From the email inbox … Question: Greg, an EMT in New Jersey told me not to wear a blue bracelet because hospitals use blue bracelets for Do Not Resuscitate patients. Is this true? Answer: This lit up my skeptic meter to a 7.6. I don’t doubt that some hospitals use color-coded wrist bands to indicate […]
Tag: Running
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 […]
Fitness for EMS professionals is one of my passions. I regularly encourage other EMS professionals at every opportunity I can to maintain good health and wellness for their jobs as tactical athletes. I really admire EMS professionals that are able to balance an EMS work schedule with the training demands of a marathon, triathlon or […]
My favorite off-time hobbies are training for, and competing, in running and cycling events. The training time, with friends or in solitude, is valuable time for me to relax, reflect, and think. I enjoy competing and usually lead the front of the middle of the pack across the finish line. These are the races and […]
Ocean Beach Trail to Mission Beach The Ocean Beach bicycle and pedestrian trail began just a few blocks from the hotel where I was staying while presenting at the EMS Administrators of California Conference. After finishing my presentation I was quickly on my way to run to the ocean and back. The trail runs west […]
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Book Review: The Perfect Mile
[amazon-product text=”The Perfect Mile” type=”text”]0618562095[/amazon-product] tells the story of three runners – John Landy, Wes Santee, and Roger Banister – that set out in 1952 to run the first mile under four minutes. The book is written in great depth about the personalities, training habits and techniques, races, and other factors in the runner’s lives. Running […]
The 2010 National Running Day was earlier this week. Did you get out for a run? I had planned to, but when I was finally able to push away from my desk it was raining with thunderstorms. I will run in the rain but not in the lightning. Instead I rode my bike on the […]
Urban Exploration Running is my preferred method to explore the places I visit. I spent the latter half of this week in Juneau – the capital city of the great state of Alaska. I was honored to be asked to present at the Southeast Regional EMS Symposium. Although Juneau is on the mainland it has […]
I had the thrill and honor of attending the Chronicles of EMS premiere party in person on Friday February 12 in San Francisco. In a whirlwind of travel I flew to San Francisco Thursday night from Wisconsin and was home about 32 hours later. Connecting Part of the purpose of the Chronicles is to connect […]
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Ready, Set … Goal!
This is a guest post by Diane Raymond. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Have you ever set out to accomplish something, such as saving money for a new car, to visit Europe, upgrade your certification, or train for marathon, only to find yourself procrastinating, or giving […]