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National
EMS Scope of Practice Model
The National Council of State Emergency Medical Services Training
Coordinators (NCSEMSTC) recently released the first draft of the
National EMS Scope of Practice Model.
EMS Job Outlook Good
According to the United States Department of Labor, job outlook for
EMTs and paramedics is expected to remain strong through 2012.
America’s Career InfoNet lists EMTs and paramedics as number twelve
in the fastest growing occupations requiring postsecondary education
or an associate’s degree…
CDC Announces New Goals
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Dr. Julie
Gerberding recently announced new goals that will allow the agency
to have greater impact on the health of people around the world.
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all the news
Building Critical
Thinking Skills
Books like Delmar’s Why Driven EMS Enrichment are important
to the development of the skills that set a true pre-hospital care
clinician apart from a trained “algorithm-driven” technician. The
need to know why is ultimately important in the development of clinical
judgment.
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the full story
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Building camaraderie among
classmates is an important step toward fostering teamwork in the
EMS classroom. Find out how you as an instructor can build this
camaraderie amongst your class.
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out how |
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This
quarter’s spotlight includes Fundamentals of Basic Emergency
Care, 2E by Richard Beebe and Deborah Funk and The
Streetmedic’s Handbook, 2E by Owen Traynor, Patrick Coonan,
Thomas Rahilly, and Jonathan Rubens. |
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more about these products
JEMS Magazine names Thomson Delmar
Learning’s EMT-Basic Refresher Education Online, Basic
Life Support Video Series and Advanced Life Support Video
Series as three of its “2004 Hot Products.”
Learn
how we support your profession
Learn how you
can meet personally with a Thomson Delmar Learning representative
and how you can get additional information on our EMT-Basic Refresher
Education Online product.
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our current calendar
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If you have trouble auscultating a
blood pressure in the pre-hospital setting, try using the bell of
your stethoscope, which is designed to pick up low-frequency sounds
like blood pressures. For best results, place the bell of the
stethoscope directly over the pulse point and use light pressure.
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