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Syndication

Hear the exact questions paramedic Rod Witkos, 21-year veteran was asked at his two air ambulance interviews.  Find out how to handle a panel style interview and how to prepare for and answer difficult interview questions.  The secrets to succeeding in a flight interview will surpirse you.

Direct download: Rod_Witkos_Flight_Paramedic_Interview_Tips.mp3
Category:Flight Crew -- posted at: 12:50pm EDT
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Smart flight crews know dispatch and flight communications specialists are their best friends.  Nothing goes well without effective communications.  Listen to our interview with Sean Walsh, Emergency Dispatcher in Northern New Jersey.  He tells about a 'typical day,' how he got started and what is required to compete for dispatcher positions.

Direct download: Emergency_Dispatcher_Sean_Walsh.mp3
Category:Dispatch -- posted at: 11:48pm EDT
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Part II of our interview with Guru Flight Nurse Missy Gann.  If you're serious about a flight nursing career, do not miss this interview!  Missy tells the exact steps she took to begin her nursing and flight nursing careers.  She also explains exactly what it takes to succeed as a flight nurse in today's fast-paced and fast-changing air medical world.

Direct download: Interview_with_Flight_Nurse_Missy_Gann_Part_2.mp3
Category:Career -- posted at: 12:27pm EDT
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If your Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agency is like most EMS agencies, it does great work. Its whole purpose is to help people. So why is it so hard to get the word out about what you do? People need help.  You want to help them. What’s the problem? In a word, information overload (okay, [...]
Category:Blog -- posted at: 12:06pm EDT
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Guru flight nurse Missy Gann shares her path to a flight nursing career.  Her journey includes 13 years Intensive Care Unit (ICU) experience, Emergency Department experience and 22 years (and counting) as a professional flight nurse.  If you're looking for the straight scoop on what it takes to succeed as a flight nurse, you'll absolutely want to catch this episode.

Direct download: Interview_with_Flight_Nurse_Missy_Gann.mp3
Category:Career -- posted at: 12:23pm EDT
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Listen to our interview with Jill Stull, flight nurse and outreach coordinator for Conemaugh Medstar, an air medical helicopter service supporting Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, PA.  Follow her career path into nursing and flight nursing as well as her duties as an outreach coordinator for an air medical program.  If you're intrested in a flight nursing career, you will absolutely want to listen to this podcast.

Direct download: Jill_Stull_-_Flight_Nurse_-_Outreach_Coordinator_-_Conemaugh_Medstar.mp3
Category:Career -- posted at: 10:34am EDT
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We never get tired of saying it . . . The best part of Flight Safety Network is the people. People are what matters. People are the ‘net’ that will catch us and keep us from becoming the next air medical statistics. People make all the difference. Every now and then, we get to meet [...]
Category:Blog -- posted at: 1:55pm EDT
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A heart to heart discussion with Krista Haugen from Survivor's Network for Air & Surface Medical Transport.  Learn the reasons she started a flight nursing career; as well as the triumphs and challenges that led to the creation of Survivor's Network.

Direct download: Survivors_Network_Co-founder_Interview_-_Krista_Haugen.mp3
Category:Career -- posted at: 11:52am EDT
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Earn Your Flight Crew Wings audio from EMS Web Summit 2012.  Learn the steps to launching your career as professional air medical flight crew.  

Direct download: EMS_Web_Summit_2012_Flight_Safety_Network_Presentation.mp3
Category:Flight Crew -- posted at: 1:53pm EDT
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Welcome to our interview with Mary Ann Melville of Air Medical Memorial.   Get the inside scoop on the Fallen Angels Charity Golf Tournament 2012. It sounds like an awesome event. Click below for all the details.
Direct download: Fallen_Angels_Charity_Golf_2012_Air_Medical_Memorial.mp3
Category:Blog -- posted at: 10:00pm EDT
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