EMSWorld Essay Contest


Want a free trip to Las Vegas?

More importantly, do you want to meet Kelly and Ron and be on the show?

How about a chance to shadow the man who literally wrote the book on Paramedic Care, Dr Bryan Bledsoe, on a shift in the ER at a Level 1 trauma center in Las Vegas, and you know Vegas gets cases you won’t see anywhere else.

Now’s your chance.

The Topic

EMS and the Social Media Revolution: How has blogging, Twitter, Facebook and podcasting affected your EMS experience, and how do you see it shaping you in the future? As an EMT student or newbie, has social media changed the way you study or learn, or the way you approach your profession? Has social media been a positive influence, or a negative one?

Sponsor: EMSWorld


Give us your thoughts -  they may win you a trip to EMS World Expo in Las Vegas!

The Rules

1. Contest limited to newbies. Submission limited to EMT students or less than 2 years experience, verified by either their instructor or copy of card/certificate with original date of certification.

2. 400-600 words, double spaced, 1 inch margins, 12 pt font, MS Word or PDF format.

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Lodging provided by Cielo Azul Publishing


3. Submissions accepted from May 1 through midnight on June 1, submitted on the EMS Newbie website. (Submission page available starting May 1).

4. No names in your submissions. Do give the paper a title and put that in the actual document and the submission form.

Submit Your Essay

You can submit your essay here at the contest submission page.

The Prizes

1st Place: All expenses trip to EMS World Expo in Las Vegas. A 3-day conference registration and three show events (provided by EMS World), and a shift shadowing Dr Bryan Bledsoe at University Medical Center ED. Airfare supplied by Emergency Training Associates, and lodging supplied by Cielo Azul Publishing. The winner also gets a 1-year subscription to EMS World magazine, and appear on one of our live webcasts from the conference.

2nd Place: 1-year subscription to EMS World and fully stocked first responder BLS trauma bag.
A customized Confessions of an EMS Newbie case for your iPhone, or other smartphone.
A signed copy of En Route: A Paramedic’s Stories of Life, Death, and Everything in Between by Kelly Grayson.

Emergency Training Associates

Airfare Provided by Emergency Training Associates


3rd Place: 1-year subscription to EMS World and fully stocked first responder BLS trauma bag.

A signed copy of En Route: A Paramedic’s Stories of Life, Death, and Everything in Between by Kelly Grayson.

Stay tuned to the podcast and this page for additional information and new prizes.

The Fine Print: Detailed Rules of the Contest.

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  • Danny

    I’m not an EMT student (yet), but I’m taking an EMT class in the fall and am currently a (Wilderness) First Responder. I’m also a newbie with my college’s EMS organization. Do I meet the entry criteria?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1278197984 David Whitmore

    Fall 2009 equated to EMT, Spring 2010 = Intermediate, and Summer/ Fall 2010 finished Paramedic Course. Now an essay ? Homework never stops.
    I look forward to the op.
    Respectfully, David

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  • Anonymous

    Yep. You’re eligible.

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  • http://liberalartistintheambulance.com Katie B.

    Can you be more specific about the dates of the conference? It says here 3 days, but the EMS Expo site says from August 29-Sept 2. I’m going back and forth about whether I should enter because I’ll be in EMT school during the time of the conference and probably won’t be able to miss too much (even for an incredibly amazing opportunity like this!). 

    Thanks!!!

  • Anonymous

    Katie, the first two scheduled days, August 29-30, are devoted to pre-conference workshops. The main conference is August 31-Sept. 2.

    You’ll want to schedule a day either before or after the main conference to do your shift with Dr. Bledsoe, though.

    Have you checked with your EMT Instructors to see if you can make up the work or get credit for attending? I’d do that for one of my students.

  • http://www.emsnewbie.com/ Ron Davis

    Katie:

    I’m missing the whole first week of school for the conference. It will
    be worth it. I’ll give my wonder pen to someone to record the classes
    for me and go talk to my teachers before school starts to get syllabi
    and the first day heads up.

    Ron

  • http://liberalartistintheambulance.com Katie B.

    Thanks for the info! I’ve placed a call to the place where I’ll be going to training. Hopefully they’ll be understanding and be willing to make accommodations, should I win! I just don’t know who my instructors are yet since I don’t start until August….but now that I know specifically which days we’re talking about, it’ll make planning much easier.

    Thanks again!

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  • Djsiler Dl

    I’m trying to submit it, but it keeps telling me that it’s an invalid filetype and it only accepts PDF or .doc type files. The file IS a .doc file.

  • http://www.emsnewbie.com/ Ron Davis

    Is does it have a .doc extension, or a .docx extension? Because it
    won’t take a .docx.

    We’ve gotten a number of .doc submissions.

  • Brittany

    Is there a way I can email mine in? It keeps telling me invalid file type and it is a .doc file.  I reformatted it to make sure it was an MS .doc file but it still says invalid type.

  • http://www.emsnewbie.com/ Ron Davis

    Brittany:

    I just fixed a bug with this. Try again. If it doesn’t work I’ll let
    you email it to me. Means I have to do a bunch of backend
    transcription if it doesn’t go through the form.

    Ron

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  • Don

    How many submissions did ya’ll get?

  • http://www.emsnewbie.com/ Ron Davis

    52

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AFGQS6S6XUQFTNA7A4TEB3W5OU Kimberly

    Is there a date when the results of this competition will be known?

  • http://www.emsnewbie.com/ Ron Davis

    The hope is to have the first round of voting done at the end of the month,
    and the final judging done by mid July.

    We want to get done soon enough people who didn’t win have a chance to make
    arrangements to come to Vegas anyway.

  • Don

    Will those that make it through the first round be notified?

  • Guest

    Interesting question!  I’m curious about the same thing.

  • guest

    Any updates on the results of the competition?