This guest post was submitted by FF/EMT Ed Mund. If you would like to submit a guest post review the submission guidelines. Recent motor vehicle-related deaths of EMS crews, firefighters, and passengers, while tragic, are reminders of the same lessons unlearned yet again. Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of on-the-job deaths of EMS […]
Video from YouTube, appears to be taken from the passenger side (officer seat). I think videos like this can be great a training tool: 1. Crew behavior – calling out hazards, repeating and reviewing dispatch information and radio reports, distracting conversation. 2. Reminder of risk – actual and perceived when responding lights and sirens. 3. […]
In this EMS1.com column, Active Shooter Response: Are you physically ready?, I lay out what I believe may be some of the physical challenges related to EMS response. I definitely want you to defer to your local protocols and follow orders as issued by the incident command. But I also believe that the EMS response, much […]
CentreLearn Solutions, the leading provider of online training for fire and emergency medical services, announced an upcoming free continuing education webinar on SCUBA emergencies, to be presented Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at 12:00 p.m. EST. This webinar, the latest in a monthly webinar series, will feature instructor Michael Fraley, a rescue diver, SCUBA instructor and […]
MEDRILLS has a rich collection of smartphone and tablet apps for learning and virtual practice of EMT and paramedic skills. In the comments share which app you would like to have most (if you want to add a “why” … even better). On Friday, January 4, at 07o0 CT I will randomly choose 3 winners […]