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
The AED’s journey from concept to modern use is a fascinating tale of medical innovation, collaboration and lifesaving success
Understand the four components of a negligent act and how to protect yourself from a negligence claim
EMS and law enforcement collaborative training helps prepare responders to treat and monitor patients experiencing a constellation of symptoms
Chris Cebollero and Greg Friese, MS, NRP, discuss EMS MCI response lessons learned from protests turned violent in Ferguson and Dallas
Here are the five EMS documentation mistakes that deny patients coverage they deserve and EMS agencies fair compensation for their services
Paramedic chiefs and EMS leaders can ensure pediatric patients receive the correct care with right preparation, equipment and training
The effects of sleep deprivation are akin to alcohol intoxication; build a safe sleep room and a culture of watching over tired medics
Write a compelling narrative with passion, conflict and resolution to engage grant application reviewers in your project
Immersion in cynicism takes a toll on the mind, body and spirit and those who sense their values slipping to often get off the ambulance and onto a fire company
EMS1 readers share their non-clinical interests, subjects for further study and their biggest job-related concerns
Soldiers from the 130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade learn to ‘tourni-quet up’ and other combat live-saving techniques
Once the shooter is dead or apprehended, the top mission for police and EMS is to stop the dying from bleeding and airway compromise
The nation’s medical tactical response team answers the call when mass casualty medical care is needed
Learn to distinguish and verify electrical and mechanical capture when using a transcutaneous pacemaker on a patient with symptomatic bradycardia
Gather round to learn the out-of-date and obsolete EMT skills that the Ambulance Driver has outlasted during his EMS career
Use this hands-on training exercise to improve equipment familiarity, reinforce medication cross-check processes and increase provider confidence to treat sick kids
There is a significant correlation between operational stress, organizational stress, critical incident stress, alcohol use and post-traumatic stress
A recent story shows the importance of understanding how to handle patients threatening suicide and that we’ve got a lot of opportunity to improve training and response
400 instructors, volunteers and patient actors, along with with 26 ambulances and two helicopters, helped paramedic students complete 70 different scenarios
STARS in Manitoba helicopters will fly with two units of O-negative blood for patient use on scene or during transport to a trauma center
Share your results and challenge your EMS colleagues to prove they learned and retained the preparatory information from EMT school
The National Academies report stressed the U.S. must do more to encourage coordination, collaboration and standardization in trauma care
Educators must use these four steps when planning to add stress to a drill for EMT and paramedic students
Focus on assessing and treating the patient’s basic life threats before interrogating bystanders or investigating the scene
You were asked to assess and treat a 22-year-old woman with an obvious leg fracture and there was a disagreement about how to proceed; did you make the right call?
EMS leaders and providers need to study successes and failures as an opportunity to reduce death and disability from the next mass shooting
The private ambulances have eased D.C. Fire and EMS’s ability to respond to emergency calls
Epinephrine is now labeled for mass dose, like other medications, which is an important step toward patient safety
After last weekend’s mass shooting in Orlando, first responders reevaluate their planned MCI response
Paramedics practiced putting dogs under anesthesia, inserting breathing tubes, setting up intravenous fluids, bandaging, using oxygen masks and shaving fur to find veins
