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EMS Tips – FD Harassment – Learn Leadership – Emotional Support Animals

1. There was supposed to be change at Fairfax County Fire and Rescue  Investigations, reports and training programs were supposed to change and improve the culture at the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department after the suicide death of FF/Paramedic Nicole Mittendorff. Instead a Female battalion chief in charge of gender issues resigns in protest. Chief Kathleen Stanley was […]

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Posts Outside the Service Area: Gift Giving Guides and More

One of the gifts bloggers can give one another is the gift of linking. Check out these posts from some of my favorite bloggers: 2010 EMS Gift Guide from the Social Medic. A Special Thank You to EMS professionals from public speaking coach Lisa Braithwaite. If you are interested in becoming a better public speaker […]

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Transport Tips When an EMS Patient has a Service Dog

This is a guest post Emily Williamson. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Post updated October 10, 2012 I am the human half of a service dog team that recently was in an awful automobile accident. Somebody ran a stop sign and drove their SUV across the […]

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Patients with Service Animals: EMT Continuing Education Lesson

Assessing and Treating patients with service animals is one of the most popular continuing education lessons available at RapidCE.com. Service animals make amazing contributions to their owners. Are you aware of the ADA protections for service animals?  Do you know what to do with a service animal if the patient is unresponsive or no family […]