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Sharing some stuff for classmates and other medic students

Peter Canning writes a blog called "Street Watch: Notes of a Paramedic". Right now he's going through a list of the 32 drugs he carries, explaining what they do, alternatives, why he uses or doesn't use them, experiences with the drugs.  I love learning from stories, so this is awesome for me.

Get more at http://medicscribe.com/

Kelly Grayson, aka Ambulance Driver, from http://ambulancedriverfiles.com/ wrote a book compiled of his stories. I liked it lots. It's mostly humor with a bit of soul searching and tear jerking. I read it in about three sittings -- I had to, since I was always fighting my wife for the book. You can buy it at Amazon (or, if you know me, borrow it).
En Route: A Paramedic's Stories of Life, Death, and Everything in Between

I've spent the past 6 months listening to a ton of medical related podcasts - especially ones focused on the prehospital setting. One of the best podcasters I found is Dr. Jeffrey Guy. He wrote a pharamacology book and helped write a Trauma book

Pharmacology for the Prehospital Professional

PHTLS Prehospital Trauma Life Support (Phtls: Basic & Advanced Prehospital Trauma Life Support)

I bought and read both books after I started listening to his podcasts. I thought if the book is half as good as the podcast, it'd definitely be worth buying.

Dr. Guy's podcasts can be found at

http://www.icurounds.com/

http://www.prehospitaldrugs.com/

http://www.phtlspodcast.com/

iTunes (iPod not required) has a ton more podcasts available. iTunesU has a number of college classes (lectures, sometimes notes) available. I haven't found any specifically for Paramedics, but anatomy and cardiology never go out of style. Just make sure when you search the iTunes store for "anatomy" you skip over all the "Grey's Anatomy" stuff-- wrong Gray and a focus on the wrong anatomy :)

If you have any other suggestions, hit the comments