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FireCritic’s Fire/EMS Blog of the Year 2009 Contest
2 Comments · Posted by admin in EMT paramedic
Congratulations, your blog has been nominated by one of your readers in The Fire/EMS Blog of the Year 2009 Contest (#FCBLOG09 on Twitter)!
Thanks, Mom. Thank you to anyone else who may have nominated me, but my mother has had to put up with me for almost half a century, so she definitely gets mentioned first. I am flattered.
I went over to see who has been nominated and I like a lot of the blogs. There are some I would add (my sidebar includes a lot of blogs I would nominate), but nominations are closed. That saves me from having to decide.
Of the nominees, which blogs made it to the final 10 (in alphabetical order if you eliminate the word The)?
The nominees that did not make the cut to the final 10 were (I’m so giddy, I feel as if I should be wearing a skimpy dress, or something):
The Insomniac’s Guide to Ambulances
To Old To Work, To Old to Retire
A Day in the life of an Ambulance Driver
And my blog was in there, but you already appear to know how to get here.
I was surprised that Paramedicine 101 was not nominated. While I am one of the contributors to Paramedicine 101 and a bit biased on the topic, I think that it is an excellent EMS blog. I contribute to it because I think Paramedicine 101 is excellent.
You may review the complete details on the contest and rules here, with a link to the voting page.
I am going to assume that FireCritic recused himself from this, since he is the host of the contest. From what I have read of his blog (for example – Top Ten Qualities of a Great Fire Officer), that is exactly what I would expect.
I was all set to nominate/vote for Prehospital 12 Lead ECG. Tom B. writes about one area of EMS that we do not understand well enough. He explains himself clearly. If there is one blog that addresses resuscitation and the related skills and science, this is it. On Prehospital 12 Lead ECG you will find clear ECGs, single lead, various multiple lead arrangements, 12 lead, and even more-than-12 lead ECGs. Rather than overwhelming readers with bells, whistles, and complexity, Tom B. explains things clearly.
You can ask questions and receive clear answers, not The textbook says . . . – unless he also follows it up with an explanation of what is right (or wrong, or both) about what might be written in a cardiology textbook.
Too many people are intimidated by cardiology. Prehospital 12 Lead ECG makes it much easier to understand.
I think that EMS 12 lead interpretation will be something that becomes much more important in EMS over the next decade.
In answer to the question, Is this going to be on the test?
Yes.
It is going to be on the only test that matters – patient outcome.
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Shaggy · March 4, 2010 at 1:20 pm
If Paramedic 101 and Prehospital 12 Lead EKG were not mentioned, then I am suspect of the credibility of the whole award. Anyway, I really don't let those awards guide me anyway. But congrats, regardless.
Tom B · March 4, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Thanks, RM! This is even better than being nominated for Fire/EMS blog of the Year!
Tom