EMS Training and Education
Your go-to resource for evidence-based EMS training, continuing education, instructor development and industry innovation. Find expert articles, videos, product reviews and specialized resources to support EMTs, paramedics, medical directors and educators. Stay current on instructor best practices, CEU requirements, virtual training trends, simulation strategies and educational policy affecting prehospital care.
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
Skilled actor patients offer a practical, impactful way to teach EMS providers respect for diversity, enhancing critical thinking, interpersonal skills and public trust
Our picks for public safety readers for inspiration, health, healing, leadership and escape
An easy patient assessment activity you can incorporate in any classroom
The rise of the extremely potent drug is a troubling new reality for a country already reeling from an opioid epidemic
As the students piled out of their vehicle to help, paramedic and professor David Fifer’s first worry was for their safety
November’s top videos included an epic Mannequin Challenge, the basics of ultrasound and how to handle negativity while on the job
Acute flaccid myelitis is a condition that affects the nervous system, specifically the spinal cord
How will you care for a teenager who intentionally asphyxiated himself and is now unresponsive with agonal respirations?
A valid physical ability test specific to EMS is an important step to reduce on-the-job injuries and positively change organization cultures
My rescuers saved my life and with this action they also impacted many more people than they could have ever possibly imagined
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
