Engaging millennials is about more than simply welcoming a new generation to the workplace; it’s about accepting a seismic shift in how we view careers, technology and innovation
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Monthly Archives: March 2017
How to train fire, EMS leaders to slay wicked problems
Personnel are often wrongly taught to use decision-making processes for tame and critical problems on the more complex wicked problems
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Police: NY man stabbed during group fight
Police have not made any arrests; an investigation is ongoing
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How I found a way out and back to what I love as a paramedic
The problem wasn’t being a paramedic, but how I was handling the job and the stress that came with it
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Re-inventing EMS with a BLS intercept
EMS doesn’t have an actual paramedic shortage; instead, EMS has a shortage of paramedics willing to work for low wages in terrible working conditions
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Heroin, prescription drug overdose deaths spike in Vt.
Last year, 104 people died from prescription drug overdoses, up from 66 in 2015
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Smoky air from wildfire in Okla. sends 8 to hospital
Critical fire conditions will persist, but winds fanning the flames are expected to ease up
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Bill to add responders to hate crimes law sent to Ky. governor
The measure would make police officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel a protected class under the hate crimes law
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Severe weather, tornadoes hit Midwest; at least 12 hurt
Officials said it was “rather amazing” there were no serious injuries or deaths based on the extent of the damage
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Boston Medical Center receives $25M to help combat opioid epidemic
The donation will help establish the Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine
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