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  • May 24, 2012
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    The Move Toward College-Based Programs for EMS

    By Peter Struble -- We expect today's paramedic to not only know how to push the drugs, but why and when to give them, with very little supervision. This is an awesome responsibility with no room for error....More
  • Jul. 19, 2011
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    Baltimore Fire Chief Halts EMS Training After Cheating Revealed

    Baltimore fire officials suspended emergency medical training and locked down an instructional facility after revelations that some student firefighters had cheated on a state licensing exam....More
  • May 23, 2011
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    Gaines Outlines USFA's EMS Initiatives

    In his most recent “Chief’s Corner,” Deputy Fire Administor Glenn Gaines shared some of the USFA’s efforts to help ensure vibrant and effective EMS systems throughout the nation....More
  • Aug. 1, 2010
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    On the Front Line

    Firefighter/paramedics are being cross-trained as peace officers and embedded with SWAT teams to improve the odds of saving officer lives....More
  • Apr. 1, 2010
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    Fire and EMS: A Perfect Marriage 2

    Nearly every U.S. firefighter receives at least some medical training. In fact, out of the 200 largest cities in the U.S., 97% have fire service–based pre-hospital 911 EMS with advanced life support....More
  • Aug. 13, 2009
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    In-Classroom Ambulance Simulator Gives EMS Trainees a Dose of Realism

    Rhodes State College, in Lima, Ohio, opened its in-classroom ambulance simulator, which is a major component of its EMS education program, about a year ago, and it already is having a significant impact....More
  • Aug. 1, 2009
    article
    Fire Chief

    Love at First Sight

    An in-classroom ambulance simulator takes EMS education to another level....More
  • Jun. 1, 2009
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    The Time for Tactical Medics has Arrived

    If tactical medics are going to be armed, a fire department should consider sending personnel through a law-enforcement academy for liability purposes....More
  • Sep. 1, 2006
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    It's Time to Put the M Back into EMS

    This summer the prepublication of the long-awaited Institute of Medicine's report on EMS became available from the National Academies Press in PDF format....More

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