Training

New Jersey Rescue Squads, Fire Department Conduct Ice Rescue Training

EMTs and first responders from the organizations wore specially designed suits to work in the water.

Posted Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Teach Others to Avoid Leading Questions

Use these scenarios to enhance how you teach and evaluate the process of obtaining patient histories.

Posted Thursday, January 21, 2010

Journal Study Finds Immobilization of Shooting, Stabbing Victims May Do Harm

The findings, published in January issue of The Journal of Trauma, suggest that prehospital spine immobilization for these kinds of patients provides little benefit and may lethally delay proven treatments for what are often life-threatening injuries.

Posted Tuesday, January 12, 2010

OH Training Program Teaches Tactical EMS

A program brought to Northwest Ohio is teaching medical professionals how to respond in a hostile situation.

Posted Monday, January 11, 2010

FDNY Partners with NYC Service and New York Sports Clubs to Teach CPR in Local Gyms

This will make a big difference in New York City s cardiac survival rates, because bystander CPR can increase a victim s chance of survival by more than 50 percent, said Assistant Chief of EMS Field Services John McFarland.

Posted Thursday, January 7, 2010

NM Teacher Honored for 15-Minute CPR Save

A teacher at Manzano High School in Albuquerque who performed CPR for 15 minutes, helping save a student who collapsed, was honored Wednesday for her heroics.

Posted Thursday, January 7, 2010

Letters

Readers share their comments on JEMS and JEMS.com articles.

Posted Tuesday, January 5, 2010

St. Paul Honors Underprivileged EMTs

A new program is opening doors for women and people of color when it comes to a career in the medical field.

Posted Monday, December 21, 2009

Tennessee Firefighters Receive NR-EMT Training

Five EMT instructors volunteered to teach the firefighters and the classes are taken at no charge, the chief said.

Posted Thursday, December 17, 2009

To the Summit: Government & industry convene to address ambulance safety

Government agencies and private organizations join forces to address ambulance safety; Agencies proactively address regional paramedic shortages; JEMS legal experts caution against too-real training; and more.

Posted Wednesday, December 16, 2009