EMS Training and Education
The patient care report needs to clearly and consistently demonstrate that patients received good patient care
We owe it to ourselves and our families to understand and use the PPE designed to protect us from line of duty injury or death
This phrase has an amazing ability to get people in the middle of an angry rant to stop, listen, and reframe their argument
When paramedics are called to care for hospice patients, many times the patients are taken to a hospital, which interrupts the hospice program.
The $5,000 grant has allowed NOEMS to replace their outdated technical rope rescue gear with state-of-the-art gear.
In-hospital cardiac arrest research shows strong association between epinephrine and decreased odds of ROSC and good neurologic outcome
Official: “We conduct these types of trainings so we can be proficient in a real-life disaster response”
Teams were judged on their knowledge of emergency medical procedures and ability to respond well under the pressure of an intense situation
The program will give first responders an improved ability to recognize a behavioral health emergency and take “a better course of action so that we have a better resolution”
A study found that those who were 50 and older were 50 percent less likely to be CPR trained. (AP Photo)
Your patient has an apparent hip fracture after a fall and needs to be packaged for transport; did you make the right call?
You are dispatched to an independent living facility for a senior citizen who has fallen
It’s unfair to our patients to let professional bravado blind us from the need to maintain low-frequency high-criticality skill proficiency
Decisions made in the prehospital setting can significantly improve outcomes for patients with orthopedic trauma
Vaishali Konowitz was born in 2007 at her family’s home, where firefighter-paramedic Christopher Bak helped deliver her
Specially trained paramedics work with mental health patients by identifying problems, intervening and de-escalating situations
Understand how capnography identifies respiratory and cardiovascular compromise in restrained patients
These habits have helped hundreds of EMT and paramedic students pass the NREMT cognitive exam on their first attempt
While paramedics normally administer the drug, EMTs, firefighters and police officers are now able to do so
Improvement success comes from making the Model for Improvement a normal, regular System 1 part of the EMS organization
Very basic first aid skills can be enough to save lives and allow an individual to render care while waiting for trained medical personnel to arrive
Teachers were taught how to apply a tourniquet and stop bleeding
Paramedics are trained with all of the weapons used by SWAT; they get a ballistic vest loaded up with medical gear suited for use in combat situations
October’s top five videos were centered around training and educational tips for EMS personnel
The council emphasized proper training of EMTs and EMRs for both medication administration and assessment of the patient
Based upon best practices, a job analysis is completed every five years
Advocate for EMS improvement starting with your agency because a rising tide lifts all boats
Understand why dextrose given during prehospital resuscitation from cardiac arrest may actually decrease the chance of survival to hospital discharge
The graduation marked the end of a nine-month training course that included over 600 hours of classroom learning and 600 hours of hands-on experience
