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EMS Web Summit Speakers | Today, May 17, 2012

Today is the long awaited and first ever EMS Web Summit, an online conference for EMS professionals. The line-up of speakers is outstanding and as good as you would find at any big regional or national EMS conference. Check out this line-up and then go register, it’s not too late. 1000-1015am – Jim Hoffman will […]

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EMS Education Tips

Alternate Posting Locations: CentreLearn blog April 2012

Is your organization using online education or training? My day job is as Director of Education for CentreLearn Solutions, LLC. I am responsible for building and maintaining our library of continuing education content. I also spend a lot of time with training officers helping them develop their own training content. The CentreLearn blog has been […]

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2012 EMS Web Summit

The EMS Web Summit will bring together leaders in the EMS field for a collective day long webcast giving their insights, tips and tricks on a variety of EMS topics that they are passionate about. This event is completely online and live on Thursday May 17th, 2012. The EMS Web Summit will bring together leaders […]

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Social Media Tips

#EMSToday App: 3 Lists of 3 about EMS2Go 2012

The EMS Today Conference and Exhibit hall had its own Android and iPhone App called EMS2Go 2012. I installed the app on my Android phone the first day of  the show and tried to use it throughout my time at EMS Today. 3 Ways I used EMS2Go 1. Find vendors. My top use of the […]

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Reading Speed and EMS Continuing Education #EMSToday

At EMS Today, during my presentation on EMS Continuing Education, I discussed the oddity of magazine article based CE that awards an hour or hour and a half of CE for reading 2000-4000 words. Part of the presentation was a timed reading exercise. Participants read about 200 words of text on the screen and clicked […]

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EMS Tips

7 Quick Thoughts Post #EMSToday 2012

I am home from EMS Today. I had a great time presenting, meeting the 2012 EMS10 Innovation Award winners, attending the premier of Code STEMI, and visiting with many EMS friends from around the world. Some quick thoughts post EMS Today: 1. The Social Medic is posting reviews of the sessions he is attending, www.thesocialmedic.net […]

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Slides: Is it Cheating or Group Problem Solving #EMSToday

Slides from my March 1, 2012 presentation at the EMS Today conference in Baltimore. Is it Cheating or Group Problem Solving? View more presentations from Greg Friese.

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Health and Wellness

20 Walt Disney World Tips | Vacation Planning

Walt Disney World is one of my favorite places. I was fortunate to go there several times as a kid. Most recently I went to WDW for the 2009 National Association of EMS Educators symposium and I went back in the Fall of 2010 for a week with my family. The NAEMSE symposium is returning […]

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EMS Tips

Posts Outside the Service Area: Collections for the Year Ahead

This month I tried to gather up posts on the theme of “collections” since the first post I wanted to share was Rogue Medic’s collection of podcasts and blogs. He has curated an excellent collection of blogs and podcasts to keep up with EMS and emergency medicine research. You can eat better in 2012. Fire Engineering […]

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EMS Education Tips

Reader Question: EMS Conference Calendar

A reader asked, “Do you maintain a calendar of EMS conferences?” That sounds like a huge project to build and maintain a calendar. To find upcoming EMS conferences I would do the following: 1. Check for an EMS conference calendar at the big 3 EMS media websites – EMS1.com, EMSWorld.com, and JEMS.com. 2. Search Facebook […]