About 1 in 12 people in the United States have asthma, contributing to frequent calls to dispatch EMS for shortness of breath. In this course, we will learn about the best response strategies for handling shortness of breath and asthma emergency calls. We'll review how to assess patients and distinguish between asthmatic patients and other respiratory issues. We'll review the pathophysiology of asthma. We'll also go into more detail about management options for asthma, as there are several different treatment options depending on the severity of the patient's condition.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60 min
About 1 in 12 people in the United States have asthma, contributing to frequent calls to dispatch EMS for shortness of breath. In this course, we will learn about the best response strategies for handling shortness of breath and asthma emergency calls. We'll review how to assess patients and distinguish between asthmatic patients and other respiratory issues. We'll review the pathophysiology of asthma. We'll also go into more detail about management options for asthma, as there are several different treatment options depending on the severity of the patient's condition.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60 min
Individuals with autism are seven times more likely to interact with first responders than the average citizen. To ...
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 150
Correctly using an AED can double or triple the patient’s chance of survival. They have a long history and with modern advancements, they’ve come a long way; their capabilities may even surprise you. Be prepared for your next cardiac arrest call and know what your device can and cannot do.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60 min
Social media has evolved into a regular part of how our society shares information, opinions, and perspectives. By some measures, it has become the primary method used many members of society to express themselves altogether. This course examines our tendency to express our stressors through social media and the implications it can have that are specific to EMS providers. We’ll also examine best practices for both EMS department social media accounts as well as personal EMS provider accounts.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60 min
For decades, rapid sequence intubation (RSI) has been the most-used intervention for select respiratory care, ...
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60
?Lifting patients onto stretchers for transport is a common occurrence in EMS. Unfortunately, lifts performed improperly can lead to EMS providers getting hurt. In this course, we'll discuss the potential hazards from finding patients in hard to reach locations and the need for utilizing proper lifting techniques to prevent injury.
Course Type: Full-Length Course
Course Duration: 60 min
Ensuring an efficient and effective airway is crucial for patient survival. Throughout this course, there will be demonstrations of airway techniques to assist and treat patients experiencing respiratory emergencies.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60 min
When you provide first aid, it is important that you help both the victim and yourself. Take this course to find out how to avoid legal liability, prevent disease transmission and determine how and when to move victims. This course will remind you how to assess the scene and the victim as well as how to recognize cardiac incidents, perform CPR, treat choking and put victims in the recovery position. This course will also discuss bleeding control, shock and anaphylaxis, burns and electrical shock, sudden illnesses, as well as poisonings and bites. Additionally, this course will also refresh your memory for initial treatment of brain, spine, chest, abdominal, and pelvic injuries as well as bone, joint, and muscle injuries. Lastly, this course will discuss cold and heat emergencies.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 120 min
Medical emergencies can happen anywhere and at any time. Someone’s life may depend on your ability to rapidly recognize and intervene in certain cases. This course will refresh your knowledge of how to provide first aid for people in need of medical attention while you wait for further medical help to arrive. Topics will include initial actions, consent, recognizing sudden illnesses, CPR, choking, bleeding control, injury types, as well as cold and heat stress.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 120 min
The Emergency Management Institute developed the Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response, ICS 200 course in collaboration with the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Fire Administration's National Fire Programs Branch. And the United States Coast Guard (USCG). This course follows NIMS guidelines and meets the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Baseline Training requirements for ICS 200. This course is a part of the series of ICS courses designed to meet the all-hazards, all-agency NIMS ICS requirement for operational personnel. Descriptions and details about the other ICS courses in the series may be found on the Federal Emergency Management Agency website.
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 240 mins
As a first-time manager, you likely feel a mixture of excitement and apprehension about your new role. What ...
Course Type: Full-length Course
Course Duration: 60
