EMS Training and Education
On Day 2 of EMS Week, we are talking education – both for providers and community members
Reel Emergency’s Hilary Gates and Zach Dunlap discuss FOAMed and body-worn cameras
The boys used life-saving techniques taught to them by Trinity Education Specialist Dan Scanlon when he visited the school in June
For most patients, benzodiazepines are used to sedate the patient and then an anti-psychotic is added, and a third drug, a paralysing agent, also can be injected if needed
It’s important to periodically ask yourself a series of questions to assess your own performance as you strive to become an EMS professional
The North Carolina Office of EMS’ Emergency Medicine Today Conference runs through Wednesday
Dispatchers received emergency calls at 5:43 p.m. Thursday that a toddler was in an accident at a condominium complex pool
The training program, offered by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is based on the “Memphis Model”
EMS professionals have more opportunities than ever for synchronous and asynchronous online education for refresher and recertification education
Some agencies have sent officers to 40-hour crisis intervention training programs but have not formed teams
This innovative system tracks student interactivity and therefore monitors attendance
The International Association of EMS Chiefs (IAEMSC) will be featuring state and federal elected officials at the 2011 Annual EMS Leadership Summit to be held in Washington, DC
Most students age 13 or older have the physical size and strength necessary to deliver effective chest compressions
Often the job for EMS starts where law enforcement’s stops, EMS World Expo session told
Dr. Bryan Bledsoe spoke about six new EMS myths at a session at EMS World Expo
K-9 crew undergoes rigorous training for work in urban areas
At conferences like EMS World Expo, we get to see what other EMS professionals are doing in other regions of the country.
For something as seemingly simple as a cervical collar, it is important to remember that there is a right way, and many wrong ways, to use a device
Give this a try next time you have to splint a patient with a hip fracture in cramped quarters
With its staff back to roughly its pre-recession size and with a highly efficient new plant, METI is preparing for a medical world that accepts human health simulators as a normal part of the curriculum
Since January, the Virginia Wesleyan College student has vigorously trained in the Virginia Beach Emergency Medical Services program
Southern Maine EMS failed to win renewal of its state contract at the end of June, when the Maine Emergency Medical Services board identified shortcomings in training oversight
Individuals with autism are seven times more likely to come in contact first responders than neurotypical individuals
Official said that 21-year-old Thomas Moderie was given a driving-safety manual but didn’t take the 16-hour beach-driving course
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