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Top Posts: January 2011 – readership surges from weather and contests

January 2011 was the highest visit month ever for Everyday EMS Tips. Thanks. I attribute that to three things: 1. Ongoing Snowpocalypse. Bad weather on the east coast means more people are indoors reading the EMS Blogosphere. 2. EMS Blog of 2010 Contest. Really appreciate inbound links from the FireCritic.com and the other finalists. 3. […]

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Last Place … I am OK with It

I went out for track my junior year of high school. In two indoor races – the mile – I finished in last place and second to last place. Thankfully, I was put out of my misery by debilitating stress fractures in my femurs. My grim track career ended as “manager” for the track team. […]

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Voting is Open: Black Diamond Boots Fire & EMS Blog of the Year 2010-2011

Voting is now open for the Black Diamond Boots Fire & EMS Blog of the Year 2010-2011 Contest. Visit the voting page at FireCritic.com to vote for your favorite Fire and EMS Blogs. I am honored that EverydayEMSTips.com was nominated and selected as a finalist. The EMS finalists are an esteemed group that I am […]

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4 Quick Announcements to Start the Week

A big thanks to my friends at EMS Manager and Fire Manager for their continued support of EverydayEMSTips.com. Their sponsorship helps support the maintenance and improvements of this blog. Check out a free demo of their online scheduling program now. (advertising guidelines) 4 Quick Announcements 1. This week I am at the National Association of […]

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Posts Outside the Service Area: Lists, Degrees, and Podcasts,

Lists, Lists, and Lists Lists are a tool for bloggers to attract traffic. I use them all the time. Lists of websites, lists of tips, and lists of resources. Here are a few lists I found recently: 10 Extremely Useful On-Line EMS resources from Medic Madness. Sean Eddy’s Medic Madness blog is one of my […]

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News and Events

1st Anniversary for EverydayEMSTips.com

One year ago today I made the first post to EverydayEMSTips.com. At the time my vision was to share tips, resources, study aids, and publish ebooks for professionals, students, and educators. Over time my vision has grown to include product reviews, feature posts from guest bloggers, and the medical author chat podcast. Thanks! I appreciate […]

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EMS Education Tips

5 Patient Assessment Practice Tips

A paramedic student wrote in this question to the EMSEduCast podcast hosts: “I am looking for a patient assessment generator to practice patient assessment. During clinical some of the most helpful time is when my preceptor gives me a situation and I verbally walk through it. What other ways can I practice patient assessment?” Here […]

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Event Review

What happens at EMS Today does not Stay at #EMSToday

Are you one of the lucky ones? In the trailer for Chronicles of EMS, Justin Schorr says “and if you’re one of the lucky ones you can travel cross-country to attend an EMS conference” or something close to that. And it used to be that the lucky ones that went to EMS conferences might share […]

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Priority Posts from Outside the Service Area

I overheard some priority traffic from other EMS bloggers and education programs that I wanted to share with Everyday EMS Tips readers. Blog Posts 1. Sean from Medic Madness in a post titled “Consider Yourself Lucky” reminds all of us that are able to work and have work to be grateful and not take our situation […]

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Write Lifesaving Blog Posts

This is a guest post by David Konig. This post originally posted at PIOSocialMediaTraining.com. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. One of the questions I seem to get quite a bit is how hard is it to write a blog post? The short answer is that it […]