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The New Home Of EMS Office Hours

August 13th, 2010 · No Comments · EMS Office Hours, Recent posts

If you have been keeping up with some of the changes going on lately you may have noticed the new site at EMSOfficeHours.com. I have started this new project as part of the EMSBlogs.com venture and now all future weekly episodes of EMS Office Hours will be posted on that dedicated domain. I was going [...]

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Earn Points When Commenting

June 16th, 2010 · No Comments · EMS Boot Camp, Recent posts, The EMS Professional

I have just added a points system that will give registered members of the AT Blog points when they comment or even just log in to checkout the updates. These will add up and when members reach certain levels they will get unannounced prizes like discounts and freebies. The registration is to the right along [...]

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Passing The NREMT Cognitive Exam

June 14th, 2010 · No Comments · EMS Boot Camp, Recent posts

This backdoor outtake with Steve Whitehead from the two hour webinar on passing the national registry emergency medical technician written exam gives some valuable insight to the testing and process. //

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Have You Entered For Your EMS 2.0 Pin? Henry Has.

April 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Recent posts, The EMS Professional

If  you haven’t registered for your chance to get an EMS 2.0 pin or any one of several giveaways for the EMS Week 2010 Giveaway at The EMS Professional. Now is the best time to make sure your name is on the list. If  Henry can put his name in the hat, you sure can [...]

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Playing Out The Scenario In Your Mind, Are You Disappointed?

April 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Articles, Recent posts, The EMS Professional

Being an EMS provider requires you to retain a lot of information. Patient assessment, treatments, transports, policies, protocols and the list can go on. We use things like pocket guides or mobile devices to help us with recalling information and preparing for the next call. One thing I try and do is to play out [...]

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The Grammy’s of EMS

February 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Articles, Recent posts, The EMS Professional

Last week I watched the Grammy Awards and yes this is a bit of a guilty pleasure where I do enjoy watching many of these award presentations. During the show I became aware of all the lifetime achievement awards and more  importantly I noticed the way that many of the new artists recognized all the older [...]

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GEMS, EMS Customer Service and a Story

February 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · EMS Boot Camp, Recent posts, The EMS Professional

This episode of EMS Office Hours had Greg telling a gruesome story (I’ll give you a hint “Q-Tip”). It all started with a discussion on geriatric patients and being a good customer service EMS provider. Ted Setla stopped in with a little tease on the Feb 12th premiere of The Chronicles of EMS as well. [...]

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Can American Idol Teach EMS Providers Anything?

January 19th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Recent posts, The EMS Professional

Each year Americam Idol comes out. Pretty much the same format and I continue to swear not to watch it. But I am weak and wind up watching and slowly getting roped into the show and rooting for certain contestants. The other night while watching I started to think how the contestants are really a [...]

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EMS Office Hours – EMS Conferences, Getting Your Foot In The Door

January 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Monday Minutes, Recent posts, The EMS Professional

Jim couldn’t make it for this session but Greg held his own solo and talked all about EMS conferences and getting your foot in the door as a speaker. Greg went into just about every aspect of being a presenter from compensation and style to topic choices and being chosen as a conference speaker. During [...]

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EMS Office Hours – EMS Alphabet Courses & Balancing CEU Needs

January 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Monday Minutes, Recent posts, The EMS Professional

This episode of Office Hours had Jim and Greg talking about : EMS Boot Camp EMS Alphabet courses like ACLS and PALS and what you can expect to get out of them The difficulties in balancing our daily lives in EMS with achieving CEU and mandatory training. and Medical Author Chat Plus we touched on [...]

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