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#NRAAM2019 Product Spotlight: Girsan 1911
Over the years, EAA has developed a reputation for importing surprisingly decent guns, such as the EAA Witness, and Tanfoglio pistols.Saw this one in the exhibit hall, and I am intrigued. May be doing a T&E and full writeup on this one soon. (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - April 27, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: 2nd Amendment Gun Pr0n NRA Annual Meeting Source Type: blogs

#NRAAM2019 Product Spotlight: EAA Gun Safe
Nifty gun storage solution from EAA, the importers of Tanfoglio pistols. (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - April 27, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: 2nd Amendment NRA Annual Meeting Product Reviews Source Type: blogs

#NRAAM2019 : Themes
Seems like every year you go to one of these, there seems to be a theme to the exhibits. There was the Year of the AR15, the Year of the 1911, the Year of the Precision Bolt Action Rifle…… and frankly, they’re so damned ubiquitous now that it bores me to write about them. I’m ... (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - April 26, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: 2nd Amendment NRA Annual Meeting Shooting Source Type: blogs

#NRAAM2019 Product Spotlight
This appeals powerfully to the lazy in me. (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - April 26, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: 2nd Amendment NRA Annual Meeting Product Reviews #NRAAM2019 Source Type: blogs

AAR: “ You ’ re the First Responder, Whether You Know It or Not! ”
One rapidly growing trend in the firearms and self-defense industry is an increased focus on first aid and medical care, to the point that the IFAK nightstand pocket dump photo is becoming as ubiquitous as the EDC pocket dump. Alongside John Q. Instagram Influencer’s photo of his personal gat and knife, is usually a micro ... (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - April 26, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: EMS Advocacy NRA Annual Meeting Product Reviews #NRAAM2019 Source Type: blogs

#NRAAM2019, Day 1
Today opened the 2019 NRA Annual Meeting. Estimates at attendance this year put the head count at somewhere around 70,000, which is a bit down from recent years. It has been rainy and dreary in Indianapolis, which may have thinned the crowd this morning. We’ve seen the usual contingent of protestors, as usually outnumbered by ... (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - April 26, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: 2nd Amendment NRA Annual Meeting Source Type: blogs

NRA Annual Meeting 2019 #NRAAM2019
The 2019 NRA Annual meeting begins tomorrow in Indianapolis. This morning I’ll be picking up my media credentials, and tomorrow opens the exhibit hall where I’ll be prowling for article fodder and guns and gear to T&E. Given the recent strife and financial woes of the NRA reported in the media, covering this year’s meeting ... (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - April 25, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: 2nd Amendment American Hunter NRA Annual Meeting Shooting Shooting Illustrated Uncategorized #NRAAM2019 Source Type: blogs

For You EMS Types …
…there’s a new episode of the Inside EMS podcast.           We’re interviewing Dr. James Woodson, CEO of Pulsara, about how to streamline and integrate communication and documentation between EMS, the ED and beyond.   (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - April 1, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: Emergency Communications EMS Topics Inside EMS Technology technology-communications-ems-topics Source Type: blogs

For You EMS Types …
“If there’s a place you want to go, I can get you there I know, I’m the map. If there’s a place you need to get, I can get you there I bet, I’m the map. I’m the map, I’m the map, I’m the MAP!” ~ Dora the Explorer   Read, enjoy, opine. (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - March 4, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: EMS Education EMS Wisdom The Ambulance Driver's Perspective Source Type: blogs

Fire Department EMS: Are They Becoming Antithetical Terms?
It’s no secret that I am not a fan of the fire department EMS model. I’ve written about it a number of times: Marriage Counseling Part I: The Dysfunctional Fire-EMS Relationship Marriage Counseling Part II: The Dysfunctional Fire-EMS Relationship Marriage Counseling Part III: Detente in the Fire-EMS Relationship A few weeks back, I posted an ... (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - January 2, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: Administration & Leadership EMS Education Source Type: blogs

Inside EMS Podcast: My Brother ’ s Keeper Edition
When does “what happens on the truck, stays on the truck” end, and reporting misconduct begin? That’s the topic we tackle on this week’s edition of Inside EMS. Read, share, comment, opine. (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - November 5, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: Chronic Empathy Deficiency EMT's Behaving Badly Inside EMS Podcasting Source Type: blogs

Trigger Time
No, I’m not talking about shooting in general, I’m talking about triggers. I’ve never been a particularly discerning judge about how good a particular firearm’s trigger is. I’m a wingshooter, and pulling a shotgun trigger is more an exercise of “See the bird, BANG!” than in exercising a smooth, consistent trigger pull, or appreciating how ... (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - October 24, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: Blogorado Gun Pr0n Shooting Source Type: blogs

On Volunteerism and Volunteers
I just returned from the EMS Council of New Jersey Symposium in Parsippany, NJ. The folks that put on the conference are the EMS Council of New Jersey, formerly known as the New Jersey State First Aid Council. Now, according to many of my colleagues in EMS advocacy, the EMS Council of New Jersey is ... (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - October 14, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: EMS Advocacy EMS Conferences Where's Ambulance Driver? Source Type: blogs

For You EMS Types …
… there’s a new column on EMS1. IAFC’s Human Dignity Statement is a Good Start, But Not Enough Read, share, opine. And above all, be nicer to each other. (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - August 10, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: EMS Wisdom Go Team Me! Sweet linky love The Ambulance Driver's Perspective Source Type: blogs

Inside EMS Podcast: Breaking Down the Paramedic-2 Trial
Is this the beginning of the end for routine administration of epinephrine in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?   That’s what co-host Chris Cebollero and I discuss in this week’s episode of Inside EMS.   (Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver)
Source: A Day In the Life of An Ambulance Driver - July 30, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: ambulancedriverfiles Tags: EMS dogma EMS Education EMS Research Inside EMS Podcasting Source Type: blogs