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Anyone who has been to a national EMS conference in the last few years has probably seen Rick Binder in the exhibit hall. If that name is not familiar, you may be more likely to remember his life...

https://hpems.wordpress.com/2019/08/01/better-lifting-for-better-care/

The EMS Today conference is always filled with interesting content both in the classrooms as well as the show floor. My live Twitter feed during the conference referenced highlights of the educ...

https://hpems.wordpress.com/2018/03/22/ems-today-2018-highlights/

One of the fastest ways to piss off almost anyone in the emergency medical services community is to call them an “ambulance driver.” It has become a triggered response as reliable as setting ...

https://hpems.wordpress.com/2018/03/08/are-you-an-ambulance-driver-too/

The “Leverage Real-Time Data for Improved Ambulance Response Times” article that Zoll posted on their blog site did a good job of explaining response times and even the benefits of System Sta...

https://hpems.wordpress.com/2017/10/04/more-reasons-to-support-dynamic-deployment/

It was my privilege to have been selected as the Official Blogger of the EMS Today conference for 2016. Like my predecessor, Tom Bouthillet at the EMS 12-Lead blog, I took that role very seriou...

https://hpems.wordpress.com/2016/02/29/ems-today-2016-review/

Of course “Black Lives Matter.” Just like white ones, red ones, blue ones, and every other color that we place as a ‘label’ on a life. All. Lives. Matter. But that isn’t the end of the ...

https://hpems.wordpress.com/2016/01/18/intolerance-is-not-a-black-and-white-issue/

A guest article by Caitlyn Armistead Clinicals are a critical component of EMS education. These dynamic educational environments can be complicated to manage in order to ensure a complete educati...

https://hpems.wordpress.com/2016/01/12/improving-ems-clinical-preceptorships/

Every EMS agency could use a little more political clout. After all, we deserve it. We actually save lives! “They” should just automatically recognize “our” value, right? Well, if you hav...

https://hpems.wordpress.com/2015/06/19/building-political-capital/

This post is from an invited guest blogger. Andrew Randazzo is the Director of Prime Medical Training and is a Nationally Registered Paramedic. Aside from teaching, Andrew’s faith and church p...

https://hpems.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/where-is-wearable-technology-heading/

One of my first really successful posts years ago was “A Short Take on Long Boards” where I found myself piling on the negatives regarding our habitual dependence on the Long Spine Board. I ...

https://hpems.wordpress.com/2015/04/08/in-support-of-backboards/