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New Screen Cast Tool from Articulate

Greg Friese — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:17:32 +0000

Articulate has just released a new screen casting tool, Screenr. This is my first screen cast:

Making the screen cast was simple. I just started the application, selected the screen area to record, pressed record and went to work. After recording the screen cast can be:
1) Posted as a link from a Twitter post.
2) Uploaded to YoutTube.
3) Downloaded as an MP4 that I can insert into an Articulate Presenter movie or Articulate Engage Interaction
4) Embedded into a blog post.

If you are not making screen casts for training and elearning because it is too complex you need to try ScreenR from Articulate. It is Easy Button Easy.

Need a Screen Cast of a PowerPoint or other elearning production task? Let me know and I will make one.

Demo Video of NAEMT Emergency Pediatric Care Course

Greg Friese — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:00:57 +0000

View a flash video demo of NAEMT EPC online course.

Play NAEMT Online Education Video Demo

The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) partnered with CentreLearn Solutions LLC and EPS411.com to convert the didactic content for the Emergency Pediatric Care for online delivery. EPS411 worked with EPC subject matter experts to adapt existing content, write a lesson script for professional voice talent, graphic and slide design, and convert static content to interactive Flash learning objects. EPS team members also staged and shot many of the photos of pediatric assessment and treatment used in the 10 lesson series.

To find out more about how to convert your emergency responder classroom content for online delivery that is effective and efficient contact EPS. For questions about how the content was produced ask in the comments area.

Twelve NEW Firefighter Courses at CentreLearn – June 2009

Greg Friese — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:01:43 +0000

Emergency Preparedness Systems LLC provides slide development and design of interactive Flash learning objects for the firefighter continuing educations lessons that are available to CentreLearn users. EPS services include slide design, photo formatting, and creation of Articulate Engage Interactions.

Would you like EPS to perform similar services for your elearning project? Contact us for a free needs assessment and creation of a demo lesson of how we can improve your existing content.

On June 25, 2009 CentreLearn announced the availability of twelve new firefighter lessons.

F323 Protection of Evidence of Fire Cause and Origin
1. Describe firefighter’s role of protecting evidence at scene of a fire
2. Explain how to preserve evidence during suppression and overhaul
3. Discuss how to transfer scene to fire investigator

F325 Leading Groups
1. The role of a leader
2. The characteristics and dynamics of group interaction
3. Effectively leading a group versus managing a group

F327 Respiratory Protection
1. Describe types of respiratory protection and maintenance of protection
2. Discuss various environments that respiratory protection should be worn
3. Explain proper method to fit test personnel for respiratory protection

F328 Combustible & Flammable Liquids
1. Define physical properties of combustible and flammable liquids
2. Distinguish between combustible and flammable liquids
3. Explore proper mitigation procedures for combustible and flammable liquids

F329 Ethics
1. Explain and define ethics
2. Discuss the importance of ethics on incident scenes
3. Discuss the importance of ethics in the fire station

F330 Automatic Suppression Systems
1. Describe the various automatic suppression systems
2. Discuss how to handle the activation of a suppression system
3. Describe how to troubleshoot a suppression system

F331 Airbags
1. Cover the hazards associated with working around airbags in vehicle emergencies
2. Describe how to deactivate airbags
3. Describe the proper procedures for working around airbags on the scene of vehicle emergencies

F332 Fire Behavior
1. Key points of determining fire behavior
2. How fire behavior influences firefighter safety
3. How fire behavior affects the efforts of fire suppression

F333 Driving Safety
1. Describe the appropriate and safe response to emergencies
2. Discuss the importance of wearing restraint devices in emergency apparatus
3. Discuss how to reduce the number of emergency accidents

F334 Fire Investigation
1. Describe role of firefighter and company officer in fire investigation
2. Describe role of fire investigator
3. Explain fire investigation process

F335 Hoses & Fire Streams
1. Overview of fire streams
2. Overview of fireground hose lays
3. Overview of water delivery equipment maintenance

F336 Team Building
1. Describe various settings in which teams are effective
2. Discuss ways to build your team
3. Describe barriers to team function and ways to overcome them

CentreLearn offers full service internet training and distribution solutions to EMS and fire departments of all sizes. Organizational members have unlimited access to all the ALS and BLS CE lessons, Safety lessons, and fire lessons, ability to customize content production, and the ability to track user progress. Individual user accounts feature access to online discussion boards, document storage, and testing and feedback tools. To learn more visit www.centrelearn.com or call 877-435-9309.

6 Ways to Use Twitter for Patient Notification

Greg Friese — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:00:57 +0000

@Aurora_Health asked this question to his Twitter followers, “How can twitter be used for patient notifications?”

Twitter is a microblogging tool. You can view the updates of the people and organization your follow in a time line. Tweets, the 140 character messages, can take many forms – announcements, reminders, links, resources, questions.

Some of the ideas I have for using twitter for patient notification and patient monitoring include:

daily blood sugar check for diabetic patients
daily blood pressure check for hypertension patients
daily weight check for congestive heart failure patients
remind cardiac rehab patients to do simple strength and cardio exercises
remind any type of patients to take medications
remind any type of patients to eat well and exercise

A healthcare provider could follow a patient’s daily data by using protected updates. A software programmer could probably use the Twitter API to create a patient log based on tweet content and hashtags.

Reminding and helping patients control their chronic health problems can reduce the need for non-emergent and emergent medical transport. Help me build this list by adding your ideas for using Twitter for patient notification in the comments area.

New Firefighter Courses at CentreLearn

Greg Friese — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:50:20 +0000

Emergency Preparedness Systems provides graphic design services for the firefighter lessons that are available to CentreLearn users. Those services include slide design, photo formatting, and creation of Articulate Engage Interactions.

Today CentreLearn announced the availability of three new firefighter lessons.

F321 Firefighter Safety and Health
1. Discuss importance of safety and health and emphasize safe practices
2. Suggest ways to avoid disease and injury by maintaining a healthy lifestyle
3. Discuss departmental safety programs

F322 Company Officer Legal Responsibilities & Liabilities
1. Describe legal responsibilities of company officer
2. Describe various situations that could lead to a liability issue
3. Explain how to avoid liability situations as a company officer

F324 Ground Ladders
1. Ways ground ladders are used
2. Proper handling and placement of ground ladders
3. Ground ladder inspection, maintenance, and testing

EPS411.com creates online education programs for emergency responders. Contact us to discuss your e-learning needs.

Safe Schools Week

Greg Friese — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:14:45 +0000

Safe Schools Week begins on October 19. The one week period encourages schools to collaborate with community emergency response organizations to implement activities, educational programs, and initiatives to celebrate and improve school safety.

About two weeks ago I received an email from the Wisconsin School Crisis Committee announcing Safe Schools week. The email had several attachments that included a proclamation from the Governor, a poster, project ideas, and funding resources.

I used an Articulate Engage Interaction to organize the materials. The Tabs interaction was published for the web and uploaded to EPS411.com. Below is a screen shot that is hyperlinked to the interaction. An interaction like this could be a stand alone content item to organize related information or it could be integrated into an online education lesson. We have used Tab interactions for multiple choice questions, pharmacology review cards, and illness symptoms.

Smallpox Eradication Timeline

Greg Friese — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:44:58 +0000

Follow this link to view a time line on the eradication of smallpox was created for a RapidCE.com lesson on smallpox using Articulate Engage and Articulate Presenter. The interactive Flash time line includes audio, images, and user directed navigation.

AED Troubleshooting

Greg Friese — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:32:56 +0000

Follow this link to view a Flash interactive element about AED trouble shooting that was created with Articulate Engage. Many of EPS lessons contain one or more Articulate Engage Interactions which allow users to interact with the content, choose the information they want to view, and easily return to related information.