Four Minneapolis police officers were fired Tuesday afternoon by Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo for their actions or inactions in the May 25 arrest and death of George Floyd, 46. It is reported that officers were dispatched to a forgery in progress, found Floyd in the driver’s seat of a vehicle and that Floyd resisted arrest. because […]
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EMS World Expo 2019
I am home from an action-packed visit to EMS World Expo 2019 in New Orleans. The EMS1 team visited with members in the exhibit hall. Visit @EMS1 #EMSWorldExpo booth 1636 pic.twitter.com/pC79THDyCy — EMS1 (@EMS1) October 17, 2019 And wrote about some of the top presentations as part of our annual EMS World Expo coverage. The […]
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Make the Kids Responsible
Like many things it’s much easier to require kids to do the work. Michigan is the latest state to pass legislation requiring high schools to teach hands-only CPR to students. More than half the states, including California, Kentucky and Illinois have a similar graduation requirement. I am not a fan of the “make the kids do […]
Ex-NFL quarterback Tim Tebow led on-board prayer as flight attendants performed CPR on a patient in cardiac arrest. This puts Tebow one throw closer to realizing his destiny of becoming a paramedic. (if you want to actually provide in-flight emergency medical care read these tips) Four years ago we imagined Tebow as a paramedic. [Scene […]
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Google Search has a Metronome
Have you used the Google Search metronome during a cardiac arrest? Would you use it? Use Google search metronome during high-quality CPR
Friday and Saturday I attended the Gathering of the Eagles, state of the science education program in Dallas. Dozens of medical directors (EMS physicians) from throughout the United States gave five to 10 minute presentations. There were also lightning rounds for audience members to ask short questions (to generate short answers) of the Eagles. Here are two […]
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EMS Reading: February 2016
I am halfway through the incredible EMS Memoir, “1000 Naked Strangers” by Kevin Hazzard.” You can read an excerpt, the prologue, on EMS1. And check on this news story and interview with Hazzard. Note: I am reading a copy sent to me by the publisher. Purchase “A Thousand Naked Strangers” from Amazon, other booksellers, or […]
This guest post was submitted by paramedic and educator Brian Lilley. He replied to the Everyday EMS Tips weekly enewsletter, “Do you know your stuff?” — “[I do not] carry such information in my mind since it is readily available in books. …The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts […]
Jamie Davis, the pod medic, was kind enough to let me guest host an EMS education related episode of the MedicCast from the EMS Today 2014 Exhibit hall. Watch and listen to an interview with Captain Jonathan Larsen of the Seattle Fire Department Medic 1. He is an instructor in the west coast resuscitation academy and […]
Another EMS1.com column. Resuscitation training ups survival rates More than 150 attendees took part in the half-day Resuscitation Academy presented at EMS Today We also discussed the Resuscitation Academy on a special episode of the MedicCast recorded at EMS Today. I will post that link when it is available.