Books Paramedic and Mortician Matthew Sias published a memoir and collection of experiences, [amazon-product text=”Silent Sirens: Memoirs of a Life Saving Mortician (Amazon affiliate link)” type=”text”]B009LNGYDO[/amazon-product] Apps At the start of the month EMS1.com and Limmer Creative launched two new apps: 101 Last Minute Study Tips. There are two versions – EMT and Paramedic – and […]
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Overall Impressions of EMS World Expo Sessions The best and most skilled presenters were in the education track. Logically this makes sense as educators are the most often in front of and working a crowd. Presenters, set yourself free from your notes. Even though PowerPoint and KeyNote have the capability to show your slides on […]
During EMS World Expo I was able to attend several sessions. Below are my notes and some links for each presentation I attended. Train the Trainer: Designing and Running an Injury Prevention and Wellness Program I was fortunate to sit in on about two hours of Bryan Fass’ pre-conference. I learned and will continue to […]
Updated November 22, 2012: Handout for this session posted at EMSWorld.com. This morning I am presenting Integrating Smartphones into EMS Education at EMS World Expo in New Orleans. During the presentation I will be asking a series of poll questions with PollEverywhere.com. You can view and answer the polls as they happen at PollEV.com/gfriese. I […]
EMS World Expo 2012 in New Orleans is only a few days away. I am looking forward to presenting Integrating Smartphones and Tablet Devices into EMS Education on Thursday morning. You can find a description of my session and all sessions in the EMS World Expo conference guide. Download the mobile conference app. Jamie Davis, […]
Special contribution to an EMS1.com newsletter about EMS communications. EMS Communication: Doing More with Less I packed a lot of ideas into this article and welcome your feedback, questions, and additions. Thanks.
At the 2012 NAEMSE Symposium I attended the session Doodle! Are Your Students Learning or Distracted? by Kyle David Bates. The session was packed with information about learning and distraction and several interactive exercises. I did my best to pay attention, scrawl lots of notes, and resist the temptation of checking my email or tweeting. […]
Dr. David Johnson writes about when to use tourniquets on the Wilderness Medical Associates blog. Rogue Medic shares a Facebook thread of fears of litigation and anecdotal experience confused with scientific proof about the use of tourniquets in his post on Facebook medics let imaginary lawyers tell them what to do. Paramedic product innovator and […]
This guest post was contributed by Thomas Chan of Aladtec, maker of the popular online employee scheduling and workforce management system, EMS Manager. Users of EMS Manager are already familiar with accessing their web-based scheduling system on any computer – at work, at home, or even at a friend’s house. Many users are even utilizing their Internet-enabled […]
5 Alarm Applications™ recently announced their public release of the 5 Alarm iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch® application . The 5 Alarm Exposure Recorder allows first-responders and healthcare professionals to document biological, chemical, environmental, and diesel exposures directly from the application. “My coworkers and I began to neglect our exposure reports because of the tedious […]