Tag Archives: Teaching

A RescueDigest Extrication Training Opportunity! A RescueDigest affiliate, the Southeastern Extrication School is a non-profit organization comprised of six volunteers committed to furthering the response capabilities of local emergency responders to motor vehicle collisions and other types of entrapments.  Their efforts include purchasing specialty equipment not commonly available for emergency use, providing local departments and industry training, and furthering our ...

See on Scoop.it – Emergency Services “20 years from now you will be disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the one’s you did.   So throw off the bowlines.   Sail away from the safe harbor.   Catch the trade winds in your sails.   Explore. Dream. Discover.” -Mark Twain See on www.christinemheine.com

Wait, Isn’t it supposed to be the other way around with doors? Over the past three years I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to try my hand at writing (articles and textbooks), research (American Heart and Stroke Associations) and presenting (Lectures and Workshops). These are all things that, as was true about my introduction to emergency services in the late ...

Five Questions (and YOUR Answers) for anyone interested in Life Safety Education   1)    For readers involved in community’s emergency/disaster planning, do you include individuals providing Life Safety Education in the planning phases? Why, or why not? 2)    Who provides Life Safety Education in your community? 3)    Do you provide details to your Life Safety Educators so that they can ...

Many people ask about how to approach their first time presenting. Here’s a great interactive guide to help you make sure that you’re stepping off on the right foot! See on Scoop.it – Emergency Services Use this Presentation Skills Guidebook – Beginner’s edition as your handy checklist to refer to in the days leading up to your presentation. See on ...

Since 2009 Greg Friese has been providing great emergency services news, tips, tricks and insights with a focus on EMS, health and education.

See on Scoop.it – Emergency Services Mindmapping is a very serious and well researched subject, or art … or something . See on visual.ly

  As Educators Must We Still Seek Learning When It Becomes Difficult? The other day I StumbledUpon an article explaining the different laws of physics that work to keep airplanes, well, in the air and how what I thought I knew about aerodynamics was wrong. Having gone to engineering school at one time, I was intrigued.

All of the Conference, None of the Travel! The EMS Web Summit Education Conference  is the premier live online educational event for EMS professionals. This May 17th, 2012  join up to 3000 of your EMS peers as they take part in this one of a kind event, hear from expert EMS educators and personalities. Get unique insights, tips, tricks and ...

Firefighters Problem:  Embracing the age old joke, embracing who we are as firefighters, and maybe embracing the damn cat, too.   Back in November I remember slugging into a couch to watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade with my son. My favorite three year old was fascinated and loved watching the balloons and floats come down the road.  (Mostly because he ...