EMS Training and Education
Based at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, the GO-TEAM is breaking barriers between prehospital and hospital care
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Medication administration cross check is a simple and easy to implement process to reduce medication errors
CrimsonEMS, which currently has 80-plus members, offers students the opportunity to become certified EMTs
The funds will help the academy get equipment and training supplies for a successful medical training program
A case study in opioid overdose complications, management strategies and provider safety
Certification standards, research and degree requirements are necessary to support a career pathway for paramedics
Denison Fire Rescue officials announced they will be working with hiring firm, LifeNet Inc., to fill employment gaps in the department
Since 2010, the city and Tri-C have swapped an old ambulance, SCBA packs and old fire hose for tuition credits
Citizens are the force multipliers of public safety, and have the potential to save lives before EMS arrives
Students receiving the scholarships must be enrolled in an emergency program such as EMS, fire, medical or in the health or emergency field
Our co-hosts discuss the logistics of EMS providers earning a college degree, from signing up to classes to earning credit for certification courses
Maplewood first responders teamed up to create the program in response to the escalating mental health crisis
The waiver allows students to go through the EMT program and take the state certification exam at 16-and-a-half years old
The ambulance simulator will give students experience in treating patients in confined spaces as well give them hands-on skills to do clinicals in the field
This non-linear patient assessment flowchart allows priority decision making beyond the basics of OPQRST and SAMPLE
The emergency dispatchers fielding the calls in 2017 had never before experienced such a storm of desperate pleas prompting them to give life-saving, unique instructions
Our co-hosts are joined by Dwayne Forsman, CEO of the Canadian Paramedic Association, and Ginger Locke, hostess of the Medic Mindset Podcast
Kris Kaull relates his most memorable call, and how practice, and a mindset to control what you can allows EMS providers to provide help and calm during the chaos
Design your training scenario to include increasingly complicated sepsis symptoms to test EMS providers’ differential diagnosis skills
The movement to educate the larger community about Stop the Bleed is very similar to efforts to teach CPR
Our co-hosts sit down with Education Manager Gina Carbino, who shares her teaching expertise and the secret to getting information to stick
Policies, training and practice changes resulted in faster response time, penalty savings and improved morale across EMTs, paramedics and EMS leadership
Springville Fire Department Firefighter-Paramedic Jared Echols died while participating in an off-site training exercise
This will be a complex, coordinated event that will include multiple first responders, community partners, county, and state agencies in addition to the participating school districts
Learn how to assess, monitor and manage pediatric asthma emergencies, as well as underlying pathophysiologic changes
Scott County officials approved releasing $3,000 in funds at the start of the program and an additional $1,000 if the EMT signs up with Scott county
Nearly 23,000 people in Maryland have been certified to dispense naloxone and reported administering it more than 600 times since a 2013 law expanded access beyond medical professionals, according to health officials
Act 7 requires PDE to provide a curriculum to schools to teach hands-only CPR, a no-breath, compression-only technique recommended by the American Heart Association for sudden cardiac arrests
According to Owensboro Fire Department, AMR has hired 32 full-time and roughly 24 part-time employees
The merger will start in July and be complete with all paperwork by Jan. 1, 2020
The training will enable California EMTs to administer and use naloxone, epinephrine and a glucometer, according to the California Emergency Medical Services Authority
Volunteers want benefits like job protection, tax write-offs, scholarships and student loan debt forgiveness
