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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

Tips for Your Next Conference Presentation Submission

I have had many opportunities to be on conference program committees. A common committee responsibility is to review and score conference presentation applications. Having read hundreds of conference presentation proposals I would encourage you to follow these tips: 1. Know the conference attendees. Submit clinical topics to conferences primarily attended by clinicians. Submit educator topics […]

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1st Annual World Trauma Symposium November 1, 2012

This is a new event you should pencil in for 2012. The 1st Annual World Trauma Symposium will be hosted by PHTLS and EMS World Expo on November 1, 2012. Need trauma continuing education or PHTLS certification. Check out great options for PHTLS Online to receive 8.0 hours of PHTLS trauma CE or enroll in […]

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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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Video Tips

Video: Origins of the NAEMT Safety Course

In this Conversations in EMS video Glenn Luedtke discusses the origins of the new NAEMT Safety Course with Justin Schorr. The NAEMT Safety course is now available and is being taught at conferences and services around the country. I worked with the course development committee on the course materials and am impressed with the curriculum […]

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News and Events

Resource: EMS Week Ideas

NAEMT and EMS World have launched a new site: EMSWeekIdeas.org. The mission of the new site is: “This site has been designed to help you, the EMS professional, explore new ways to participate in, grow, and support your profession. The occasion of EMS Week is an ideal time to find out what more you can […]

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Safety Tips

Video: Baseball Grip Release

This video demonstrates how to escape when an assailant grabs your arm. The NAEMT Safety Course teaches that since more than 50% of EMS professionals report being assaulted in some form on the job that we are obviously entering and working in unsafe scenes. Learning simple escape techniques is an important safety practice for EMS […]

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Continuing Education

NAEMT Safety Course: Pinellas County Florida October 27

For the last six months I have been assisting a NAEMT expert committee on the development of a new 1 day course focused on EMS practitioner safety. My role has been to assist in the production of instructional materials for the content developed by an outstanding group of subject matter experts. Beta Testing The Safety […]

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Health and Wellness

Urban Adventure Run Report: Las Vegas Boulevard

Las Vegas Boulevard, also known as the Strip, is one of the most famous streets in the world. On my recent trip to Vegas to help teach a beta version of the new NAEMT Safety course I took three early morning runs on the Strip. I stayed at the MGM Grand, the massive hotel at […]

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Office Hours Podcast: Planning for EMS Week

I join Jim Hoffman on Episode 11 of the EMS Office Hours podcast to discuss EMS Week Planning and Resources. We also discuss the pros and cons of belonging to National EMS organizations, a topic covered in a recent episode of the MedicCast by our good friend, Jamie Davis. Links from this episode: 2010 EMS […]