Yesterday morning I finished the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon close to my goal time and just under my personal record. It was my 5th marathon since 2006. While the distance is not getting any easier my strategy and fitness has improved dramatically since 2006. The Lakefront Marathon is a point-to-point race that starts in Grafton and […]
Month: October 2009
I have run five marathons and think of myself as a fairly regular guy that enjoys running. Non-runners and aspiring marathon runners often ask me, “How hard is it to run a marathon?” or “How much harder is to run a marathon than distance xyz?” This is how I explain running the marathon distance. Running […]
I have never accepted an offer to be an expert witness for a legal case, but I am always flattered to be asked. I usually turn down requests because I hear the squeak of a saw going through the limb I am standing on. Recently my friend the FireCritic reminded me of my general advice […]
Question sent to me, “If you were to able ask two interview questions of the candidates being interviewed for a Paramedic instructor position what would they be?” What would you ask? Why? I already submitted my two questions to the requester. In a week or two I will compile your responses in a new post. […]
Steve Kanarian, EMS educator and retired paramedic, shares his tips for planning for the holidays. Steve writes: A career in EMS is stressful enough while balancing personal, family and work needs. The holidays are a time when EMS providers can be put under enormous stress due to family functions, treating critical patients, high call volume […]
I am running the Lakefront Marathon in Milwaukee, Wisconsin tomorrow morning. You are welcome to come and cheer me as I run from Grafton Highschool to Veterans Park. I will be on a 3:30 pace if that helps you plan your spectating. This will be my fifth marathon and I am occasionally asked for training […]
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Percentage of Obese Adults by Ethnicity
Obesity is a contributing cause to many or most (all?) of the medical problems EMS professionals encounter. How has your agency adapted to assess, treat, and transport the increasing number of obese adults? To learn more about assessment, treatment, and transport of view the lesson on that topic at RapidCE.com.
A screen capture tool records the actions on your computer screen as you perform them. The output of the capture is a screencast that can be shared as a video file, downloaded to your computer for editing, uploaded to a screencast sharing website, posted as a video to a site like YouTube, or embedded into […]
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4 EMS Education Tips
During September EMSResponder.com ran a series of EMS education tips. These are tips I contributed to the list.
Have I mentioned how fond I am of special days? Well today sneaked up on me like a white tail deer walking under my tree stand. Today – October 1 – is world vegetarian day. Like many college students I went through a vegetarian phase, but I could never quite give up pizza sausage and […]