Monthly Archives: December 2011

A New Year and a New Start!

Posted on Sat, 31-Dec-2011 by Bruce Chew

As 2011 comes to a close I am excited to be advancing my blogging career! I began blogging earlier in the year (2011) and have really enjoyed the experience.  I learned a lot and received great input and encouragement from so many people. … Continue reading →

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EMS Social Media: Blogging

Posted on Thu, 29-Dec-2011 by Bruce Chew

Does your EMS Agency have a website? Most people will answer yes to the that question. However, I would be willing to bet that your agency website has become pretty static (non-changing). Once you list your department’s history, services, vehicles, … Continue reading →

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Carbon Monoxide – The Silent Killer

Posted on Tue, 20-Dec-2011 by Bruce Chew

Each year in America, carbon monoxide poisoning claims approximately 400 lives and sends another 20,000 people to hospital emergency rooms for treatment. What is carbon monoxide? Carbon monoxide (CO) is an odorless, colorless and toxic gas. Because it is impossible … Continue reading →

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EMS Social Media: Twitter

Posted on Tue, 20-Dec-2011 by Bruce Chew

To tweet or not to tweet? That should NOT be the question for an EMS Social Media program, the questions NEEDS to be – What to Tweet? Let’s begin with a simple overview of Twitter. Twitter was founded in 2006 … Continue reading →

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Bath Salts – An EMS Review

Posted on Fri, 16-Dec-2011 by Bruce Chew

Bath Salts contain an amphetamine-like chemical that always carry the risk of stroke, heart attack and sudden death! When I first heard about “Bath Salts” being used by some people to get high, I immediately though of my grandmother’s bath … Continue reading →

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Slide-Based Presentations: The Down Fall of EMS Education

Posted on Fri, 09-Dec-2011 by Bruce Chew

Slide-Based presentations (like Microsoft PowerPoint) hinder EMS instruction! Many EMS Instructors have developed a dependence on the use of canned-presentations to show the information rather than actually teaching the students. I has seen instructors asked to teach a portion of … Continue reading →

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Clean your bedroom!

Posted on Thu, 08-Dec-2011 by Bruce Chew

“Clean Your Bedroom” how many times have you said that to your children only to find that nothing has changed when you come to check on their progress? Before you get angry and just give in and clean the room … Continue reading →

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Changing the Paramedic Education Focus

Posted on Wed, 07-Dec-2011 by Bruce Chew

I believe that it is time to expand the focus of Paramedic Education on medical emergencies other than cardiac arrest, for years the core of Paramedic training has been cardiology with the Mega-Code as the top benchmark of success.  Times … Continue reading →

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