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Identifying Training Programs for EMS Providers

Identifying Training Programs for EMS Providers. Lou Romig MD Miami Children’s Hospital FL EMSC Program Medical Director for Pediatrics, National Association of EMTs. 2008 EMSC Grantee Meeting. It used to be…. “There’s so little good stuff out there for us…”. Now it’s….

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Identifying Training Programs for EMS Providers

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  1. Identifying Training Programs for EMS Providers Lou Romig MD Miami Children’s Hospital FL EMSC Program Medical Director for Pediatrics, National Association of EMTs 2008 EMSC Grantee Meeting

  2. It used to be… “There’s so little good stuff out there for us…”

  3. Now it’s… “Little people, little budget. Deal with it.” So here’s how to deal with it!

  4. The Courses • Pediatric Education for Prehospital Professionals (PEPP) • AAP • CME for EMTs, paramedics, nurses, physicians’ assistants • ALS course, 2 days, $48 text • BLS course, 1 day, $38 text • Recertification - online didactics plus 1 day classroom, $20 • Cost to student depends on provider

  5. The Courses • Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC) • NAEMT • CME for EMTs and paramedics • Newly revised • ALS course, 2 day classroom ($15) or “hybrid” course combining online didactics and 1 day classroom ($33) • BLS course, 1 day classroom ($15) • No required text • Recertification details pending • Cost to student depends on provider

  6. The Courses • Pediatric Advanced Life Support • Advanced Pediatric Life Support • Neonatal Resuscitation Program • Emergency Pediatric Nursing Course • Disaster Preparedness for School Nurses • Pediatric Disaster Life Support

  7. The Courses • Advantages • Standardized • Widely recognized • PEPP & EPC specifically developed for EMS providers • Can be done in modular format • Can be cost effective after initial start-up • Disadvantages • Time, instructor and equipment intensive • Travel

  8. Alternative Resources • Education comes to the student • Modular • Reasonable cost

  9. EMSC National Resource Center (NRC) • http://bolivia.hrsa.gov/emsc/ProductsAndResources.aspx • 65 publications, many downloadable • 18 CD/DVD resources • 3 online training program links • Low to no cost

  10. EMSC NRC: Toolboxes • http://bolivia.hrsa.gov/emsc/Toolboxes.aspx • Resource links, bibliographies • Coalition building • Pediatric equipment guidelines • Facility categorization • Interfacility transfer • Medical direction • Prehospital education • Pediatric disaster preparedness • Pediatric pain management

  11. From the Toolboxes:Prehospital Education • Special Children’s Outreach and Prehospital Education (SCOPE) • CNMC, Washington DC • Downloadable student and instructor manuals (free) • Jones and Bartlett text $40, instructor resources $237 • Child Abuse and Neglect (CAN) • CPEM, New York City • Free download

  12. From the Toolboxes:Disaster Preparedness • Disaster Preparedness Exercises Addressing the Pediatric Population • Illinois EMSC program • Scenarios for pediatric-focused disaster exercises • Free download • Pediatric Disaster Toolkit: Hospital Guidelines… • NYC Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene • Free download

  13. More Gems from the NRC • On the Same Team: Involving the Family in Prehospital Care (NAEMT) • Injury Prevention for Medical Personnel • School Nurse Emergency Care Course • Child Maltreatment • Pediatric Respiratory Emergencies • Teaching Resource for Instructors in Prehospital Pediatrics (TRIPP) BLS and ALS • Kids in Disasters (K.I.D.) Kit, FL EMSC

  14. Other Training CD/DVDs • Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation • www.citmt.org • 7 pediatric programs available, $15/disk • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality • ahrqpubs@ahrq.gov • The Decontamination of Children • Single copies provided free • Download at http://www.ahrq.gov/research/decontam.htm

  15. Modular Online CME • Virtual School Nurse and EMS Online Learning Project • U of NM, NM EMSC • www.pediatricemergencytraining.com • Modules for nursing (15) and EMS (8) CME (? for personnel from other states) • $4 per contact hour for nursing curriculum, EMS curriculum is free • New modules to be added

  16. Modular Online CME • Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin • Trauma Preparedness • 12 modules covering pediatric aspects of weapons of terrorism, approx 2 hours • ? CME accreditation

  17. Modular Online CME • Emergency Medicine Learning and Resource Center • www.emlrc.org/onlinece • $10/contact hour • Pediatric assessment, respiratory emergencies, SIDS, childbirth • EMT and paramedic CME credit

  18. Modular Online CME • PEPP • http://www.peppsite.com/pepp_ce_modules.cfm • Pediatric Respiratory Emergencies, BLS and ALS • $19.95 • EPC • Online CME modules to come

  19. Let your fingers do the walking • Search terms: • Pediatric emergency care • EMSC • Pediatric EMS education • Pediatric online courses • … Don’t forget the internet as a resource for public education products too!

  20. Summary • Hi quality, low cost pediatric education resources for EMS are available • Break out of the 16 hour classroom model for modular CME • Consider distance learning • Start at the EMSC NRC Congratulationsto the EMSC Family!

  21. Thank you and good luck! Lou Romig MD louromig@bellsouth.net www.jumpstarttriage.com

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