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News and Events

NAEMSP Articles and Notes – 3 Lists of 3

Three things I learned about NAEMSP 25 percent of members are professional members (not physicians) The 2019 meeting was the highest ever attendance NAEMSP is celebrating its 35-year anniversary Three articles I wrote for EMS1. Why the first DHS Secretary Tom Ridge advocates for EMS  Achieving efficiency and sustainability in volunteer EMS  NAEMSP 2019 Quick […]

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EMS Tips

EMS Tips – Form a Prehospital Field Amputation Team

Plano, Texas firefighters summoned their recently formed Field Amputation Team when a worker’s leg became trapped in a piece of ditch digging machinery. “Frisco firefighters reached Palma just five minutes after the accident, but they couldn’t free him. His leg would need to be amputated right there, amid the dirt and rocks. Luckily, there was a plan […]

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Praetorian Digital: Join the Team

Praetorian Digital, home to EMS1, PoliceOne, FireRescue1, and Corrections1, is the leading digital media company for public safety. It is also my employer. We have a positions open. If you apply, make sure to say “Greg told me about this job” because that is worth a bunch of awesome bonus points and I will receive a handsome […]

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Social Media Tips

Behind the Scenes: EMS1 Article about Presidio EMS

Presidio EMS is featured in the EMS1.com End of Year coverage. The article, How one rural EMS agency shines at innovative patient care , came to be for these reasons: An EMS1 reader recommended to me that I contact the service director. The service director rapidly replied to my email inquiry Replies to subsequent questions/clarifications were […]

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Health and Wellness

Everyday EMS Athlete Profile: Rachel Zambrano

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 Firefighter/Paramedic Rachel Zambrano. Q: What is […]

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Social Media Tips

Video: Saving Lives is Part of the Job

News video of paramedics in Texas that responded to a school shooting. A few thoughts: 1. After a high profile incident does your service issue a statement to local media about the EMS response? 2. Do you contact local media and invite them to interview responders? 3. Use social media tools like Facebook and Twitter […]

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Social Media Tips

Video: EMT Career Recruitment

Video recruiting EMTs for the Texas Technical college system.

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Everyday EMS Athlete

Everyday EMS Athlete Profile: Buck Feris

As many of us know, putting your health and fitness first can be a major challenge with the busy schedules we adhere to every day. Between his three jobs as a donor center coordinator, tissue recovery technician and paramedic, Buck Feris recognized this difficulty but decided to take the challenge head on by changing his […]

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News and Events

October 2010 Top Posts at Everyday EMS Tips

October was a busy month for me and a busy month at Everyday EMS Tips. I was fortunate to combine a work trip to Las Vegas with some personal time and then had the vacation of a lifetime with my family at Walt Disney World at the end of the month. Everything was just awesome. […]

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EMS Tips

Don’t Mess with the Texas EMT Patch

The Texas EMS patch is a red semi-rectangle with a silhouette of Texas in the middle. It can optionally include words like Texas Paramedic. As I mixed with the audience before my EMS World Expo presentation on Trends in Online Education I suggested to an attendee in uniform that his Texas EMS patch could use […]