EMS Training and Education
Push your ego aside as you focus on the things you don’t know and challenge yourself to be better than your last shift
There are a number of ways that organizations involved in the campaign can participate
Learn how ATCEMS identified EMS training goals and implemented an assault reporting function to protect providers from violence
The New Jersey EMS Task Force event will featured training sessions using real life incidents, demonstrations, classes and guest speakers for first responders and health care providers
EMS leaders learn suicide risk factors and the imperative to provide a non-punitive culture for seeking help
Although endocrine emergencies are uncommon, the signs and symptoms can be mistaken for more commonly encountered medical emergencies
What are the immediate hazard assessment and incident management tasks for the EMS crew that witnesses this incident?
Learn the basics of grant writing or hone your skills at Pinnacle EMS session
Effective training will ensure you and your field personnel are ready to implement the new patient treatment protocols
Julie Williams was well known for her devotion to educating others and was a regular presenter and attendee at national conventions
EMS providers need to use a systematic method for airway assessment and management
Understanding the three types of airway management errors can help EMS providers select the optimal equipment and technique for airway management
Citizens will be trained to respond before EMTs arrive; the program is modeled after a successful community response program in Israel
A basic EMT and paramedic were previously required, and the new regulation raises concerns about staffing
Fire chief also announces the department will start giving crisis intervention training to all firefighters and dispatchers next week
Hosts Chris and Kelly give advice to a new EMT on best driving practices to avoid becoming an ambulance crash statistic
Hosts Chris and Kelly respond to a listener from South Dakota who is being teased because her hands were shaking on a critical call
New study finds more than half seniors report still using pain meds 6 months after accident
The impact of McSwain will live on in PHTLS-trained EMS providers and in the countless lives they have saved and will continue to save in the years ahead
The internationally admired New Orleans trauma surgeon and paramedic died from complications of a stroke
The La. medic has learned to bring his principles and ethics to work and shape a job around that, rather than letting the job shape him
The EMT has worked a high-paying desk job for a year instead of returning to the ambulance as an EMT
Since launching a program to teach CPR to the public, the number of people who have had their pulse restored has gone from 12 percent in 2011 to 51 percent in 2013
After a gunman opened fire on a movie theater in Louisiana, hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson ponder whether tactical medicine should be a part of initial EMS training
Keeping fire and EMS personnel safe in low-probability, high-risk situations like those involving active shooters takes preparation — and a lot of it; here’s what the experts say volunteer chiefs can do to be ready
Rescue task forces and tactical medics offer different, yet more aggressive approaches to active-shooter incidents than standing by until all is clear
