This Week in EMS: Firefighters Lack Training...Firefighters as EMS Drivers...Tactical Self-Rescue
This Week in EMS: A Recap for September 26 - October 2, 2009
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16 Tulsa FD Responders Lack Proof of EMS Training
Sixteen firefighters can't account for the training required for their emergency medical recertifications, city councilors were told Tuesday. The results of a two-month data collection effort by the Tulsa Fire Department were presented during a council committee meeting.
Columbia, S.C. Requests Firefighters as EMS Drivers
Columbia officials are asking that city firefighters be allowed to drive Richland County ambulances during critical-care emergencies. The request follows the death of a 3-year-old boy on Sept. 17 whose ambulance was delayed by the wait for a qualified driver.
Calif. Police Use Taser and Baton to Subdue Man with Seizure
Police on Wednesday used a Taser and a baton to subdue a man suffering from a seizure in north Modesto after he fought off treatment from medics and acted violently toward officers, authorities said.
EMS Operations
A new concept, known as self-rescue, is starting to take shape within the tactical community. Self-rescue is just what its name indicates: training the tactical officer to be his/her own rescuer. The roots of the concept began following the North Hollywood (CA) bank robbery in 1997, where the story is told of an LAPD officer who was shot in the leg and suffered a femoral bleed, but who had the presence of mind to use his heavy gun belt as a tourniquet to stop the bleeding--self-rescue!
Training & Resources
Real World Skills for Scene Safety: Part 5
The conclusion to this 5-part series discusses what happens when an EMS provider could not use basic ground defense to keep an attacker away and finds himself where he is supine with the attacker astride him. The author of this series, Kip Teitsort, will be speaking on this subject at EMS EXPO in Atlanta, GA, October 26-30. To register, visit www.emsexpoevents.com.
EMS Field Instruction: A Multi-Part Series
The first article in a four-part series, Elements of an Effective Field Instruction Program is written for managers who want to start or improve a field instructor program. This article outlines all the steps needed and includes a list of forms and tools that can be downloaded so you can easily implement an effective FI program. Look for part two of this article next week.
Continuing Education
Severe Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) affect 475,000 children under age 14 each year in the United States alone. Ninety percent of patients are treated in emergency departments and released; however, more than 47,000 hospitalizations per year are a direct result of these injuries. On average, 2,685 children die annually from traumatic brain injuries, and more than 30,000 children per year acquire lifelong disabilities. With proper prehospital care of these severely injured children, we can reduce secondary injury and maximize survival and good neurological outcomes.
This CE activity is approved by EMS Magazine, an organization accredited by the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services (CECBEMS), for 1.5 CEUs.
Industry News
Emergency Department Uses GlideScope Video Laryngoscope to Perform First "Telebation"
The Department of Emergency Medicine at The University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, led by Dr. John C. Sakles, recently performed the first telemedicine-assisted video laryngoscopic intubation using the GlideScope Video Laryngoscope to assist Northern Cochise Community Hospital, a small, rural healthcare facility in Southern Arizona
Featured Job
Coordinator, Paramedic Specialist Program
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