Public Safety Group Blog

The Ninth Edition of Prehospital Trauma Life Support for First Responders is available now! Check out an exclusive sneak peek.

Topics: EMS, First Responder, PHTLS

If there’s anyone out there who truly deserves a national day of recognition and appreciation, we’d say it’s first responders.

 

Topics: Public Safety, EMS, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Fire Fighter, First Responder, Paramedic, Police, Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, Public Works

Social media usage and engagement is rapidly increasing. This information is likely not surprising if you are reading this article after clicking on a link from our Facebook post or tweet! According to a Pew Research Center analysis on American adults who use the internet:

Topics: social media, EMS, Fire, First Responder, safety

This winter, Jones & Bartlett Learning conducted a focus group with students in a Fire Officer course on our Navigate 2 platform. Navigate 2 combines interactive content with student practice activities and assessments. The technology and content of Navigate 2 is designed to expand the reach of the classroom. Navigate 2 classes can be taught online, in the classroom, or as a hybrid of both.

Topics: training, education, EMS, Fire, First Responder, Navigate, Test Prep

Topics: Emergency Medical Services, EMS, First Responder, press release

As wildfires increase in frequency and intensity, fire fighters are utilizing all available technology to combat these dangerous infernos and keep their crews safe.

Topics: Safety, technology, drones, Fire, First Responder, response

Last fall, we conducted a focus group with students at Glendale Community College on Navigate 2 Advantage Access for Fundamentals of Microbiology, Tenth Edition, based on the classic undergraduate microbiology text by Jeffrey C. Pommerville. During the focus group, students received a product demonstration of Navigate 2 Advantage Access, including a comprehensive and interactive eBook, assessments, and practice activities. After the demonstration, students completed a survey on their initial reactions, carried out a set of tasks, and provided their feedback on the Navigate 2 user experience as a whole from the student perspective. Read the complete case study now.

Topics: training, EMS, Fire, First Responder, Navigate

Dr. Eduardo Sanchez Velasco, a renowned Mexican pediatrician recognized by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), recently organized the first rollout of APLS: Medicina de emergencias pediátricas, quinta edicion to 21 training instructors and course directors in Mexico, in accordance with the Sociedad Mexicana de Pediatría (SMPs). The event was supported by the Mexican Council of Pediatric Certification, with two points in the specialty recertification (Mexican pediatricians should cover 20 points per year). The training sessions took place over three days with the President and Vice President of the SMP and Drs. Manuel Correa Flores and Jose Luis Pinacho in attendance.

Topics: EMS, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), First Responder, Mexico, Pediatric Education

Topics: Safety, Emergency Care, EMS, Fire, First Responder, preparedness, response

All across our country, mobile integrated healthcare and community paramedicine (MIH-CP) programs are showing hospitals and the wider healthcare system that EMS is an important partner in improving the health of patients and controlling the cost of care. Various programs like this have appeared across the United States, but a definitive resource that describes how to successfully implement such a program has not been available.

Topics: New text, Training Text, EMS, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), First Responder, mobile integrated healthcare, New edition, new edition, new text