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EMS Tips

Posts Outside the Service: Top EMS Blog Posts for February 2014

There are lots of great EMS Bloggers. I use the Feedly RSS Reader app in the Chrome Browser and my Android phone. How do you keep track of your favorite EMS Blogs? At the EMS Patient Perspective Bob Sullivan reminds us to park our complacency and constantly be mindful that any call can be or […]

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Book Reviews

Book Review: Official Guide to Blogging for EMS

The [amazon-product text=”The Official Guide to Blogging for EMS (amazon link)” type=”text”]B009GPHSJG[/amazon-product] by Dave Konig lays out the practical steps to beginning as a blogger in emergency medical services (or any healthcare topic) and answers many common questions asked by new bloggers. In the Kindle ebook Dave explains blogging platforms, the importance of blogger identity, types […]

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Social Media Tips

Social Media Activity Triage

Find new to us house. Make offer on house. Offer accepted. List old house. Sell old house. Move all stuff to new to us house. Those 6 sentences sum up almost every minute of my free time since early March, 2012. Life has been busy and hectic for me as I am sure it has […]

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News and Events

Hello EMS Blogs Network

I am thrilled to bring Everyday EMS Tips to the EMS Blogs network. About 2 years and more than 1000 posts ago I launched Everyday EMS Tips to be a collection of tips, resources, study aids, tools, and plain old useful stuff. I am proud of what I have accomplished and honored to have you […]

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Health and Wellness

Everyday EMS Athlete Profile: Bob Sullivan

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 Bob Sullivan. Q: What is […]

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News and Events

Vote Now: 2012 EMS Blog of the Year and 2012 Fire Blog of the Year

Voting is open for the 2012 EMS Blog of the Year and 2012 Fire Blog of the Year. Vote for EMS Blog of the Year Vote for Fire Blog of the Year The selection of blogs is overall excellent. I am planning a future post about my experience as a judge.

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Social Media Tips

EMS Blog Promotion Tips

For a long time I joked that the only regular blog reader I had was my mom. I wrote dozens of posts that received less than 10 page views. Gradually traffic has built and I have used a variety of techniques, some successful and others not, to increase visits. I am now regularly surprised at […]

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News and Events

Kilted to Kick Cancer

Throughout the month of September EMS, Fire, and Police bloggers have been Kilted to Kick Cancer with the purpose to raise awareness of Prostate and Testicular Cancer. Starting at EMS World Expo EMS Bloggers and personalities the Happy Medic, Ambulance Driver, and many others have been kilted and encouraging their readers to be Kilted to […]

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News and Events

Lists of 3 from EMS World Expo 2011 #EMSWorldExpo

I am EMS World Expo in 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This morning I wrote (yes, with a pen and paper) these lists of 3 things, people, places, objects, resources. 3 NAEMT Courses Taught at EMS World Expo 1. Emergency Pediatric Care 2. Advanced Medical Life Support 3. Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support 3 More NAEMT […]

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Social Media Tips

EMS Blogs: Networks Rising

The EMS Blogosphere is filled with rich writing, timely event coverage, and interesting opinions about the state of the EMS profession. EMS Blog Networks Blog networks loosely organize bloggers that are writing for similar audiences. I first became aware of blog networks when Fire EMS Blogs launched several years ago. About a year ago the […]