EMS Online Training News & Articles

Quiz: Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems

Test your knowledge of complex neural systems to understand the link between treatments and therapeutic goals

Receptors and the autonomic nervous system

The balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system keeps our automated body functions working properly

Which artery do you choose for checking a patient's pulse ?

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Assess a patient's pulse through the radial artery or the carotid artery based on their level of consciousness

A message for the graduating classes of EMS

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Five things you need to do every day to be successful in your career

Doing nothing is not nothing: Learn the skills to stand up and speak out

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Breaking a groupthink mentality requires two key skills – and support from leadership

COVID-19 modifications for NREMT practical testing

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Maintaining a safe environment during practical stations and psychomotor skill testing

Do we have the right stuff?

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What EMS can learn from the NASA/SpaceX mission and a return to space

Bystander duty of care: Off-duty EMS liability

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What we can learn about EMS responsibility to intervene from the death of George Floyd

After the Pomp and Circumstance: There is so much MORE to learn

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A random encounter with a Latvian prompted my commitment to learn something new every day

How the first U.S. EMS agency adopted, implemented body cameras

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Wren Nealy Jr., Cypress Creek EMS chief operating officer, relates how BWCs have contributed to personnel safety, QA/QI

Implementing a training program to prevent EMS assaults

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Learn how ATCEMS identified EMS training goals and implemented an assault reporting function to protect providers from violence

11 videos to help providers prevent violence, escalation

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These videos from EMS1 columnists and contributors demonstrate how to predict scene safety, handle violent patient outbursts and how to maintain a safe scene on each call

This 1 magic phrase will stop patient conflicts

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This phrase has an amazing ability to get people in the middle of an angry rant to stop, listen, and reframe their argument

EMS education in the age of social distancing

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Educators are adapting to virtual classrooms and embracing distance learning to continue to train new EMTs and paramedics

Quiz: How well do you know 'Stop the Bleed'?

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In the event of an MCI, there may be a number of victims who require immediate treatment to stop life-threatening hemorrhaging

Importance of situational awareness process for emergency responders

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Firefighters and EMTs learn a situational awareness process and complexities to maintaining and acting on situational awareness

3 steps to improve EMS situational awareness, spot danger

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The more complex the skill, the more attention it requires; so how do we get work done and still maintain awareness of the whole scene?

Quiz: How to best teach EMS students

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Teaching EMTs and paramedics to perform in the cognitive, kinesthetic and affective domains requires intentional use of EMS-specific education methodology

Time-traveling to remember your pre-COVID-19 priorities

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Don’t let the current crisis destroy your previously identified individual goals and departmental priorities

The new normal: Living and working during the pandemic

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Our co-hosts discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way agencies staff, train and educate their members

Using pre-tests in the online EMS classroom

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Pre-tests can enable individualized instruction based on students’ knowledge, skills, abilities and needs

Study: EMS may be spreading COVID-19 due to lack of consistent protocols

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Preliminary results from a national study released this week reveal inconsistent decontamination practices may be contributing to the spread of the virus