EMS Training and Education
What are the most important things to remember when treating a patient with a history of diabetes?
There are more opportunities than ever to become a published writer
EMS1, professional associations and membership groups are always looking for new writers and fresh ideas. Here’s what it takes to get started.
Orange County EMS medical director describes expected and unexpected lessons learned from the deadliest shooting in U.S. history at NAEMSP annual meeting
Firefighters and EMTs learn a situational awareness process and complexities to maintaining and acting on situational awareness
Responders shouted instructions and warnings to one another above the din of gunfire and the screams of the wounded in the blast zone
Understand how monitoring tools can be used to guide treatment for COPD exacerbations
“4.1 miles,” an Oscar-nominated documentary short film, shows a single day of rescues of Syrian migrants attempting to cross the sea from Turkey to Greece
The panel will help draft the new agenda and gather important input from the EMS community and public
The risk of cardiac arrest increases with age; I would find more comfort in more adults knowing CPR
Educators must make continuing education compelling, not just compulsory
You are the first arriving unit to a potentially chaotic scene; does your scene size-up for other units measure up?
You are dispatched to stage for police responding to reports of a fight in the parking lot of the local university
NAEMT survey finds type of ePCR training and social media experience as predictors for ePCR software usability
As part of the “Stop the Bleed” training program, officials taught staff how to suppress a bleeding wound and administer tourniquets
The series is intended to inform the public about the actions that take place behind the scenes
Under the current proposal, school districts would be required to provide instruction in CPR basics to students
A volunteer EMT without commitment or compassion is a short-term fix that usually becomes a long-term problem
The training teaches troops how to create a fully functioning medical system in a remote location
Michigan students will learn and practice hands-only CPR and how to use an AED
Participants rotated between being a rescuer, acting as a rigging guy, working the belay rope and between the haul team
Our co-hosts discuss uses, challenges and letting EMTs administer ketamine
Test your ability to apply the START algorithm to a collection of simulated MCI patients
Discuss your duty to extricate a patient from a remote location and what equipment is available to you
Follow these methods to successfully assess and treat older patients
A task that is hard for some paramedic students may be easier for others; here’s what our readers had to say
Measuring the time to epinephrine administration as a continuous variable shows time-dependent nature of epinephrine administration
