EMS Training and Education
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EMS Training and Education Resources
Practical, authentic ways to show gratitude and strengthen community ties with the people who respond first when it matters most
5 tips to quickly find a patient’s radial pulse for vital sign assessment
Educating patients at the highest risk for suffering a fatal overdose
Take your time to get that tube smoothly, non-traumatically into trachea on 1st pass
U.S. Army Reserve soldiers prepare for mass causality scenarios, medical evacuations and ambulance arrivals with simulation training
OMI President Felix Marquez shares how VR training is helping rural Florida EMS agencies maintain critical pediatric emergency skills
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
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
The GCEMS initial EMT Training Academy is unique in that the one-year program was offered tuition free to the students and could result in employment with the County of Gloucester
Present the following points from the ACS, ACEP, NAEMSP spinal motion restriction guidelines to help EMS students make transport, device decisions
The toolkit includes resources such as videos and training materials to assist EMS and 911 agencies
FEMA-run Shaken Fury gives emergency responders the opportunity to build relationships and improve their actions in a real emergency
The new training complex will feature a three-story, multifunction fire training simulator scenario, a modern classroom building and smoke maze building
Teach EMS providers the benefits of waveform capnography in cases involving dyspnea and altered mental status, and before performing advanced airway management
The fire department has two of the devices and has seen an 11 percent increase in the patients restored to spontaneous circulation since they’ve had this tool
Our co-hosts record live at the Initial Assessment Conference and discuss EMS education and leadership issues, as well as take questions from the audience
The Madison County EMS department offers classes to teach CPR and community members can call them to schedule a class
