Emergency medical technicians are returning to Pittsburgh for the first time in more than a decade as officials work to reinforce the city’s strained paramedic forces. Fourteen new EMTs finish training and hit city streets on May 30, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services Chief Robert Farrow said. The staffing boost...
Technology in medical education remains a trending topic, as was recently evidenced at the AMA’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortiumspring meeting. Professors and administrators from the 32 schools in the AMA’s consortium praised the virtues of new tools to enhance online learning while also discussing the glitches that still...
Each month the Prehospital Care Research Forumcombs the literature to identify recent studies relevant to EMS education practices. In this segment PCRF board member Megan Corry shares her insight on a journal article that can help bring evidence-based practices to EMS education. Sinz E, Rudy S, Wojnar M, Bortner T. Teaching...
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alternate Health Corp (CSE:AHG) (OTC:AHGIF), a leader in complementary medicine and patient-focused healthcare, today announced an update and clarification on the first-ever Continuing Medical Education (CME) course approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM regarding treatments of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), including Cannabis. This course has been created in...
May 22--ABU DHABI--A program to train young Emiratis in emergency medical care was announced on Monday. The National Ambulance, in coordination with the University of Sharjah (UoS), rolled out a one-year Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) training course for the Emiratis in the Northern Emirates to qualify as emergency pre-hospital care...
Many people know them by a whirring siren, a blur of flashing lights or the thumping of a helicopter thousands of feet overhead. But, for those who have required Emergency Medical Services, the hard-working men and women who rush to the rescue are life-saving heroes. It’s National EMS week, but...
A new study done in the United Kingdom says the majority of final-year medical students in the UK are able to accurately prescribe medications, but a small proportion require further training or supervision before being able to prescribe independently. Prescribing Safety Assessment, an article published in British Journal of Clinical...
They’ve pulled injured people out of burning buildings, performed ice rescues, delivered babies while on the road, started IVs and intubations in the back of a truck, and revived far too many people who have overdosed on opioids with their ever-present supply of Narcan. Emergency medical technicians, ambulance crews trained...
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) launched an initiative to help medical residents and fellows to generate strategies that will let them spend more time with patients, improving their own and their patients' well-being. The Back to Bedside initiative is a competitive funding opportunity created by residents for...
The first medical school in Idaho has been slated to open in August 2018, pending its accreditation. Gov. Butch Otter spoke at a ceremony Wednesday, where he told doubters: “You were wrong, we were right,” the Idaho Press-Tribune reported. The Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine in Meridian will be a private,...