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
Putting traffic incident management into practice can help us influence high-frequency, high-risk environments we can’t control
Here’s a breakdown of differences in Bell’s palsy and stroke symptoms and prehospital care differences
Strong leadership, simulation training and implementing new techniques such as pit-crew resuscitation all help to improve outcomes when performing CPR
Obesity-related diseases, vaccine preventable disease, mental illness and the need for education should all be considered in the prehospital setting
Co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson explain how blood pressure relates to the bigger-picture of blood circulation throughout the body
Co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson provide advice on how to get a good blood pressure reading, especially when in the back of an ambulance
Rare training footage shows the armed medics ready to deploy at a moment’s notice
You are asked to respond to a private residence for a female patient; did you get the diagnosis right?
You are asked to respond to a private residence for a female patient
Since the differential diagnosis for PEA is wide and ACLS offers little guidance, try these tips to improve the chances of patient survival
There is much we don’t know about how TXA works and its role in reducing mortality from severe hemorrhage
Show off your understanding of the signs and symptoms of cardiac emergencies with this 10-question quiz
What are the causes of the patient’s distress and what treatments are indicated?
Kevin Grange takes readers into the highs and lows of his paramedic education at the UCLA paramedic program and ride time with the LAFD
EMS providers need to stop judging and take a more compassionate tact toward substance abuse users, hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson say
Some of our on the job learning is bad for us, bad for our patients, and best forgotten
Carol Mansfield, CEO of three ambulance firms in Mass. and R.I., purchased New England Emergency Medical Training
Stroke deaths dropped 18 percent in California and 14 percent nationwide between 2004 and 2013
MONOC partners with pediatric emergency physicians for consultations with paramedics on all pediatric patients that require advanced care
A report found that only 11 of 36 recommendations made in 2007 were carried out, including a call to cross train firefighters and paramedics
The San Juan College EMS curriculum meets or exceeds national standards and was approved in May
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson go head-to-head with a mock patient handoff report; how do your skills stack up?
