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
Empower your personnel to become pediatric ready
Books
From learning resources to comic relief, there’s something for everyone
Suspect physical abuse of a child when there is a mismatch between the reported mechanism of injury, patient history and the physical exam findings
The participants were K-9 rescue handlers from 17 states who came to run their dogs through the facility’s disaster training area
Book choices tend to be highly subjective; here’s what our readers suggest you pick up next
Five questions EMTs should ask themselves before advancing their certification
Learn more skills and open up new career opportunities by becoming a paramedic
The EMT in charge is being paid for what goes on between their ears rather than the skills they can perform with their hands
Acute altered mental status is often the first clinical sign of a disruption to ATP production
For EMTs and paramedics interested in nursing education and work, here are four things to know about bridge and degree programs
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The $5,000 grant has allowed NOEMS to replace their outdated technical rope rescue gear with state-of-the-art gear.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
