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		<title>Takin it to the streets</title>
		<link>http://hotlightsandcoldsteel.com/2012/05/28/takin-it-to-the-streets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 17:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll begin by apologizing for it being so long between posts, you have certainly been neglected, but not forgotten. As it often does, life in general has gotten to be more than a little crazy the last few months. There have been more occasions than I can count that I have said &#8220;I need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I just thought I was busy before&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://hotlightsandcoldsteel.com/2012/04/08/i-just-thought-i-was-busy-before/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hotlightsandcoldsteel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://emsblogs.com/hotlightsandcoldsteel/?p=474</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll start by apologizing for it being so long since my last post&#8230; It&#8217;s incredible how fast the time flies by. At the beginning of school the information came quickly, but was manageable &#8211; I had figured out ways to effectively manage my time between studying, work and wee ones &#8211; For a week or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Little Latin Generals (Cardiology and Politics)</title>
		<link>http://hotlightsandcoldsteel.com/2012/02/17/little-latin-generals-cardiology-and-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hotlightsandcoldsteel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cardiology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://emsblogs.com/hotlightsandcoldsteel/?p=470</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I suppose most paramedic students experience some sort of frustration when they are going through Cardiology and trying to integrate what they are learning to recognize on the strip into the ACLS algorhythm and at the same time figure out how to implement their newly found knowledge into ever increasing treatments and interventions they have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rites of Passage</title>
		<link>http://hotlightsandcoldsteel.com/2012/02/15/rites-of-passage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hotlightsandcoldsteel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cardiology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://emsblogs.com/hotlightsandcoldsteel/?p=455</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ask any prospective paramedic student what they worry about trying to learn and you will likely get an answer that contains at least one of these words: Cardiology or Pharmacology. For some students &#8211; myself included the answer contained them both. Adding to my level of anxiety is the fact that the program I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assessment tools&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://hotlightsandcoldsteel.com/2012/01/19/assessment-tools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hotlightsandcoldsteel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://emsblogs.com/hotlightsandcoldsteel/?p=451</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been trying to figure out how to explain this concept for the better part of a week now, and I&#8217;m still not sure I will do a great job without some sort of visual reference &#8211; but I&#8217;ll give it a go. One of the things my preceptors have been stressing during my rides [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Machines that go bing</title>
		<link>http://hotlightsandcoldsteel.com/2012/01/16/machines-that-go-bing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hotlightsandcoldsteel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://emsblogs.com/hotlightsandcoldsteel/?p=442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During a recent class I had one of my &#8220;illusions of being a paramedic&#8221; shattered it was illuminating for me and bears repeating. I&#8217;ve heard many of my partners say treat the patient not the (insert machine that goes bing here). I guess while I heard it I never really understood what they meant, until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Any Surprise? Do you agree?</title>
		<link>http://hotlightsandcoldsteel.com/2012/01/12/any-surprise-do-you-agree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hotlightsandcoldsteel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://emsblogs.com/hotlightsandcoldsteel/?p=438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, CareerCast published a list of the 10 worst jobs in America in 2011 and low and behold coming in at number 6 &#8211; EMT. &#8220;On the other hand, jobs like EMT have considerably better hiring prospects, but rank among the 10 worst jobs of 2011 due to harsh working conditions, high stress and inexcusably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Curse of the Krokodil</title>
		<link>http://hotlightsandcoldsteel.com/2012/01/09/curse-of-the-krokodil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hotlightsandcoldsteel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Illicit drugs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://emsblogs.com/hotlightsandcoldsteel/?p=428</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[* Warning &#8211; imbedded videos are extremely graphic* After writing this post, I seriously debated publishing it or scrapping it, it wasn&#8217;t until I was reminded that there are some very large communities of Russian immigrants out there, and those of us the serve those areas may have some type of exposure to the effects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defining Moments</title>
		<link>http://hotlightsandcoldsteel.com/2012/01/05/defining-moments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hotlightsandcoldsteel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://emsblogs.com/hotlightsandcoldsteel/?p=422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In talking to some of my fellow students and a couple of the instructors, it seems that the students who do the best in Paramedic school all share one common trait &#8211; they had a single moment when they knew it was time for paramedic school. Dictionary.com defines epiphany as &#8220;a sudden, intuitive perception of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking of Beginnings&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://hotlightsandcoldsteel.com/2012/01/03/speaking-of-beginnings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hotlightsandcoldsteel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://emsblogs.com/hotlightsandcoldsteel/?p=417</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The stories of how people end up in EMS are always fascinating to me&#8230; So while everyone is talking about beginnings, I thought I would share my story&#8230; A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away &#8211; Wait that&#8217;s another story I guess it was 1988, 89 something like that &#8211; I was [...]]]></description>
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