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Read Everyday EMS Tips with Google Currents App

The new App, Google Currents, creates a digital magazine of Everyday EMS Tips. To access: 1. Install the Google Currents app on your Android device from the App Market or iPhone/iPad from the iTunes app store. 2. After installing search for Everyday EMS Tips 3. Subscribe to the Currents edition of Everyday EMS Tips 4. […]

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Alternate Posting Location: Gift Guide for EMTs and Paramedics

Is your mom, spouse, or significant other still asking you for Christmas gift ideas? Send them to my December EMS1.com column, 2011 Gift Guide for EMTs and Paramedics You might want to bookmark the page because this could be a useful birthday or graduation gift guide as well. What did I miss? Suggestions from the […]

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Social Media Tips

Alternate Posting Location: Resolving a Facebook Rant and Complaint

At the PIO Social Media Training blog I wrote about how to resolve or end a Facebook Rant or Complaint with a terminal comment with the goal of resolving the complaint and ending comments with out deleting the comment or blocking the user. Fortunately at the Everyday EMS Tips blog I rarely have complaints or […]

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Health and Wellness

Everyday EMS Athlete Profile: Conan Kelly

EMS professionals are challenged to balance work, family, and other obligations while also staying or striving for mental and physical fitness. The Everyday EMS Athlete is a regular column to recognize and learn from other EMS professionals that are setting and meeting fitness goals. This edition was contributed by Paramedic/Firefighter and Team Firefighter member Conan […]

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Health and Wellness

$50 Looking for a Great Cause

Last December I wrote, Charitable Giving is a Habit – Pass it On! In that post I share my tips and reasons for giving. I am always looking for great causes to support through my time, talent (for example, blog post and podcast mentions), and treasure. I have at least $50 that I want to […]

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EMS Tips

Alternate Posting Location: Patient Assessment is a Non-Linear Process

I had a tip published at EMS1.com a few weeks ago, Patient Assessment is a Non-Linear Process. Check it out and share your thoughts. Facebook Comments on EMS1.com I also wanted to highlight that EMS1.com has implemented the Facebook comments plug-in. Their previous comment system was pretty clunky and not always browser friendly. With the […]

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EMS Tips

3 Kindle Fire Feature Requests

I have been enjoying my Kindle Fire immensely for the last three weeks. I have used it to read 4 books (and counting), watch lots of videos, browse the web, update my social network status, and stream my favorite podcasts. My kids have also been using it to play lots of games like Slice It […]

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EMS Education Tips

Tips for Your Next Conference Presentation Submission

I have had many opportunities to be on conference program committees. A common committee responsibility is to review and score conference presentation applications. Having read hundreds of conference presentation proposals I would encourage you to follow these tips: 1. Know the conference attendees. Submit clinical topics to conferences primarily attended by clinicians. Submit educator topics […]

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Social Media Tips

Video: Video Conferencing Technology for EMS

At the Pinnacle EMS conference Chris Montera and I talked about reasons to use video conferencing. Is your service using video conferencing? ParamedicTV is powered by EMS1.com

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Health and Wellness

Everyday EMS Reading: 3 Lists of Trilogy Books

Long sci-fi, fantasy, or crime novels make for good reading while posting or between calls. I just finished the first book in the Hunger Games trilogy (awesome). When one book is not enough, three is even better. Three of my favorite triologies: Lord of the Rings: Read these books, even if you have seen the […]