EMS Training and Education
Knowing how xylazine presents clinically, as well as how it impacts overdose management is important for any provider responding to illicit drug overdoses
Brian Hathaway shares the Spirit EMS approach to attracting and retaining new recruits
Gordon Graham recommends responders be vigilant and on the lookout for kids left in hot vehicles during warmer months
The eight-hour class included lessons in communicating relative to patient assessment, common answers, and anatomy
Students use manikins to learn basic medical skills and earn their CPR certifications
Engaging your workforce requires not figuring out how to motivate people, but identifying what their internal motivations are
PENMAN can be quickly recalled for incident or patient size-up or assessment
The drill was designed to simulate a multicasualty incident that evolved into a hazardous material incident
Check out this list of the top five life skills to put in your paramedic tool box to thrive on the job
I chose nursing as my next career move for a simple reason: I wanted to gain additional clinical knowledge and expand my financial opportunities.
exercise highlighted strengths and shortfalls that facilities can address to be better prepared for the real thing
Board approved advanced self defense and advanced CPR classes, and gave a preliminary thumbs-up to the Concord Regional Technical Center to start a fire science class
Volunteers helped first responders practice their response to a mock radiological disaster
Wichita County was one of the first counties in the nation to participate in the CERT programs
Army combat medics are trained to provide medical assistance in combat situations and can provide trauma care that’s beyond the scope of civilian medics with EMS or EMT training
New and aspiring EMTs need to understand the most important EMT responsibilities to assess and treat ill and injured patients
An advisory committee decided to add the course because it offers students an opportunity to go directly into the workforce
Responders learn the proper way to decontaminate victims and use of the Hazmat suit with the powered air purifying respirator
Like training for a marathon, your EMT education requires regimented and disciplined preparation
There is no reason why trauma scissors, Leatherman tools and folding knives need to be carried where potentially violent patients can grab them
The Combat Casualty Training Consortium will analyze medical information collected on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade
Taking advantage of zombie fever and the Halloween holiday, Delaware County emergency-management officials held their largest drill ever
The scenario of the exercise, which began Wednesday and continues today, was a bomb with a possible chemical element detonating at a football stadium
Once you’ve completed your EMS research in regard to qualifications, earnings and the job’s particulars to see if it’s something you want to do, you should investigate educational programs in your area
There are currently about 210,700 EMS workers employed in the U.S
EMS salaries aren’t set in stone. Here’s how to make more money.
Public Works employees in Wauwatosa have finished training in the use of automated external defibrillators and CPR
Training scenarios includes quake, multiple storms
The boys used life-saving techniques taught to them by Trinity Education Specialist Dan Scanlon when he visited the school in June
