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Book Review: Unprepared by D.A. Ramsey and Jim Rush

[amazon-product text=”Unprepared” type=”text”]097871105X[/amazon-product], the novel, is a cautionary tale from Jim Rush, an expert in health readiness; and co-author D.A. Ramsey. The novel presents a plausible scenario for a terrorist nuclear attack inside the United States that overwhelms local, regional, and state healthcare systems while also shaking the foundations of government. Disaster Response Training and […]

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Book Review: Rework from 37Signals

[amazon-product text=”Rework” type=”text”]0307463745[/amazon-product], from 37Signals.com, is a series of essays about their beliefs about work, workplace behavior, and personal success. 37Signals is the maker of a very popular set of project management, contact management, and group collaboration software apps (link to 37Signals products). Rework is written by the founders of 37Signals, Jason Fried and David […]

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Book Review: My Ambulance Education by Joseph Clark

As a college student Joe Clark worked on the ambulance in New York City on nights and weekends to pay for his college and graduate school education. [amazon-product text=”My Ambulance Education” type=”text”]1554074479[/amazon-product]  is Joe’s stories of patient encounters, relationships, and events on the streets that shaped him as a person and guided his career choice […]

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Book Review: Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom

Author and Sports Writer, Mitch Albom, has made a career of writing about the end of life by asking his fictional and non-fictional characters the big questions about life, religion, happiness, sadness, regret, effort, and responsibility. Albom’s newest book Have a Little Faith: A True Story is the story of what Albom does when his […]

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Book Review: Paramedic – Buff to Burnt

Paramedic, George Steffensen, shares memorable patient encounters, events, and partners in his biography Paramedic – Buff to Burnt. George uses “Buff” as a noun and a verb. A “Buff” medic has a heavily equipped hero belt – flashlight, shears, glove pouch, window punch – and the hero ego to bring patients back from the edge […]

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Book Review: Mass Casualties – a young medic's true story of death deception, and dishonor in Iraq

Paramedics have played a lot of roles in the Iraq war. I primarily thought that paramedics worked “outside the fence” either as part of patrol teams or evacuated wounded personnel from the field to field and combat hospitals. I was expecting another story of heroic rescues, rapid response to MCIs from IEDs, and door busting […]

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First 10 Episodes of the Medical Author Chat

The Medical Author Chat podcast from EverydayEMSTips.com interviews paramedics, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals about books they have written. In each episode we discuss the author’s medical practice, reason for writing, what their book is about, and a favorite part or story from the book. In each episode I ask the author for their […]

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Respiratory and Ventilation Books for EMS Professionals

This is a guest post by respiratory therapy and EMT-B student Jared Scott. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. As an EMT student, I have come to realize that we are taught very simple life-saving techniques: ABC’s. Airway, breathing, and circulation.Two of these (airway and breathing) fall […]

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True Survival – Book Review of Buried Alive by Roy Hallums

About the Book In November of 2004 Roy Hallums, a retired US Navy Commander, working as a contractor in Iraq was kidnapped from his office. He spent the next 311 days as a hostage. Buried Alive is Roy’s story of his time in captivity and how he made it through the experience alive. For example, […]

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Mail Bag: New Deliveries to EverydayEMSTips.com Headquarters

The UPS and Fedex drivers in my neighborhood have been making almost daily deliveries to EverydayEMSTips.com headquarters. Some of the books and products that I have received recently include: Act Fast – Anti Choking Trainer I am bringing the blue neoprene vest anti-choking trainer to my first responder training meeting tonight. In some initial practice […]