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Meet the Practical Medic
I am very excited to have a column up at EMS 1 now as the Practical Medic. My goal is to break down barriers between the classroom and the street, and write about ways to apply topics in a way that...
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Last Shift Before Christmas
Reading Christmas-themed EMS 1 articles by Kelly Grayson, Nancy Magee, and Michael Morse, I was reminded of a night I worked 9 years ago. The 14-hour shift began at 1800 and ended the morning before...
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Book Review: Cardiac Dysrhythmia Interpretation Workbook by Rob Theriault
The eight edition of former EMS Educast cohost Rob Theriault’s self published Cardiac Dysrhythmia Interpretation Workbook is out, which I believe is the biggest EMS-book bargain out right now. The...
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A Difference in Culture
Last week Dr. Juliette Saussy’s resignation letter as medical director from DC Fire/EMS went viral. Rather than pencil whip the clinical skill verification for 700 provider’s National Registry...
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Using Videos to Teach at EMS1
My first article about education is up at EMS 1. I wrote about how I use EMS reality TV shows and YouTube videos of patient care in my classes. This is a free way to engage learners and make abstract...
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Active Learning About Capnography in Paramedic Chief
Yours truly has an article in the spring edition Paramedic Chief about how to use active learning to teach about capnography. I am fortunate to work at a school that encourages creativity and active...
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Pediatric Medication Exercise
Over at EMS 1, I wrote about a fun exercise we did in my paramedic class to practice pediatric medication administration. I brought my children, ages five and two, to class, and I had them hand...
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3 Things I Learned From Power of Habit
I recently finished reading The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life and Business by Charles Duhigg. The book covers a number of areas of interest to EMS providers, students, and educators....
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Heart Failure and Pneumonia
I wrote two articles on EMS 1 about respiratory conditions that are easily misdiagnosed. Heart failure and pneumonia can both cause respiratory distress, and both may cause crackles and wheezing. They...
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Mental Health Articles on EMS 1
Over at EMS 1, Shauna Sullivan and I wrote two articles about mental health for EMS providers. 5 things EMS providers should know about seeking mental health treatment is aimed at people who may...
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Breathe Easy Kevin
I met Kevin Przybyl on my tour of the Lancaster Volunteer Ambulance station in 1999. I had been accepted as a member a few hours earlier and was waiting for my EMT card to arrive in the mail. Kevin...
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Big NREMT Changes For Paramedics
Last summer I attended an NREMT Scenario Development Workshop, which was one of the best courses I have taken. The workshop covered the new portfolio requirements for paramedic students during their...
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3 Things I Learned From Making It Stick
Peter Brown and Henry Roediger’s Making it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning describes how to become productive learners. It covers learning classroom material and skills, uses examples from...
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Takeaway from the EMS 3.0 Transformation Summit
A few weeks ago I went on a call for a 23 year old patient who had a toothache. She had had a tooth removed at a hospital-based dental clinic four hours earlier and wanted a ride to that hospital’s...
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Tips For Running Lab Scenarios on EMS 1
Have you ever run a lab scenario, whether in an initial education class or for continuing education, that just went out of control? Perhaps it was done on the fly and one decision by the team derailed...
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Book Review: Community Health Paramedic
I had the opportunity to read a copy of the new AAOS Community Health Paramedic textbook: image credit It provides concise overview of the logistical, interpersonal and clinical aspects of preventive...
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SCA & Opioid Overdose, Pulmonary Embolism on EMS 1
Over at EMS 1 I have two clinical articles up. In How To Treat Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Opioid Overdose I wrote about how to tell the difference between ineffective breathing from sudden cardiac...
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3 Things I Took Away From Linchpin
I recently read Linchpin: How To Make Yourself Indespensible by Seth Godin. It discusses how technology has made creativity more valuable to organizations, how to use your creativity to get more...
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Gloves…Body Armor…Why Not Helmets?
I recently had the opportunity to try the B2 EMT Paramedic Helmet, which is designed for everyday EMS use. I wore it while teaching the day long NAEMT EMS Safety Course and while working at a large...
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Full Circle of Simulation
This fall two things happened that ended up being related, though I didn’t know it at the time. One happened in September when I took over as lab coordinator for my school’s paramedic program. Now I...
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