Categories
EMS Tips

Posts Outside the Service Area: Nuances in Pharmacology

For several years I have been reading about the appropriate dosing of oxygen. In Can Oxygen Hurt  Mike McEvoy summarizes the science, 2005 and 2010 AHA recommendations. He includes this money line “Knowing that both hypoxia and hyperoxia are bad, EMS providers must stop giving oxygen routinely.” Peter Canning shares some thoughts about Glass Ampules […]

Categories
News and Events

EMS Web Summit Speakers | Today, May 17, 2012

Today is the long awaited and first ever EMS Web Summit, an online conference for EMS professionals. The line-up of speakers is outstanding and as good as you would find at any big regional or national EMS conference. Check out this line-up and then go register, it’s not too late. 1000-1015am – Jim Hoffman will […]

Categories
Health and Wellness

Everyday EMS Athlete Profile: Peter Canning

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. […]

Categories
News and Events Uncategorized

2012 EMS Web Summit

The EMS Web Summit will bring together leaders in the EMS field for a collective day long webcast giving their insights, tips and tricks on a variety of EMS topics that they are passionate about. This event is completely online and live on Thursday May 17th, 2012. The EMS Web Summit will bring together leaders […]

Categories
EMS Tips

February Alternate Posting Locations: Med Author Chat, CentreLearn Blog, and More

Running, Running, and running …  Running is one of my passions. Early in February I guest posted at the Loving the Run blog about the importance of Free Running between training cycles and when coming back from injury. I also started a new blog this month, Everyday Runner Tips, to have a specific place for […]

Categories
EMS Education Tips

Question: More Resources on Capnography

A reader asked, “I would like to know more about capnography.” Post updated September 20, 2015 0) CapnoAcademy.com a resource and information website from Medtronic powered by EMS1.com 1)      Capnography for paramedics blog 2)     [amazon-product text=”Capnography, King of the ABCs” type=”text”]1450246206[/amazon-product]: A Systematic Approach for Paramedics’ by Troy Valente 3)      Capnography Made Easy training course […]

Categories
Doctor Podcast EMT Book EMT Book Review EMT Podcast Medical Author Chat Podcast Nurse Podcast Paramedic Podcast Paramedic: On the Front Lines of Medicine Rescue 471: A Paramedic's Stories

Podcast: Interview with Paramedic and Rescue 471 author Peter Canning

Listen to this interview with Peter Canning about his books Paramedic: On the Front Lines of Medicine and Rescue 471: A Paramedic’s Stories. This episode was originally broadcast at EverydayEMSTips.com. Browse to Everyday EMS Tips to read the …

Categories
EMS Tips

Books for the Everyday EMS Reader

During much of 2010 I have been reading my way through the genre of “EMS Literature.” Here are my picks for the Everyday EMS Reader on your shopping list (or for your own personal reading list). Some are recently published while others are EMS classics. 1. [amazon-product text=”Paramedic” type=”text”]0804116148[/amazon-product] by Peter Canning 2. [amazon-product text=”My […]

Categories
Author-Interviews News and Events

Paramedic and Rescue 471: Medical Author Chat with Peter Canning

Paramedic: On the Front Lines of Medicine was the first book by Peter Canning, political speech writer turned paramedic. In this Medical Author Chat for Everyday EMS Tips Peter shares how he became a paramedic after the U.S. Senator he worked for lost an election. After watching the ambulances drive by his apartment Peter pursued […]