EMS Training and Education
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EMS Training and Education Resources
Practical, authentic ways to show gratitude and strengthen community ties with the people who respond first when it matters most
5 tips to quickly find a patient’s radial pulse for vital sign assessment
Educating patients at the highest risk for suffering a fatal overdose
Everything from outdated strips to poor timing can lead to wrong glucose measurements, but here’s how to reduce errors
As a leader, you have a responsibility to calm the turbulence
Eliminate bias and develop a program that provides optimal clinical, operational and financial performance
Learn the basics of grant writing or hone your skills at Pinnacle EMS session
Effective training will ensure you and your field personnel are ready to implement the new patient treatment protocols
Julie Williams was well known for her devotion to educating others and was a regular presenter and attendee at national conventions
EMS providers need to use a systematic method for airway assessment and management
Understanding the three types of airway management errors can help EMS providers select the optimal equipment and technique for airway management
Citizens will be trained to respond before EMTs arrive; the program is modeled after a successful community response program in Israel
A basic EMT and paramedic were previously required, and the new regulation raises concerns about staffing
Fire chief also announces the department will start giving crisis intervention training to all firefighters and dispatchers next week
Hosts Chris and Kelly give advice to a new EMT on best driving practices to avoid becoming an ambulance crash statistic
Hosts Chris and Kelly respond to a listener from South Dakota who is being teased because her hands were shaking on a critical call
New study finds more than half seniors report still using pain meds 6 months after accident
The impact of McSwain will live on in PHTLS-trained EMS providers and in the countless lives they have saved and will continue to save in the years ahead
The internationally admired New Orleans trauma surgeon and paramedic died from complications of a stroke
The La. medic has learned to bring his principles and ethics to work and shape a job around that, rather than letting the job shape him
The EMT has worked a high-paying desk job for a year instead of returning to the ambulance as an EMT
Since launching a program to teach CPR to the public, the number of people who have had their pulse restored has gone from 12 percent in 2011 to 51 percent in 2013
After a gunman opened fire on a movie theater in Louisiana, hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson ponder whether tactical medicine should be a part of initial EMS training
Keeping fire and EMS personnel safe in low-probability, high-risk situations like those involving active shooters takes preparation — and a lot of it; here’s what the experts say volunteer chiefs can do to be ready
Rescue task forces and tactical medics offer different, yet more aggressive approaches to active-shooter incidents than standing by until all is clear
The state funding will support continuing education courses and additional equipment for the department
Without the right triage training and MCI supplies EMS field personnel are ill prepared to be the masters of disaster
On the 10th year of the Pinnacle EMS Leadership Forum Fitch reflects on the era of big data, community paramedicine, and EMS provider health and wellness
The training is meant to teach students to quickly assess a situation and better communicate as they pursue a career in medicine
To get the most out of time intensive and expensive high-fidelity simulation training paramedic educators need to consider complexity, uniformity and student facilitation