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The EMS Provider's Guide to National Registry Recertification

Editor's Note: Per the NREMT, the March 31 annual deadline listed in our guide has been extended to June 30, 2020 and CE hours can be fulfilled online to accommodate for the COVID-19 pandemic.

EMS Focus COVID-19 Slides

These slides accompanied the February 24 EMS Focus webinar on the COVID-19 novel coronavirus outbreak. Find that webinar, hosted by NHTSA Office of EMS Director Jon Krohmer, MD, with speakers Capt. Lisa Delaney from NIOSH and Jonathan Greene from ASPR, here.

Quality in Resuscitation: New Evidence and Future Directions

Effective teamwork is a critical factor in the success of quality resuscitation efforts for sudden cardiac arrest—a leading cause of death in the United States. Healthcare providers must be competent in delivering high-quality CPR, and patient care teams must be coordinated and competent while working together as a seamless unit. This special supplement, produced in partnership with ...

Florida Mobile Integrated Healthcare Community Paramedicine Program Guidebook

The Florida Dept. of Health has published the Florida Mobile Integrated Healthcare Community Paramedicine Program Guidebook, designed to take readers through the research, analysis, planning, development and successful launch of a customized MIH-CP program. It provides recommendations and lessons learned from MIH-CP programs in Florida, advice from experts across the country, and expa...

Racing to the Top in Cardiac Care

The most progressive EMS systems are those willing to take an unflinching look at areas where improvements can be made. When Advanced Medical Transport (AMT), located in central Illinois, examined cohort data and outcomes results related to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in its service area, the reality was less than desirable.

When the Call Comes In: Modern Tactics for MCI and High-Stakes Incidents

Their tools and techniques may change, but emergency responders can be certain they’ll always face the threat: Mass-casualty incidents aren’t getting any rarer or less complex. Accidents are a constant; natural disasters keep coming; and terrorists keep evolving, now into attacks like targeted auto rammings and near-constant mass shootings.

Sample EMS Guest Reader Program for Kindergarten/First Grade

This sample lesson plan content for an EMS guest reader program was developed by Nicole Volpi, PhDc, NREMT-B, Westwego (La.) EMS.

Start With One: How to Use the ESO EMS Index to Improve Your System

We all want to do better, but in EMS it can be difficult to figure out where to focus our finite time and resources. A good strategy is to start with one quality measure and build from there. This special e-book produced in collaboration between EMS World and ESO profiles meaningful changes that EMS agencies made by examining specific data points in the 2019 ESO EMS Index, creating i...

Why Telemedicine Needs to be a Bigger Part of EMS

Delivering healthcare services and clinician consultations through real-time communications technology isn't new—but it's only recently begun gaining traction in the emergency medical services. Community paramedicine is one specialty in which forward-thinking agencies are connecting physicians with patients in their homes. These pilot programs are reducing unnecessary trips to the hos...