Quick Thoughts from the Zoll Summit2011
Great talk on Risk Management by Gordon Graham to start the day yesterday at the Zoll #Summit2011: “Predictable is preventable”- always strive to do better was his primary mantra. Lots more of his...
View ArticleQuick Thoughts from the Esri UC 2011
The Esri User Conference in San Diego each summer is the largest GIS event of the year and there was certainly no disappointment this week as the biggest crowd ever gathered for the first day plenary...
View ArticleQuick Thoughts from Pinnacle EMS 2011
Good crowd this year of nearly 400 EMS leaders from around the country to share best practices on EMS leadership and performance. Unfortunately, I arrived a little late yesterday but still managed to...
View ArticleQuick Thoughts from TriCON 2011
I apologize that these “quick thoughts” are actually being posted after this conference has ended, but I will blame the fact that the TriTech organizers, namely Jenny Clavero, kept us busy the entire...
View ArticleA Country EMS in The Big City
Last night I was fortunate enough to have been given the opportunity by Baltimore City FD to ride-along with one of their EMS crews as part of the EMS Today 2012 conference. My desire was to learn...
View ArticleQuick Thoughts from the EMS Today 2012 Conference
This was my first time at the EMS Today conference produced by JEMS and I have certainly not been disappointed by the promise of quality education, networking, and new products. The ride-along with...
View ArticleQuick Thoughts from the Esri EPC/DevSummit 2012
The importance of the intersection of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology and Public Safety may not seem very obvious to some at first glance, but GIS has a lot to offer beyond just mapping...
View ArticleQuick Thoughts from Pinnacle EMS 2012
Last year one of the Pinnacle attendees was quoted to say it was ”the most innovative and thought-provoking event of the year.” This year I will have to admit that this truly has been one of the best...
View ArticleQuick thoughts from TriCON 2012
The theme for the TriCON 2012 conference in San Diego was “Breaking Barriers” and that is certainly what TriTech presented during the plenary yesterday regarding their next generation dispatch system...
View ArticleQuick Thoughts from NENA 2013
Perhaps this post would be more aptly entitled “Delayed Thoughts” rather than my traditional “Quick Thoughts” title as the NENA conference I am reviewing ended a week ago. To make matters worse, my...
View ArticleInfluencing Paramedics on Twitter
I like lists. They are typically neat and definitive. I am sure that my friend @ChecklistMedic would agree that they also help bring order to the chaos that often defines our work in the field. For...
View ArticleWhat Twitter, and These EMS Influencers, Mean to Me
The thing I love most about conferences is the unexpected things I learn. Like everyone else, I attend certain sessions on topics I need to know more about, but in-between these official talks there...
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Impressions of the Ferno iN/X
I’m sure that the interested audience for the new Ferno iN/X “power stretcher” was smaller at FDIC 2014 than it would have been if it were released in time for the EMS Today conference earlier this...
View ArticleQuick Thoughts from EMS World Expo 2014
I love Nashville, so one of the highlights from my trip to EMS World Expo was eating at Jack’s BBQ on Broadway, but there was also plenty more to be excited about at the actual show held in the Music...
View ArticleFore Thoughts of EMS Today 2015
For the last few years I have written my initial impressions of conferences in blog posts shortly after, or sometimes even during, a conference. The post “Quick Thoughts from the EMS Today 2012...
View ArticleEMS Today 2015 Makes Winners
The reason I choose to attend any conference is to improve myself, my knowledge, or my skills in some way. As an EMS professional, I have many choices in conferences to attend, but the single best...
View ArticleHigh Speed Education Where Eagles Gather
Dallas is the place to gather today and tomorrow if you are like me and actually enjoy the most current thinking on pre-hospital medical practice coming at you like a fire hose from the very “eagles”...
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On the Shoulders of Giants
As we go about our routine business each shift, it can be easy to forget that we are involved in a field of healthcare that is still relatively young. Our history as a unique discipline has only...
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Black Friday Sales for EMS
You never hear a paramedic yell “yeah, its a holiday weekend!” Holidays simply don’t have the same meaning to the people who work in EMS than they do to the rest of humanity. But, hey, we are human...
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EMSToday Earlybird Winner
Planning ahead pays off. At least it did for Christopher Clarkin of OMFD! He didn’t win the billion dollar lottery, but having a brand new iPad Mini for the EMS Today conference in Baltimore later next...
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