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Audio Podcast: 3 Tips for Educators to Engage the Audience

Rommie Duckworth gives three great tips for encouraging students to ask questions in this short audio podcast. Thanks Rommie! When you use Rommie’s third tip trying adding an adjective. I like to say, “I will answer 3 awesome questions.”

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Preparing a Combitube for Class

Learning to perform procedures correctly is a vital part of EMT and paramedic training.  This requires the educator to provide an environment where procedures can be practiced in as close to real life circumstances as possible.  This can get expensive.  As an EMS educator, I am constantly looking for ways to make equipment and supplies […]

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Moving Spotlight: PowerPoint Tip for EMS Educators

Create a moving spotlight of a specific part of a PowerPoint slide by setting a transparent color and applying a motion path. This is the screencast that shows how to create the object with the transparent color to make the spotlight.

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George Bush's 1st Rule: Paradoxical Political Speech

Introduction: I have lived most of my life in Wisconsin. I have followed with great interest the reaction of my neighbors to Governor Walker’s budget proposal to eliminate most collective bargaining rights of public employees. This might be the first of several posts related to the local and national media coverage of the debate in […]

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EMT Recertification Tips

An Everyday EMS Tips reader asked, “I need to get a recertification for my EMT done on the cheap. It’s due in March.” Buy Cheap, Get Cheap Unfortunately many of us have low expectations for EMT recertification training and thus look for the fastest and easiest path to recertification. We also get stuck in needing […]