundtable. The EMS roundtable: Expert insights on medical simulation

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Alternate Posting Location: Patient Assessment Scenarios for the Real World

New EMS1.com column – 4 Patient Assessment Scenarios that are Actually Useful. Does your high fidelity patient simulator have a case for old person, sad, and lonely? I think it should.

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Event Review: Human Patient Simulation Network Conference

David Blevins, Paramedic Program Director, contributed this review of the 2012 Human Patient Simulation Network Conference. If you would like to contribute an event review or guest post see the guidelines.  HPSN12, Tampa Florida 29 February 2012 – 1 March 2012 What seemed to be a perfectly calm day in the middle of the week turned […]

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3 Craigs List Uses for EMS Educators

I am a Craigs List junkie. I am always scouring for my next used bike or some other item of interest. Here are three EMS Education uses for Craigs List. 1. Buy/Sell training manikins. 2. Find free or buy gently used furniture for your simulation lab. 3. Find models with specific medical conditions for photo […]

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Moulage for EMS Scenarios and Simulations

Taking pictures of actually injured or ill patients is logistically difficult and often requires a lot of luck to encounter the specific patient for the specific situation you are describing in a lesson. Thus I do a lot of custom or staged photography of injured or ill patients to use in e-learning lessons. Moulage is […]

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Product Review: Trauma Team for the Nintendo Wii

This is a guest product review by Sarah Leonard of Nursing Degrees. If you want to guest post or review on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Trauma Team Takes Franchise to the Next Level Atlus Games has revived its long-running Trauma Center brand with the recent release of the new and improved Trauma Team […]

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10 Student Activities for Downtime

EMT and Paramedic students spend too much time standing around waiting for their turn to use a high fidelity patient simulator or run through an instructor led patient assessment scenario. Good educators open lots of stations. Great educators program the waiting time. Here are 10 Everyday EMS Tips activities for the waiting time. 1. Read […]

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Program Student Down Time during Scenario Practice

As I waited to board different rides at Epcot Center during a summer 2009 visit, I noticed that many of the attractions had education activities and displays for riders to view as they waited. At Mission to Space I learned about space exploration. At the Soarin’ ride I joined other riders to interact with a […]