Here are some blog posts from EMS Bloggers last week that I found offering holiday tips, a call to disaster empowerment, and ambient stupidity continuing to run wild in regards to HIPAA…

• Steve Kanarian offered some tips for EMS Providers stuck working on holidays. I would have to add my own tip that violating uniform policy to wear festive headgear is worth the disciplinary… at least for me.
• John Solomon has a video from San Francisco Fire Department Lieutenant Erica Arteseros describing why citizens need to be involved in their community. It is in one word… empowering.
• Dave Statter has a video of a firefighter making false claims about an activist photographer violating HIPAA. The video is really only the tip of that iceberg, because the real ignorance shows in the comments of that post. So much so in fact, I’m going to probably write a post about it later this week because I am sick and tired of this ambient stupidity running wild in the ranks

And finally…

• Internet reknowned podcaster Buck Feris put his fingers to the keyboard for a powerful diatribe on racism in EMS. It’s funny how the entire EMS Industry has galvanized themselves against NBC’s Trauma, and yet during last week’s episode there was a scene where Captain Versed told a rookie, “We triage and treat based on condition, not on morals!” Maybe NBC’s Trauma can actually teach us something…

Have a safe week out there…