Writing
Publications
Chapters in national EMS and fire textbooks, national position statements, applied research, and articles and columns for EMS and fire service publications.
Textbooks
Textbook work
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | AAOS Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, 13th ed.Jones & Bartlett Learning / AAOS | Chapter author: Communications and Documentation; BLS (Cardiac) Resuscitation; Trauma Overview; pediatric and geriatric reorganization passages |
| 2025 | Fundamentals of Firefighter Skills and Hazardous Materials Response, 5th ed.Jones & Bartlett Learning with NFPA | Chapter author: The Fire Service; Firefighter Health and Safety; Firefighter Survival; Firefighter Rehabilitation; Assisting Special Rescue Teams. Contributed to Emergency Medical Care |
| 2024 | AMLS: Advanced Medical Life Support, 4th ed.Jones & Bartlett Learning / NAEMT | Contributing author and editor; co-author of the chapter “Sepsis” |
| 2023 | Nancy Caroline’s Emergency Care in the Streets, 9th ed.Jones & Bartlett Learning / AAOS | Chapter author: Mass Casualty Incident Management; Terrorism and WMD Response |
| 2022 | Evolution of EMS: COVID-19 Guidance for EMS ProvidersJones & Bartlett Learning | Reviewer |
| 2021 | AMLS: Advanced Medical Life Support, 3rd ed.Jones & Bartlett Learning / NAEMT | Co-author, Chapter 12: Sepsis |
| 2021 | AAOS Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, 12th ed.Jones & Bartlett Learning / AAOS | Chapter author: EMS Systems; Workforce Safety and Wellness; Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues; Communications and Documentation; Medical Terminology |
| 2020 | PHTLS: Prehospital Trauma Life Support, 9th ed.Jones & Bartlett Learning / NAEMT | Reviewer and contributor |
| 2019 | Sanders’ Paramedic Textbook, 5th ed.Jones & Bartlett Learning | Revised Medical Incident Command and Rescue Awareness and Operations; peer reviewed Cardiology, Infectious Diseases, Head, Face, and Neck, Rescue Awareness, and Crime Scene Awareness |
| 2017 | Nancy Caroline’s Emergency Care in the Streets, 8th ed.Jones & Bartlett Learning / AAOS | Chapter author: Vehicle Extrication and Special Rescue; Terrorism. Revised Disaster Response; helped revise Bleeding |
| 2017 | AAOS Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, 11th ed.Jones & Bartlett Learning / AAOS | Chapter author: Patient Assessment; Team Approach to Health Care |
| 2016 | PHTLS: Prehospital Trauma Life Support, 8th ed.Jones & Bartlett Learning / NAEMT | Reviewer and contributor |
| 2015 | Pumping and Aerial Apparatus Driver/Operator Handbook, 3rd ed.IFSTA / Fire Protection Publications | Validation committee member |
| 2013 | ACLS for EMTs, 2nd ed.Jones & Bartlett Learning / AAOS | Revised the edition |
| 2012 | Nancy Caroline’s Emergency Care in the Streets, 7th ed.Jones & Bartlett Learning / AAOS | Reviewer, Hazardous Materials chapter |
| 2010 | AAOS Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, 10th ed.Jones & Bartlett Learning / AAOS | Chapter author |
| JEMS | EMS Today Lessons Learned, 1st and 2nd eds.JEMS | Contributing essayist, in collections of essays by EMS Today presenters |
| In development | Fire Engineering’s Handbook for Firefighter I and II, new editionFire Engineering Books | Revising Chapter 22, Emergency Medical Response |
| In development | Nancy Caroline’s Emergency Care in the Streets, 10th ed.Jones & Bartlett Learning / AAOS | Chapter author: Incident Management and Mass-Casualty Incidents; Terrorism Response |
Guidance and position statements
National guidance
- 2024Prehospital Antibiotic Administration for Suspected Open Fractures: Joint COT/OTA/ACEP/NAEMSP/NAEMT Position StatementCo-author · Prehospital Emergency Care 2024;28(8):1063-1067
- In dev.Joint ACS COT, AHA, ACEP, and NAEMT guidance on traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrestCo-author · in development
- 2018National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE) Position Paper on SepsisCo-author · published in JEMSProgram: It’s NOT Always Sepsis
Programs and curricula
Education programs
- In dev.NAEMT Field Training Officer programCo-developer · NAEMT · in development
- 2019Sepsis: Pediatric First ResponseWriter and chief advisor · HHS BARDA DRIVe · video hosted by Sepsis AllianceProgram: Super Sick Kids
- 2018Sepsis: First ResponseWriter and on-screen presenter · Sepsis Alliance · two Platinum MarCom Awards · CE courseProgram: It’s NOT Always Sepsis
- PSGPSG Preceptor CourseCo-author · Jones & Bartlett Learning Public Safety Group
- ColumnDuckworth on EducationEMS World · educator column
- 2022EMS World E-book: Trends in EMS Education, Part 1Author · EMS World / HMP Global · selected Duckworth on Education columns
- Author pagesEMS1 · FireRescue1 · Fire Engineering · JEMS · EMS World Expo faculty profile
Applied research
Research
Applied research projects completed for the National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program and held by the National Emergency Training Center Library. Scholarly works are also listed on ORCID (0009-0009-5411-1711).
- 2022Fire Department Use of Small Unmanned Aircraft SystemsApplied research project · National Fire Academy · library record
- 2019Reducing Disaster-Related Risk for Vulnerable PopulationsApplied research project · National Fire Academy · library record
- 2018Development of a Program to Mitigate Loss of Critical Information During Patient HandoverApplied research project · National Fire Academy · library recordProgram: Patient Care Hand Over
Articles and columns
Published articles
Bylined articles, columns, and continuing education features found online or in the print record. Older print work from before 2011 is not listed.
2026
2025
- DecDuckworth on Education: How to Debrief for Real-World LearningEMS WorldColumnProgram: Debriefing for Real-World Learning
- NovRoundtable: Lithium-Ion Battery Fire ResponseFire EngineeringRoundtableProgram: More Than Just Batteries
- SepEMS trauma care: ABCs vs. MARCHEMS1Program: The Top 10 Trauma Myths and Legends
2024
- OctPrehospital Antibiotic Administration for Suspected Open Fractures: Joint COT/OTA/ACEP/NAEMSP/NAEMT Position StatementPrehospital Emergency CareCo-author
- JunUniversal Steps: Responding to Alternative Fuel Vehicle IncidentsFire EngineeringProgram: More Than Just Batteries
- FebDebriefing Tips for EMS ProfessionalsJEMSProgram: Debriefing for Real-World Learning
- FebResponding to Alternative Fuel Vehicles: Knowing CNG Is Not EnoughFire EngineeringProgram: More Than Just Batteries
2022
- NovWhat would your dream apparatus feature? (his entry: “Auto-deployed drones”)FireRescue1Roundtable
- AprEMS and extrication: Coordinating clinical care during vehicle rescueFireRescue1SponsoredProgram: Extrication and EMS
2021
- DecEMS: The Link Between Disaster Medicine and SepsisJEMSProgram: It’s NOT Always Sepsis
- DecWhat’s next for the fire service? Fire service leaders offer 2022 projections (his entry: “The increasing threat of ‘boring’ hazards”)FireRescue1Roundtable
- NovExtrication and EMS: Coordinating PrioritiesFire Engineering · Extrication supplement, vol. 174, no. 11 · print · library recordProgram: Extrication and EMS
- SepDuckworth on Education: Deliberate PracticeEMS WorldColumnProgram: Accelerating Performance in Education Programs
- AugDuckworth on Education: Bloom’s Road Map to Educational AchievementEMS WorldColumn
2020
- DecDuckworth on Education: Teach With Your Hands Behind Your BackEMS WorldColumn
- DecDuckworth on Education: Performance Objective PitfallsEMS WorldColumnProgram: Delivering Competency-Based Education
- NovDuckworth on Education: Check Your Students Like You Check Your GearEMS WorldColumn
- OctHHS ‘Service to Self’ program promotes first responder resilienceFireRescue1
- AugDuckworth on Education: Answers You Need to KnowEMS WorldColumn
- JulDuckworth on Education: Community of InquiryEMS WorldColumn
- JulDuckworth on Education: 10 Tips to Facilitate Online LearningEMS WorldColumn
- JunDuckworth on Education: The Feynman TechniqueEMS WorldColumn
- JunA message to the graduating class of EMTs and paramedicsEMS1
- Jun3 ways to earn the patch every day: A graduation message for firefightersFireRescue1
- JunWhat EMS needs to know about new pediatric sepsis guidelinesEMS1Program: Super Sick Kids
- MayCOVID-19 challenges drive fire and EMS innovationFireRescue1
- AprDuckworth on Education: Training With Real EquipmentEMS WorldColumn
- AprDuckworth on Education: Nine Internet Acronyms EMS Educators Should KnowEMS WorldColumn
- FebDuckworth on Education: The Value of GamificationEMS WorldColumn
- FebDuckworth on Education: When Your Plan Won’t Work, PACE YourselfEMS WorldColumn
- JanDuckworth on Education: When Education Isn’t the AnswerEMS WorldColumnProgram: Closing the Performance Gap
- Jan5 ways firefighters can improve vehicle extrication trainingFireRescue1Program: Extrication and EMS
2019
- DecSeptic Shock: A Challenge for First RespondersFire Engineering · FireEMS supplement, vol. 172, no. 12 · print · library recordProgram: It’s NOT Always Sepsis
- OctDuckworth on Education: Spaced RetrievalEMS WorldColumnProgram: Accelerating Performance in Education Programs
- OctDuckworth on Education: The Plus/Delta Feedback ToolEMS WorldColumnProgram: Five-Step Focus on Feedback
- OctDuckworth on Education: Contextual LearningEMS WorldColumn
- OctHow FBI hostage negotiation strategies can help your departmentFireRescue1Program: Win Every Firehouse Argument
- SepDuckworth on Education: The 6 Rs of FeedbackEMS WorldColumnProgram: Five-Step Focus on Feedback
- SepHood basics: What firefighters need to know to about breathability and durabilityFireRescue1Sponsored
- AugDuckworth on Education: The Three Ts of Educational AlignmentEMS WorldColumn
- MayDuckworth on Education: Spaced Learning Improves RetentionEMS WorldColumnProgram: Accelerating Performance in Education Programs
- MayMaking more money in EMSEMS1
- MarDuckworth on Education: Mastery LearningEMS WorldColumnProgram: Delivering Competency-Based Education
- MarPatient handovers: 10 things you need to know to save lives · also on Pulsara blogEMS1SponsoredProgram: Patient Care Hand Over
- MarThe biggest reason employees leaveEMS1Program: Catch Them and Keep Them
- JanDuckworth on Education: Teaching BLS Resuscitation in the ClassroomEMS WorldColumn
- JanCombating the Trauma Triad of DeathFire EngineeringProgram: Stopping the Trauma Triad of Death
- JanManaging Crush Injuries and Crush SyndromeFire Engineering · FireEMS supplement, vol. 172, no. 1 · print · library recordProgram: Squeeze Play
2018
- DecCinco formas de perfeccionar la entrega de pacientesEMS World AméricasSpanish translationCE articleProgram: Patient Care Hand Over
- DecTen Key Steps for EMS EducationEMS World
- Dec5 steps to make your EMS resolutions STICKEMS1
- DecTrending: Expanded use of prehospital point of care ultrasound (P-POCUS)EMS1
- Dec5 tips to boost to fire-based EMS training performanceFireRescue1
- NovWhy EMS Students Don’t Want Group WorkEMS WorldProgram: Putting Hands-On Teamwork Back in Your Classroom
- NovFirefighter longevity: 5 tips to stay proficientFireRescue1
- OctSepsis Survivor Changing Education for EMSEMS WorldProgram: It’s NOT Always Sepsis
- AugNow and Later: Setting Objectives for EMS LearnersEMS WorldProgram: Delivering Competency-Based Education
- Aug5 things you can do right now to improve operational firefighter safetyFireRescue1Program: On-the-Job Situational Awareness
- Aug5 critical thinking skills crucial to EMS professional developmentEMS1Program: Incorporating Critical Thinking in Education
- AugWhy your EMS agency needs near-miss reportingEMS1Program: Crew Resource Management
- JulNational Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE) Position Paper on SepsisJEMSCo-authorProgram: It’s NOT Always Sepsis
- JulThe EMS Educator’s Five Steps for Hands-On EducationEMS WorldProgram: Putting Hands-On Teamwork Back in Your Classroom
- SummerOperating on the Roadway: A WMD Approach to Traffic Incident ManagementFire Chief · digital edition · library record
- MayHow to use the FBI’s Behavioral Change Stairway Model to influence like a proEMS1SponsoredProgram: Win Every Firehouse Argument
- Apr3 harms of EMS miscommunication and how to fix themEMS1SponsoredProgram: Patient Care Hand Over
- MarWhich safety standards should your ambulance remount meet?EMS1Sponsored
- MarInnovations in firefighter hoods improve function, comfort and costFireRescue1Sponsored
- MarEPIC: An EMS-centered approach to head injuriesEMS1SponsoredProgram: EMS and TBI
- MarThe Challenges in Managing a Bus CollisionFire Engineering · vol. 171, no. 3 · print, credited to Fire Engineering Staff with his bio · library recordProgram: Bus Collision Response
- FebSilent but deadly: The trauma we miss in geriatric careEMS1Program: It Takes All Kinds · The Silent Majority
- JanNitroglycerin explained: Proper dosing and critical contraindicationsEMS1Program: M. I. Missing Cardiac Patients?
- Red Hot Rule of Dealing with Difficult StudentsEMS World
- The Emerging Threat of New Psychoactive SubstancesAustralian ParamedicProgram: Synthetic Street Drug Update 2026
2017
- DecTop Educator FAQs AnsweredEMS World
- OctCommunication Tools of the MastersEMS WorldProgram: Communication and Conflict Management
- SepThree-Step Method for EMS Management of Bus CollisionsJEMS · in print as “MCI on Wheels,” vol. 42, no. 9Cover storyProgram: Bus Collision Response
- SepThe Seven Questions Every Student Has But Won’t AskEMS World
- Aug10 Steps to Become a Lifelong LearnerEMS World
- AugHow to Read and Interpret End-Tidal Capnography WaveformsJEMS · in print as “The MVP of Vital Signs,” vol. 42, no. 8Program: The Most Important Vital Sign
- JulTop 20 Test Strategies for EMS StudentsEMS World
- JulEMS guidance and wisdom from Ben FranklinEMS1Program: Ben Franklin
- JulHow to recruit, engage and retain EMTs and paramedicsEMS1Program: Catch Them and Keep Them
- JulEMS education technology: 7 questions to answer before buyingEMS1Program: Student-Centered Education in the Digital Age
- JunImprove endotracheal intubation with First and TEN approachEMS1Program: Difficult Airway Management
- MayEMS Class Success: 15 Tips to Help You Ace Your Next EMS ExamEMS World
- MayEMS Class Success: 10 Ways to Improve Your Concentration When StudyingEMS World
- MarHow to improve sepsis care with better EMS educationEMS1SponsoredProgram: It’s NOT Always Sepsis
- MarCoordinating Care for Crush Injuries and Crush SyndromeFire EngineeringProgram: Squeeze Play
- FebUsing Medutainment to Enhance EMS EducationEMS WorldProgram: Inspiring Audiences
- FebPediatric sepsis: 10 things paramedics need to knowEMS1Program: Super Sick Kids
- JanHow to use SALT to triage MCI patientsEMS1Program: Mass Casualty Incidents
- Jan10 steps to foster lifelong EMS learnersEMS1
- JanCoordinating Extrication and EMSFire EngineeringProgram: Extrication and EMS
2016
- DecHow fire chiefs can out-communicate irrational peopleFireRescue1Program: Communication and Conflict Management
- NovCE Article: Five Ways to Perfect the Patient HandoffEMS WorldCE articleProgram: Patient Care Hand Over
- Nov7 steps to better morale in your EMS agencyEMS1Program: Improving Morale
- Oct10 best PowerPoint alternatives for EMS educatorsEMS1Program: Student-Centered Education in the Digital Age
- AugRecognizing Pediatric Sepsis with CHART MnemonicJEMS · in print as “Pediatric Sepsis: A Killer Worldwide & at Home,” vol. 41, no. 9Program: Super Sick Kids
- JunHow to practice the EMS response to an MCIEMS1Program: Mass Casualty Incidents
- AprLos ABC’s de la Sepsis en PediatríaEMS World AméricasSpanish translationProgram: Super Sick Kids
- AprSepsis 3.0: Implications for paramedics and prehospital careEMS1SponsoredProgram: It’s NOT Always Sepsis
- FebThe ABCs of Pediatric SepsisEMS WorldCover storyProgram: Super Sick Kids
- FOAMed: How to find and evaluate medical information on social mediaEMS1Program: The Beginner’s Guide to Making Meaning of Medical Research
2015
- DecThe “24-Hour Emergency Medicine People Conference”EMS World
- Nov‘Mission Critical’ Patient Hand OffRCEMFOAMed · Royal College of Emergency Medicine FOAMed blogProgram: Patient Care Hand Over
- Sep11 EMS communication skills training activitiesEMS1SponsoredProgram: Putting Hands-On Teamwork Back in Your Classroom
- SepGuest post on pediatric sepsis and EMSCDC Safe Healthcare Blog · blog since retired; link is the Infection Control Today summary
2014
- JunQuestioning Spinal StabilizationFire EngineeringProgram: The Top 10 Trauma Myths and Legends
- MarEMS Aspects of ExtricationFire EngineeringProgram: Extrication and EMS
2013
- NovPediatric Scene ManagementFire Engineering · print · library record
- OctCan You Recognize Stroke in the Young?EMS WorldProgram: Stroke in the Very Young
- JulStudent-Centered Solutions for EMS Education, Part 3EMS World
- JulBoard to DeathEMS WorldProgram: The Top 10 Trauma Myths and Legends
- JulStudent-Centered Solutions for EMS Education, Part 2EMS World
- JunStudent-Centered Solutions for EMS Education, Part 1EMS WorldProgram: Student-Centered Education in the Digital Age
2012
- NovBath Salts and Synthetic Marijuana: An Emerging ThreatFire EngineeringProgram: Synthetic Street Drug Update 2026
- OctMass Casualty Incident Management: Part 12EMS World
- SepMass Casualty Incident Management: Part 11EMS World
- AugMass Casualty Incident Management: Part 10EMS World
- JulFive Steps to Better Stroke OutcomesEMS WorldProgram: Improving EMS Stroke Care
- JulMass Casualty Incident Management: Part 9EMS World
- JunMass Casualty Incident Management: Part 7EMS World
- JunMass Casualty Incident Management: Part 8EMS World
- JunHow to Succeed in the Interview ProcessEMS WorldProgram: When Opportunity Knocks
- May10 Major Interview QuestionsEMS WorldProgram: When Opportunity Knocks
- MayMass Casualty Incident Management: Part 6EMS World
- MarMass Casualty Incident Management: Part 4EMS World
- FebMass Casualty Incident Management: Part 3EMS World
- JanMass Casualty Incident Management: Part 1EMS WorldProgram: Mass Casualty Incidents
- JanMass Casualty Incident Management: Part 2EMS World
- Mass Casualty Incident Management: Part 5EMS World · no longer online at the publisher
2011
- SepWhy Won’t They Learn? Part 3EMS World
- AugWhy Won’t They Learn? Part 2EMS World
- Why Won’t They Learn? Part 1EMS World · no longer online at the publisher
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