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Content, Ideas, and Connections from EPS411.com

My 2010 theme at EPS411.com – my business for creating online education programs for emergency responders – is Content, Ideas, and Connections. These are some recent posts from EPS411.com that I wanted to share with my EverydayEMSTips.com readers. Thanks for your interest and support. If we are not connected on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, or EMSConnect look me up and ask me to connect there. Thanks.

  1. Content: Skype Conference Calls for Podcasting Tips – The EMSEduCast – the podcast by and for EMS educators – is recorded using Skype’s group calling features. Here are some tips to get high quality sound and minimize delays, echos, background noise, and other sound imperfections: Free up as much computer resources as possible by shutting down any other applications running on your computer.
  2. Content: Podcast from PIOSocialMediaTraining.com – The first episode of the PIO Social Media Training podcast is available for listening and download at PIOSocialMediaTraining.com. Reasons to visit and listen: Learn about how emergency responders are using Social Media tools. Understand techniques to create and distribute social media content. Assess trends in social media use in 2010.
  3. Connections: Generation Medicine Podcast – The first episode of the GenMed podcast is posted. Give a listen to this group of young medical professionals as they discuss the patient hand-off. The co-hosts of the Generation Medicine blog and podcast are four young medical professionals from Texas, Louisiana, Virginia, and Ontario that connected by social media and are now using social media.
  4. Content: Grand Rounds Blog Carnival – My first submission to the Grand Rounds Blog Carnival has been accepted and was highlighted in yesterday’s Grand Rounds post at the CovertRationingBlog.com by Dr. Rich. My submission was a post from EverydayEMSTips.com – Do you ever go through the motions? I really appreciate Dr. Rich’s description of the post.
  5. Idea: Equipment for Build Your Own Recording Studio – Ted Setla is a filmmaker (Setla Films) and paramedic. He is passionate about EMS professionals use video to inform and entertain. I first connected with Ted after watching his film Level Zero-the documentary film about Alameda County EMS. I am now supporting his efforts to create the Chronicles of EMS series about paramedic and by paramedics.

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By Greg Friese

Greg Friese, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, is an author, educator, paramedic, and marathon runner.

Greg was the co-host of the award winning EMSEduCast podcast, the only podcast by and for EMS educators. Greg has written for EMS1.com, JEMS.com, Wilderness Medical Associates, JEMS Magazine, EMSWorld.com and EMS World Magazine, and the NAEMSE Educator Newsletter.