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EMS World provides EMS news and training for paramedics and EMTs, as well as other prehospital practitioners and public safety responders. We serve members of all EMS delivery models including fire-based EMS, municipal EMS agencies, volunteer EMS agencies and private EMS services.



Featured Articles

National Merit
To Americans used to wrestling with healthcare issues within the context of 50 state governments, the Israeli system starts with a key difference: It's national. Learn how having a single healthcare system facilitates emergency preparedness.
Emotional Rescue
Among the underappreciated aspects of war is the emotional and psychological trauma it creates. In Israel that's been significant.
From Our Archives
Progressive Discipline and the EMS Manager: Learn how this method can make handling difficult employees a whole lot easier.
Continuing Education: Abdominal Pain in Females of Childbearing Years
Because of their more complex anatomy, females of reproductive age require special consideration when they present with abdominal discomfort.

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You're The Training Officer…So Train!
Are you a new training officer whose personnel crave continuing education, but you don't know where to turn? In this session, speaker Peter Fiakos will lead you through a crash course in selecting a topic, developing measurable objectives and then building them into a successful training session. Learn how to use existing resources to the benefit of your students and ultimately the public they serve. For more information, www.emsworldexpo.com.

EMS World Expo • August 31-September 2 • Las Vegas, NV

New EMTs: Tip of the Day

Learn from the old medics--they have experience to share. But don't forget to teach the old medics too: You have fresh perspective and learning along with enthusiasm to share.
–David Wampler, PhD, LP, assistant professor, University of Texas Health Science Center

Learn your response area, how to get from Point A to Point B and/or Point B to the hospital.
–Tim Perkins, EMS Squadcast Host Previous Tips of the Day




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EMS Training Center

Knockout!
Knockout!
As mixed martial arts continues to grow in popularity, more venues will begin to offer both professional and amateur fights that require not only EMS response, but venue EMS coverage. Here's what you need to know.

EMS Education

EMS Revisited: Advancing the EMS Education Process
EMS Revisited: Advancing the EMS Education Process
In an era where increasing demands are being placed upon the shrinking resources of healthcare, it seems reasonable to take a fresh approach to the concept of educational efficiency. One way to do this is to examine the possibility that learners should stay in programs only as long as it takes them to meet or exceed the educational goals of EMS training.

EMS On The Hill

EMS On The Hill

Inside This Month

EMS Top Innovations

EMS World Expo's Top Innovation Award Program recognizes companies exhibiting at EMS World Expo that have produced innovative new products or products that have seen significant changes. Click here to see previous winners and to nominate your company for this year's award program.

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Podcasts

The EMS Squadcast
Don Lundy, Charleston, SC EMS Director, discusses his agency's injury prevention program. Plus find out how you can win free coffee!
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EMS Operations

Smile for the Camera
Video surveillance systems can provide dispatch with information that alerts first responders to an unsafe scene.

Smile for the Camera

EMS Safety

Safety Culture
The recent EMS Culture of Safety Strategy Conference aims to keep providers safe.

Safety Culture

Industry News

CPR Notification App
The PulsePoint Foundation has been established to guide, enhance and expand the reach of the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District's CPR notification app released earlier this year.

CPR Notification App

Reading Room

The Write Stuff--Part 7: Establishing a Style
You can borrow writing techniques, but your personality must be your own.

The Write Stuff--Part 7: Establishing a Style