EMS Training and Education
The bag-valve-mask can save your patient’s life; ensure you’re using it properly with these tools
How do you know you’re getting just the right amount of air into just the right place?
Use SAMPLE history to assess the patient’s complaint and make treatment decisions
Wearing new protective vests and helmets the medics learn to enter active-shooter scene with police escort before shooter is apprehended
An EMS leader who uses these techniques to ‘flip the meeting’ will have a more engaged and efficient staff and a more agile and effective agency
EMS chiefs set the tone for workplace behavior and harassment; ‘what you allow, will continue’
Be prepared and intentional engaging with vendors to learn more about new products for your EMS agency
Driver training is inadequate to the challenges of operating an ambulance and we need to devise a strategy to improve training and reassessment
EMS is rarely about lifesaving; instead it is a privilege of caring for others at their time of greatest need
Time allocation for EMS training is illogical and will increasingly be used to support accusations of negligence and liability
One suggestion is to reimburse current members for training expenses and to pay new members for completing the courses
Wisconsin EMS Association speaker uses interactive and case-based learning to help EMS providers understand causes of abdominal pain
Paramedic and educator David Page uses activities that engage conference attendees with different learning styles
For paramedic, educator, and blogger Scott Kier, national EMS conferences are events to never miss
Culturally and ethnically diverse volunteers to learn skills to help with emergencies in their community
L.A. sheriff’s department releases graphic and violent video to prepare the public to survive an active-shooter incident
Goal is to ensure a well-trained and reliable workforce to meet evolving patient needs and disaster response
Careful assessment is important for EMS since alcohol poisoning kills six people in the U.S. each day; most deaths occur among middle-aged adults
EMTs and paramedics from Minnesota and Wisconsin gathered in Duluth to learn about EMS products and earn continuing education
National Academy of Ambulance Compliance launches Certified Ambulance Privacy Officer training and certification
Tragedies like West Nickel Mines school shooting have led to new EMS and police response tactics for active shooter incidents
Arrowhead EMS conference attendees learn to make mock injuries in break-out session
The training course simulates maneuvers necessary to navigate a residential area to help new recruits get used to the weight and body roll when driving an ambulance
Approach must include removing unnecessary hurdles and filling knowledge and skill gaps
Bipartisan legislation reintroduced to make it easier for combat medics to secure civilian paramedic jobs and reduce shortage of rural EMS personnel
Busiest non-transporting EMS department in state is flourishing and planning for a bigger future
Effort to examine training for driving ambulances must lead to information that is useful, valuable, meaningful, and impactful
The local mayor supports paramedic training so that the fire department could provide “backup ambulances” if things ever went wrong the city’s current private service
The session will examine how EMS chiefs can improve communication with millennials
