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
Steve has a couple of important tips for that ST elevated patient
Mechanisms, roles and potential risk: What medics need to know about beta blockers
All EMS providers can still learn something about patient care and pain management from their mother
The program will offer training to get deputies certified as EMTs; the goal is to get every sheriff’s depty in the department certified
As we continue to celebrate Women’s History Month, here are seven more EMS inventions and ideas led by women
Check it out and add your own thoughts in the comments
Tourniquets: History, myths and evidence for current use in 21st century emergency medicine
“In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction” is a must-read for medics and their self-preservation
The students were moving a goalpost when it came in contact with an electrical wire and shocked them
The robot can be programmed to experience a range of delivery scenarios
Our co-hosts discuss what’s different about pediatric assessment and how to approach pediatric patients in the field
Our co-hosts examine if EMS providers are completing enough education, training and continuing education courses on pediatric care
Their mission is preventing suicide and preventing providers from leaving the field due to the trauma they’ve experienced
The duo responded to a simulated accident in which they had to treat, extricate, and transport a patient trapped under heavy debris
Follow this planning process to ensure the benefits of a new EMS software application are fully realized
The program teaches people easy methods to improve a gunshot victim’s odds of survival
Our rush to public shaming might reveal our own fear of occasional shocking indifference towards the people we are entrusted to treat
Two recruits were given instructor only test banks as a study guide for an EMT test and one recruit had taken pictures of test questions
Not billing for EMS patient transport leaves money in the pockets of insurance companies and government programs created to pay for ambulance transport
The German video features scantily clad women changing the words of pop songs to teach CPR
The training exercise will provide mass casualty experience for paramedics
The students secured the accident scene, organized bystanders and began treating a man who had been severely injured in the crash
