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EMSEduCast Reunion at NAEMSE

Last week at the 2014 National Association of EMS Educators Symposium Bill Toon, Rob Theriault, and myself met face-to-face for the first time. Even though we had co-hosted more than 100 episodes of the EMSEduCast we had never gathered in the same place. Turns out that I enjoy their company as much (actually more) in person […]

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Event: Retirement Reception for Battalion Chief Bill Toon

Yesterday I joined dozens of other friends and colleagues in honoring Bill Toon’s 20 years of service to Johnson County Med-Act. The event was a great tribute to his dedication, service, and passion for EMS. Thanks Bill. View a few photos from the event in the below album from the CentreLearn Facebook page.   Post […]

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Posts Outside the Service Area: January 2014

January and February seem to bring out the best in EMS Bloggers. Perhaps we have all resolved to post more often and post better. A few of the posts that caught my eye and attention this month. When you visit each of these posts do the blogger a favor, social share or leave a comment. […]

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Alternate Posting Location: Recent Episodes of the EMSEduCast

The EMSEduCast is the podcast by and for EMS educators that I co-host with Rob Theriault and Bill Toon. Recent episodes that may be of interest. Moulage tips from an award winning moulage educator. Episode 192 Successfully bringing new educators into an EMS education program. Episode 188 and Episode 191. Update January 28, 2014: read this article […]

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Alternate Posting Location: EMS Podcasts from June 2013

For an EMS1.com column in July I did a round up of the best EMS podcasts. EMS Podcasts Educate and Entertain

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EMSEduCast Best Practices for Airway Instruction: Episode 171

On episode 171 of the EMSEduCast Battalion Chief Bill Toon of Johnson County Med-Act discusses his EMS experience and specifically his role teaching and facilitating airway management skills to employees of Johnson County Med-Act. Learn best practices for airway management instruction on episode  171 of the EMSEduCast. Links, Resources, and Additional Content Airway World The only […]

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EMSEduCast Focus on Pain Management: Episode 173

In episode 173  of the EMSEduCast guest Peter Canning discusses Pain Management. Peter shares that pain management has rekindled his EMS career. He states, “Pain management is a daily opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives.” Visit the EMSEduCast page to listen to Pain Management in EMS Education Peter Canning has been a full-time […]

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Video: State of EMS Podcasting June 2013

Listen in as Jamie Davis of the MedicCast, Jim Hoffman of the EMS Office Hours, John Broyles of 1-Union-801, and Greg Friese of the EMSEduCast discuss the state of EMS podcasting. Each of these experienced podcast hosts share how they started in EMS podcasting, the breadth of podcast listeners, and how they find topics and […]

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Q1 2013 EVENT Reports Posted

I hope you can take a few moments to read the near miss and incident reports your EMS colleagues are sharing with the EMS Voluntary Event Notification Tool. Learn more about EVENT on episode 164 of the EMSEduCast podcast. I received this email update on the 1st Quarter 2013 reports: We have posted the summary […]

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Road Trip: Station 51 home of Freedom House

During my visit to the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul for the Minnesota EMS Educators conference I was invited to Station 51 home of Freedom House.  Station 51 is also the home of the St. Paul EMS Academy which  is an amazing effort that is providing EMT training and employment for economically and socially […]