EMS Training and Education
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EMS Training and Education Resources
Resiliency training and a CISM program laid a foundation for the Richmond Ambulance Authority to support its providers’ mental health
There’s no denying that EMS takes a toll on provider health; this 30-day challenge can help you get your life back
Practical, authentic ways to show gratitude and strengthen community ties with the people who respond first when it matters most
The bag-valve-mask can save your patient’s life; ensure you’re using it properly with these tools
How do you know you’re getting just the right amount of air into just the right place?
Use SAMPLE history to assess the patient’s complaint and make treatment decisions
Providers who combine solid skills with knowledge and understanding of how law applies will be both good and safe
Drill was occurring during Sikh shooting last week
Instinct is a very real, non-mystical process that you can and should develop when on the scene
Although you might not realize it or ever even know, someone will see you at your best moments and your worst
Plan requires that schools teach Red Cross or AHA curriculum for CPR and obstructed airway treatment
EMTs now have to be trained on how to recognize the symptoms
Since when is being treated like a leper a time-honored and sacred rite of passage?
If you had 15 seconds to talk to 15-year-old you, what would you say?
The idea behind it is to bring health care to everyone and cut costs
Harmony Rose appeared in more than 200 pornographic films between 2004 and 2010, is training with Va. rescue squad
Information offered to help prepare for mass care incidents, including natural and man-made disasters, large gathering and pandemic events
Firefighters, police officers, EMS workers were exposed to variety of bee-related accident mock-ups
Firefighters and paramedics start training on how to respond to electric-car accidents and emergencies
Purpose is to prepare civilian and military medical communities and first responders for disasters
Do you train for scenarios where you can’t put hands on patient during assessment and treatment?
‘We really need this,’ says one firefighter
The drug we use most often in EMS can cause harm if we give it without good reason
Attendees learn what to do during mock disaster
Approach, assessment, management of patients with behavioral emergency are consistent with those of patients with physical conditions
About 100 emergency responders from 8 counties participated in daylong preparedness exercise ‘Zombie Apocalypse’
Our concept of entry-level competency needs to be much more complex than it is now
Licensing requirements slammed as barrier to jobs, disparity in required education hours noted
Due to on-the-job injury, family demands or burnout, many EMS professionals eventually need to find work outside of EMS
Check out the runners-up for EMS Week Contest finalists!
Research additional resources that could provide helpful techniques to your department
We started out driving fast because it’s about all we could do for patient, but now we have so much more in our arsenal
Started by woman whose son is ‘non-oral’ and was in MVC, looks to get info to rescuers on those with disabilities, behavioral issues, morbid obesity
As director of the Collision Safety Institute, he is the man behind the wheel who purposely hits other vehicles — all in the name of education