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
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
Look for these signs and symptoms to identify patients suffering from smoke inhalation and cyanide poisoning
You are staged at a house fire when you are advised that a victim has been located
It’s time that we all get real and accept the uncomfortable truth that scene safety is and always has been a myth
Naloxone administration by BLS providers and laypersons is the latest intervention to transition from paramedics to firefighters and bystanders
The goal of EMS quality improvement should be the efficient correction of inappropriate practices and behaviors, not exacting vengeance
They’ve developed drug therapy that treats shock and acts like a pharmacological tourniquet by reducing internal blood loss by up to 60 percent
An ultrasound machine, while not an exact replacement, gives the soldiers something similar to a CT scan or X-ray machine
The dispatcher said he thought he was talking to an adult because the 16-year-old was not frantic or panicking
Follow these rules to help your EMS agency or fire department take the next step in success with grant applications
Our co-hosts discuss the importance of regional and state EMS conferences and why they tend to be an underutilized source of education
The rationale for firefighters being equipped with the medication was a spike in overdose drug deaths
Tiffany Samuels received the award for her leadership in clinical excellence and exceptional training for new EMS field personnel
National Public Safety Telecommunicators week honors dispatchers for their response to emergency calls and giving lifesaving assistance
Officials said the department’s lack of a permanent medical director and new operation of private ambulance services is slowing down training exercises
Understand the findings of the amiodarone vs. lidocaine vs. plain saline (ALPS) trial and what those findings mean for EMS providers
A teenager’s death after a misplaced and unrecognized failed intubation is a tragic reminder of how and why error can occur in EMS
Sex sells, but that doesn’t mean we should use it for bystander CPR training
Paramedic Tim Keirn stopped to help when he saw a person collapsed on the shoulder of a highway
Sharon McIntyre was on her way to a training exercise when she stopped to help a motorcycle cop struck by a hit-and-run driver
The department is testing the program in an effort to improve response times to critical calls
Nicole Carlton, interim commissioner since 2011, implemented a body armor policy for every response and is preparing EMS for the Republican National Convention
Carolyn Rhinehart attended the awards ceremony, marking the first time she met EMT Lucas Sobeck since he used his training to save her life
Maia Szalavitz’s “Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction,” argues for a radical rethinking of addiction with a new emphasis on learning
Waveform capnography can be used to detect respiratory and circulatory compromise from anaphylaxis in children and to guide treatment
Using hospital outcomes to evaluate field performance
