I don’t know, but it is a connection worth exploring. Posted on EMS1: Rapid Response: Medics stealing narcotics happens with distressing regularity
Editor’s note I wrote today for EMS1. Hurricane Katrina made landfall ten years ago. This anniversary is an occasion to read remembrances, watch videos and look at photos from the days during a...
http://everydayemstips.com/katrina-10-years-feels-like-the-blink-of-an-eye/
This is a guest post from a entering 5th grader on reasons his school should say no to a soda machine. Thanks for the guest post. There are some things we could use and need here at school, but t...
http://everydayemstips.com/2-reasons-to-say-no-to-a-soda-machine/
Limmer Creative created this fun quiz.
Recent Amazon Reviews and Recommendations I posted a review of Mr. Wilson Makes It Home, a new book by Michael Morse. This is a great book from the author of Responding and Rescuing Providenc...
http://everydayemstips.com/book-reviews-recommendations-and-excerpts/
The Reading (Pa.) Eagle posted two stories recently about the FBI investigation into active shooter incidents and specifically incidents in Pennsylvania. Pa. emergency responders still learning ...
http://everydayemstips.com/active-shooter-analysis-and-lessons-from-nickel-mines/
I am presenting two sessions at the Arrowhead EMS Conference in Duluth, Minnesota on Friday, January 23, 2015. Below are the slide decks. Distraction is Deadly from Greg Friese Social Media Conce...
The team at EMS1, which I am honored to be a part, put together a great package of Year in Review articles and videos. My primary writing contribution was the retrospective and look ahead, Wh...
I took the Pediatric Education for Prehospital Professionals course in April. This quote struck with me then and continues to resonate with me. When discussing Children with Special Health Care N...
A couple of great deliveries to headquarters. Mr. Wilson Makes it Home Friend and EMT/FF Michael Morse has a new book, Mr. Wilson Makes it Home is now available for order from Amazon.com I am lo...
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 ...
http://everydayemstips.com/behind-the-scenes-ems1-article-about-presidio-ems/
2 months already since the Chicago Marathon. In that time I haven’t run 26.2 miles (or 3 hours) of running. But I have been running myself ragged (in a good way) with hockey and my new job as ...
http://everydayemstips.com/2014-chicago-marathon-finisher-certificate/
Opening weekend of gun deer season…the best weekend of the year…is drawing to a close. This year I continued a recent tradition of deer preservation with a dual strategy of 1) not seeing deer...
http://everydayemstips.com/deer-preservation-in-central-wisconsin/
Last week I presented two sessions at the ISFSI Fall Instructor Conference. Both groups were engaged and added lots of great information to the sessions. Fortunately I arrived plenty early to set...
http://everydayemstips.com/recap-of-isfsi-fall-conference-presentations/
Today I am presenting two talks to the International Society of Fire Science Instructors Fall Conference attendees at the Ohio Fire Academy. Below are the slides for those presentations. Learn mo...
http://everydayemstips.com/2014-isfsi-fall-conference-at-ohio-fire-academy-slides/
I missed EMS World Expo this year, but I feel like I am there by following the Twitter hashtag #EMSWorldExpo. Were you at EMS World? How have you shared your experience with those of us that were...
http://everydayemstips.com/ems-world-expo-social-stream-emsworldexpo/
These are the slides I intended to present this afternoon at EMS World Expo in Nashville. Unfortunately, a severe weather winter storm in Minneapolis led to a series of cancelled flights and I ...
http://everydayemstips.com/2014-ems-world-expo-slides-and-handouts/
On Episode 406 of the MedicCast I join Jamie Davis and Dave Konig to discuss the pending effort of the American College of Emergency Physicians to make EMS week a year-round awareness campaign. L...
http://everydayemstips.com/alternate-posting-location-celebrate-ems-week-year-round/
2014 Chicago Marathon Quick Recap: I swung for the fences at the 2014 Chicago Marathon. I came to the start line Sunday morning with perfect weather conditions for distance running, Boston qualif...
http://everydayemstips.com/race-recap-2014-chicago-marathon-chimarathon/
One of the lost pleasures of modern life is the “drop in” or “stopping by.” We feel compelled to call first (or text) to schedule a visit. When I ask, ”Is it a good time?” the reply t...
http://everydayemstips.com/book-review-drop-in-on-tom-h-with-michael-p/