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- EMS EXPO & NAEMT Annual Meeting
Georgia World Congress Center, Atla...
Monday, October 26 at 8:00am - EMS at Firehouse Expo 2009
Baltimore Convention Center
Tuesday, July 21 at 8:00am - EMS at Firehouse World
San Diego, California
Sunday, February 15 at 8:00am
EMSResponder.com "For the seasoned doctors and nurses at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, caring for wounded soldiers is something they knew all too well. They did it every day during combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. But few were prepared for the grim and chaotic scene that began unfolding early Thursday afternoon as ambulance after ambulance began ferrying gunshot victims to the hospital emergency room."
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Chronicles of EMS is a new reality series that will take a look at how social media and the EMS industry are coming together to provide both real- time communication.
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TODAY'S SAFETY TIP: When conducting a post-incident debriefing, ask the members if they had any safety concerns. Encourage an open discussion and allow everyone to express their thoughts. Use this information to improve your team’s state of readiness.
--John E. DiBacco, Fire Captain, City of Norfolk (VA) Department of Fire-Rescue
EMSResponder.com With so much bad news in the EMS world lately--H1N1, potential negative impacts of healthcare reform, the eternal tightening of the budgetary screws--there were some good tidings announced at the national EMS Town Hall Meeting held at the EMS EXPO in Atlanta, GA, this past October that should buoy the spirits of ambulance industry proponents as the year comes to a close.
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TODAY'S TOP SAFETY TIP: While we always wear our PPE when appropriate, I still like to ask why a patient is taking antibiotics. Whether the infection is respiratory, urogenital, wound/skin, EENT or other, I like to know what I'm dealing with, and may want to require protection for other members of the crew, such as pil...ots or law enforcement, who normally don't wear PPE. --Cindy Tait, President, Center for Healthcare EducationRead More
F Dorsey Can anyone explain a quick method to drug calculations and dosage? It's getting hard to keep my 95% average in Paramedic class.
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British medics in Afghanistan are seeing more major trauma cases every day than all the UK hospitals put together.
EMSResponder.com Don't miss Part 3 of our ongoing series on field instruction. This month, author Chris Hendricks reviews the essential components of an effective field instructor program.
EMSResponder.com EMS SAFETY TIPS: Be vigilant against tunnel vision. Everyone operating on a scene should maintain situational awareness. Evaluate the surroundings and make others alert to potential conflicts. --John E. DiBacco, Fire Captain, City of Norfolk (VA) Department of Fire-Rescue
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Responders have revived legislation that will permit notification of personnel exposed to HIV or other serious illnesses.
EMSResponder.com "Just like physical health, professional success, or spiritual enrichment, staying inspired by your work doesn't happen by accident. Inspiration is a conscious decision. It takes work, it takes time, and it takes a willingness to put aside skepticism," says Rich Bluni, RN. Check out the four ways healthcare professionals can rediscover inspiration in this compelling editorial.
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Four ways healthcare professionals can rediscover inspiration
EMSResponder.com TOP MANAGEMENT TIP: Listen to the EMS Leadership podcast – regular conversation about leadership and management issues from industry leaders.
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This week we start a series on Six Sigma and how you can incorporate it into an EMS agency of any size and how it will help you in the long run.
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Tourniquets are getting a new look as research indicates that "They aren't as bad as we were all taught," according to Jeff Myers, Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at SUNY, Buffalo, in a presentation at EMS Expo/Firehouse Central/Enforcement Expo in Atlanta, Ga.
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Muskogee County Emergency Medical Service seeks to help older Muskogee residents avoid such hazards.
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EMS Expo, Firehouse Central and Enforcement Expo Southeast opened together Wednesday in Atlanta, Ga., combining forces to create the most comprehensive public safety event in the industry
