The border color of Everyday EMS Tips is changed to lime green for lymphoma for the final week of July to draw attention to the disease of lymphoma (a type of cancer), the people with lymphoma and their families, and to support my friend Rick. Meet Rick A few weeks after his May 2012 diagnosis […]
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My friend, mentor, paramedic, EMS educator, and triathlete (and father and husband) Rick A. is blogging about his journey of a recent cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment. He is only a few posts into his blog so you can cruise to http://krickincancer.wordpress.com/ right now to get caught up, including Rick’s visit today with the UW Med Flight […]
If you are a math whiz you might try to solve this problem. Which choice will lead to the greatest accumulation of life-time income? A paramedic graduates from a 2 year associates degree program. Choice A: Paramedic uses all available free time to work over time. This continues for 5 years until the paramedic has […]
Recently Everyday EMS Athlete Mark Bandy was profiled. Mark’s service, Mid Georgia Ambulance, has a running team called Run for Your Life. I asked the team coordinator, Amy Abel-Kiker, who is also the MGA Director of Public Relations for her tips for starting a workplace fitness or running team. Amy shared these great tips. Facebook […]
Service Profiles Jeff, the theme park EMT, shares insider information about Reedy Creek Emergency Services in a service profile on the Other Side of EMS blog. I am looking forward to seeing Jeff, Mickey, Goofy, and the whole WDW gang in August at the NAEMSE symposium. Products EMS and Fire author Ed Mund sent me […]
Networking is an essential skill for any EMS Professional that wants to advance their career with a promotion, new job, returning to school or other training opportunity. Even with the proliferation of “Social Networking” face-to-face networking is still essential – if not more important than ever. I wrote this ebook several years ago, but realized […]
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Videos: Newport News #EMSWeek
Set of video spots featuring EMS professionals from the Newport News Fire Department: Milton Roman Paramedic/Firefighter Marlon Pendergraft Firefighter/Paramedic Describes how he enjoys teaching prevention to children. We can make a difference in preparing kids for an emergency. Kate Harper Firefighter/Paramedic Charlie Brenneman Firefighter/Paramedic/HazMat Specialist “We’re going to be there when citizens are having their […]
May can be a stressful time of year. In addition to the daily grind of patient assessment, treatment, and transport you might also be dealing with: Planning and delivering EMS week events Graduating from EMT class, paramedic class, or a college degree program Teaching the final days/weeks of an EMT or paramedic class Preparing for […]
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, Educator and Author Peter Canning. […]
[amazon-product text=”2 Weeks a Year Finding Humor in Iraq” type=”text”]B006P0HW5K[/amazon-product], by SSG Trent Cherin, is an ebook chronicle of SSG Cherin’s experience deployed in Iraq for a year spanning 2003 and 2004. 2 Weeks a Year caught my eye as I was browsing the Kindle owners lending library because the cover photo is of the […]