During EMS Expo product innovator and paramedic Dan White joined us for several video segments, audio podcasts, and streaming podcasts to discuss new and innovative EMS products at EMS Expo.
Dan has written a great recap of the innovative EMS products that caught his attention at EMS Expo for EMS1.com. Many of the products Dan discusses were featured in our podcasts and videos.
Connect with Dan on Twitter: @paradan
MedicCast EMS podcast host Jamie Davis, the Podmedic interviewed paramedic filmmaker Ted Setla at the EMS Expo this week. Ted is the creator of an amazing documentary, “Level Zero” about the lives of a group of Alameda County, California EMS providers.
Jamie and Ted discussed the film and how the public may view this groundbreaking project for a limited time for free during the EMS Expo and online. Check out the interview about the Level Zero EMS documentary at the MedicCast site.
I am making final preparations for my two presentations at EMS Expo. During my presentation, Online Education Trends for Emergency Responders, I will dispel the myth of free for vendors, hospitals, and training providers to connect with EMS professionals. Sure free CE and free food is always welcome, but it does not build a tribe. Free does not build a long and collaborative connection. EMS professionals want to belong to a bigger movement, connect with other EMS professionals from near and far, interact directly with subject matter experts and EMS “celebrities,” and collaborate with one another to learn, solve problems, and improve the profession.
What do you think about the notion of free? Do you feel connected with the organizations and vendors that give you free food and free CE? Is my premise, connections and collaboration, more meaningful and useful than free?
Use a Google Alert to receive an email or add content to your RSS feed reader about the EMS Expo. Easy to do process is described in this screencast. You can use Google Alerts for monitoring your personal brand (your name), your agency name, your company’s products, or terms important to your business and or education.
Hi everybody! This is the last of my pre-expo videos. I leave early tomorrow morning and everything you see from me for the rest of the week will be coming directly from the EMS Expo itself.
One of the most frequent questions I’ve been getting lately is, “How do we connect with you all [ems podcasters] at the EMS Expo?”
Two ways -
First, check out the EMS Expo live podcast schedule I posted over at the MedicCast EMS podcast blog
Second, follow our Twitter feeds to find out where we are and what we are doing.
I put this short video together to tell you exactly how to connect up with Chris Montera, Greg Friese, and me – Jamie Davis, the Podmedic via twitter. Don’t forget you can get an “almost live” look at the EMS Expo right here at EMSExpoLive.com!
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I laid out a five step plan for successful and fulfilling EMS Expo attendance for EMTs and Paramedics in a series of two articles yesterday. You can check them out starting with the first EMS Expo plan article, here.
Today, as I pack up to leave, I am providing a brief video review here. Make sure you add me to your “people to catch up with” list. I want to meet every one of the MedicCast EMS podcast listeners who are attending the expo in Atlanta.
Can’t make it down there this year? Follow along with our “nearly live” video updates straight from the EMS Expo exhibit hall here at EMSExpoLive.com
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Follow us all day Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday as Greg Friese, Chris Montera, and I provide live coverage of the whole event while we podcast live from the stage at the EMS Expo.
I shot some preliminary videos before I leave for the EMS Expo. This video is a look at what stuff – gear and goodies for the EMS Expo Live podcasting event this coming week. I hope to meet up with each and every one of you there. Make sure you come up and say hi when you come by the stage or see me in the aisles.
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Make sure you come back and check out all of the other videos here throughout the week!
Jamie Davis, the Podmedic, host of the MedicCast podcast for EMTs and Paramedics
When a new expo rolls around I always start a list of people and things I want to see. Now only does this build my anticipation for the trip but it also helps to organize and prioritize my expo experience. If you haven’t done this in the past, you might want to use my simple five point checklist to make your EMS Expo experience more enjoyable.
Start with the three basic activities at the expo and you quickly discover the grade school definition of a noun. You remember so let’s all say it together -
“A noun is a person, place, or thing.”
We go to the expo to visit the nouns so let’s start the five steps there, with people, places and things we want to see and do. (check out part 2 of this article – prioritizing and scheduling your expo)
By far for me the various expos I attend have become more about building my network of friends and colleagues. There are some people I only see once a year or two at these events. It provides a chance to meet up face to face, find out what they’ve been doing and tell them about EMS in my region.
In one of their recent EMS Bootcamps, Greg Friese and Jim Hoffman talked about networking and its importance in creating opportunities for an individual and EMS service. I couldn’t agree more. Not only do I bring back valuable ideas and lessons learned from these friends but I build on the relationships that provide me options whether I’m looking for a new job or trying to fill one.
Most attendees start going to the expo for the continuing education and other informative sessions and speakers. They later learn to look forward to playing with new toys and meeting new and old friends but that’s another topic.
These special events and speakers remain the backbone of any expo. If the speakers and session topics aren’t interesting or provide value to your service, company or career you will not attend. This is a great opportunity to expand your horizons, try on new ideas and see what is working (or not working) in research and in the field.
There are often ride along opportunities in local EMS services, trauma center and specialty hospital tours, and keynotes by entertaining and informative leaders in our field. Use this resource and select topics that stretch you!
Our bosses send us for the learning events, we love to meet up with friends, but for many of us it’s all about the toys. My wife still marvels at the way I drool over a new nebulizer device or backboard pad (check the links for recent Best of Show picks). Face it folks, we all love the way new technology is making our lives easier.
Five years ago, I and about 15 other attendees stood around booth in Philadelphia and watched a doc intubate himself using one of the first video laryngoscopes made for use in the field. All around were booths with high dollar displays, expensive swag give-aways, and nice looking assistants, but we were enthralled by a guy with a card table, a TV from his garage and a sign he got done at Kinkos. You won’t see that at home, folks.
These are the first three steps – check out EMS Expo planning steps four and five here)
Can’t make it this year? My friend, you are in luck! We are going to be video taping interviews, product reviews, and live podcast sessions all three days of the expo and posting them within a few hours right here at EMSExpoLive.com.
You can get live updates in a couple of ways.
Follow any of the EMS Expo Live crew on Twitter – we’ll all be updating our feeds throughout the day and letting our tweets know when our videos are posted. Just search for the hashtag #EMSExpo in twitter.
Become a Fan of our Podcast Facebook pages – video updates will show up there, too.
Follow our podcast blogs for individual and group updates at least once a day!
Check out EMS Expo Live video pages here frequently for the most recent videos and to watch your favorites.
Interact with me before, during, and after my presentation on Trends in Online Education at EMS Expo.
