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The EMS Education section provides training and education information for instructors, teachers and preceptors in the emergency medical services. Topics include new programs, materials, techniques and technology for EMS education, including medical simulation, disaster drill guidelines, driver training and more. Also link to our online continuing education credits (CEUs) and lesson plans.
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Catching Up With the National Registry
The National Registry of EMTs is ready for the new EMS educational standards.
It's Not Just Training, It's Preparedness
When the Center for Domestic Preparedness, located in Anniston, AL, was founded in 1998, it was envisioned as a resident training facility that would train a maximum of 10,000 responders per year.
EMS Field Instruction: Part 3--How to Be an Effective Field Instructor
This four-part series outlines the steps you need to take to design an effective field instructor program
- Escape and Rescue from Submerged Vehicles
- Burn Injury Assessment: An Interactive Lesson Plan
- Dead Man Teaching
- OK, But How?
- Getting Down to Details: EMS Education Standards Part 2
- Ten Steps to Publication
- EMS Field Instruction: Part 2--Adult Learning
- Charting A New Course: EMS Education Standards
- Not Just Another Con-Ed Class
- Five Traits You Need to Get to the Top
- Email Boot Camp Training for Public Information Officers and Incident Commander
- New Free Preparation for and Response to Mass Shootings Program Available
- JHSPH to Lead Extremity Trauma Clinical Research Consortium
- Why We Need Critical Thinking in EMS
- EMS Field Instruction: Part 1
- Ad Council and American Stroke Association Launch New PSAs to Encourage African Americans to Respond Early to Stroke Symptoms
- Operation Thunderbird Drill Tests Emergency Preparedness
- Remaking the Recert
- Our Lives Are Our Message
- Social Media in EMS
- New President for NAEMSE
- Concert and Special Event EMS
- Walking the Safety Walk in EMS
- These Tricks Are For Kids
- Virtual Training Director: Critical Decisions
- Young Athletes Could be Headed for Trouble
- Simulation Training Prepares Medics for Urban Combat
- Are You Watching Amy?
- Emergency iPhone App Takes ICE Into the Next Generation
- EMS EduCast Podcasts by and for EMS Educators
- U.S. Department of Education Awards Grants for Emergency Management Plans
- Easing Implementation of the EMS Education Agenda
- Nintendo Wii CPR Project Earns American Heart Association Support
- Video Educates First Responders to Symptoms of Brain Aneurysms
- New Program Launched to Help EMS Providers Serve the Autism Community
- Methanol Institute Releases Safety Manual
- Wilderness Medical Community Should Develop Industry Standards for First Aid Training
- Babil First Responders Receive Training
- The EMS Career Killer
- Cut Costs, Not Quality
- Board for Critical Care Transport Paramedic Certification (BCCTPC) Offers Standardized Critical Care Paramedic Certification (CCP-C) Exam at EMS EXPO
- CPR by EMS Personnel: Study Measures Performance and Safety
- Marines Train to Be First Responders on the Front Lines
- WMD EMS Training Offers Hands-On Approach to Response Role
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Just a Little Pinch?
- High-Tech Video Game to Train EMS in Disaster Response