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Emergency Medical Technicians - Education
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Definition of 'Emergency Medical Technicians'Paramedical personnel trained to provide basic emergency care and life support under the supervision of physicians and/or nurses. These services may be carried out at the site of the emergency, in the ambulance, or in a health care institution. Common names: Emergency Medical Technicians; Medical Technician, Emergency; Medical Technicians, Emergency; Emergency Medicine Technicians; Emergency Medicine Technician; Technician, Emergency Medicine; Technicians, Emergency Medicine; Technicians, Emergency Medical; Paramedics, Emergency; Emergency Paramedic |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Simulation as a tool to improve the safety of pre-hospital anaesthesia--a pilot study.
30 Aug 2009 
We conducted a pilot study of the effects of simulation as a tool for teaching doctor-paramedic teams to deliver pre-hospital anaesthesia safely. Participants undertook a course including 43 full immersion, high-fidelity simulations. Twenty videos ... Read more...
The efficacy of pediatric advanced life support training in emergency medical service providers.
30 Jul 2009 Pediatric advanced life support (PALS) teaches skills unique to pediatric resuscitation. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of PALS training among emergency medical service (EMS) providers in out-of-hospital trauma and medical ... Read more...
29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: We assessed the self-reported theoretical and practical preparedness training of Canadian emergency medical services (EMS) providers in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) events. METHODS: We designed an online survey to ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Emergency Medical Technicians - Education'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Army nurses.
30 Aug 2009 - Simulation as a tool to improve the safety of pre-hospital anaesthesia--a pilot study. 30 Aug 2009
- The efficacy of pediatric advanced life support training in emergency medical service providers. 30 Jul 2009
- Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear preparedness training for emergency medical services provider. 29 Jun 2009
- Agriculture emergencies: a primer for first responders. 30 May 2009
- Professional development. Part 5: Performance evaluation. 30 May 2009
- Improving performance of emergency medical services personnel during resuscitation of cardiac arrest patients: the McMAID approach. 30 May 2009
- Will you stay or go? Are high-performing EMS students leaving the field? 30 May 2009
- Men, medics, and nursing: The military might just provide a way to curtail the nursing shortage. 30 May 2009
- An investigation of theory-practice gap in undergraduate paramedic education.
16 May 2009 - Do all pediatric patients who have a febrile seizure require transport by advanced life support? 29 Apr 2009
- Can DVD simulations provide an effective alternative for paramedic clinical placement education? 29 Apr 2009
- Success with paramedic diagnosis of stroke. 24 Mar 2009
- Retention, learning by doing, and performance in emergency medical services. 3 Mar 2009
- The disappearing endotracheal tube: historic skill threatened by lack of practice & new devices. 27 Feb 2009
- Questioning authority. 30 Jan 2009
- Laryngeal tube and intubating laryngeal mask insertion in a manikin by first-responder trainees after a short video-clip demonstration. 30 Dec 2008
- Endotracheal intubation in a medical transport helicopter - comparing direct laryngoscopy with the prototype Storz CMAC videolaryngoscope in a simulated difficult intubating position. 30 Dec 2008
- Endotracheal intubation comparing a prototype Storz CMAC and a glidescope videolaryngoscope in a medical transport helicopter - a pilot study. 30 Dec 2008
- Videolaryngoscopy for intubation skills training of novice military airway managers. 30 Dec 2008
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Technical information about 'Emergency Medical Technicians'
Definition: Paramedical personnel trained to provide basic emergency care and life support under the supervision of physicians and/or nurses. These services may be carried out at the site of the emergency, in the ambulance, or in a health care institution.
Descriptor UI: D004634
Alternative terms: Emergency Medical Technicians; Medical Technician, Emergency; Medical Technicians, Emergency; Emergency Medicine Technicians; Emergency Medicine Technician; Technician, Emergency Medicine; Technicians, Emergency Medicine; Technicians, Emergency Medical; Paramedics, Emergency; Emergency Paramedic; Emergency Paramedics; Paramedic, Emergency; Emergency Medical Technician; Technician, Emergency Medical;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; education; psychology;
Tree Number: M01.526.485.067.150; N02.360.067.150;
History Note: 91(79); was see under ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL 1979-90
Technical Notes: DF: EMERGENCY MED TECHNICIANS