EMS Personnel! What Topic Do You Think You Need More Training On?

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Permalink Reply by Jessica Travis on October 21, 2009 at 10:29pm

any inout? i really thought this would get more comments lol

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Permalink Reply by Streetking on October 21, 2009 at 10:36pm

dont worry dear, im sure Chief Norman will come around and give you some input, or advice, or say something, lol, hes pretty good at that kinda stuff!

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Permalink Reply by Jessica Travis on October 21, 2009 at 10:39pm

they'll be on here eventually lol

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Permalink Reply by Mike E. on October 21, 2009 at 10:47pm

Continual review of all skills is a good thing as to keep skills sharp,however I think training for traffic accidents would be one area. Not so much with trauma assessment and packaging but scene saftey and setting up of resources on Interstates and on major highways
Mike E

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Permalink Reply by Dustin J. Millis on October 22, 2009 at 12:11am

I agree... I've been on more then a few MVA's where the EMT's/medics on scene are doing more harm then good because they just get themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. I know pt. care is priority but trying to get to the pt. when they are still completly trapped/entangled or not paying a bit of attention to scene safety is just plain dangerous for all responders on scene.

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Permalink Reply by Jessica Travis on October 21, 2009 at 11:10pm

are you speaking from more of the ems side or the firefighting side

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Permalink Reply by Mike E. on October 22, 2009 at 9:43am

EMS more than Fire, Over the past 5 years our dept. has trained more extensively on MVA'S we cover part of US 41 which is a 65 mile per hour freeway ( and how many are doing the speed limit) . Those of us that our both Fire and EMS are usally on their A game, however those who are strictly EMS sometimes get tunnel vision. This has recently been addressed , and is a work in progress.

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Permalink Reply by TJ Stone DVFD Unit 713 on October 21, 2009 at 11:26pm

The Basics....We treat the machien now not the pt.

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Permalink Reply by Jessica Travis on October 21, 2009 at 11:47pm

what do you mean by that?

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Permalink Reply by blair4630 on October 22, 2009 at 1:27am

I believe what TJ Stone means is that we sometimes get into the habit of looking at the pulse ox, the cardiac monitor, the this and the that, and forget our basic physical exam, history, and general impression of the pt., which is never going to lie, unlike technology, which will sometimes fail us for one reason or another.

We have to take everything in together and form the whole picture of our pt.'s.

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Permalink Reply by Dustin J. Millis on October 22, 2009 at 12:14am

I would have to agree with the facebook responses, especially peds. It's just something that you don't see that much of, at least I dont. There are plenty of old folks who can't breathe and middle aged men who have severe back px but how often do you recieve a call for a child with an actual medical problem. Most of the calls I have seen with kids are all trauma.

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Permalink Reply by blair4630 on October 22, 2009 at 1:32am

I try to stay current on a broad variety of things, and take classes every year instead of the required 2-4 years that the certification is good for. A year is plenty long enough to forget the little things and finer points. This is my annual breakdown, and it works pretty well for me.

classes: AMLS, PHTLS, PEPP, PALS, ACLS, ACLS-EP, 12-lead, GEMS, TBI, BCLS, and skills labs
reading: monthly subscriptions to JEMS and EMS magazines
other: LMA, web-based con-ed courses provided free of charge by the state, connect.jems.com

If you go for the minimum your service or state requires (most states, most services, that is), you will fall behind. There's far too much to remember, and far too much that changes, to do the minimum and expect to be at the top of your game.

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