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H.E.R.O. Training
PO Box 1427
Thomaston, GA 30286
ph: 770-468-1121
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What's New?
With the constant change, on an almost daily basis, we thought it might be benefitial to list things as they change as opposed to waiting for the HERO Quarterly Newsletter to come out.
HERO Training is now an American Safety & Health Institute (ASHI) Training site.
NAEMT News
New Courses Emerging
Critical Care Test Preparation (CCTP)- 16 Hour course to prepare students to take the International Board of Specialty Certifications (IBSC) exams: Critical Care Paramedic or Flight Paramedic.
Community Paramedicine Practitioner Course. 56 hour course with 80 hours of clinical rotations. Will also prepare the student to take the IBSC Community Paramedic exam.
Note: Currently, in collaboration with Columbia State University, International Association of Flight & Critical Care Paramedics (IAFCCP) are offering an online Certified Community Paramedic Review Course. Click here for more information.
Community Paramedicine Series:
Motivational Interviewing now available. Click here for more information.
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New or revised courses now available:
- 4e EPC
* 3e AMLS Webinars: 1 CEU each
- Prehospital Shock (full)
- Principles of Prehospital Pharmacology
- Sepsis in Prehospital Patients
- Treating Prehospital Abdominal Pain
- 8 hour TECC Refresher
- NEW "First on the Scene"- a program to teach the general public what to do for a victim before EMS arrival.
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"First Responders: Are Your Families Ready for a Natural Disaster?"Please read this important article on unplanned intubation from NAEMT:
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Interesting App to look for:
"Stroke Scales for EMS"
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Journal of Special Operations Medicine (JSOM)
Educational Opportunities
Great opportunities for free training through the Georgia Poison Control Center. Follow this link for educator training courses as well as courses in other biological exposures. Visit the website here.
Essentials of Mechanical Ventilation
Interview with David Shelledy
Free resources Info
FREE eBook
Building Lifesaving Communities
American Red Cross & EMS World
Stop the Bleed Programs
The 'Bleeding Control Basics Course' is no longer valid and has been removed from the training site as of May 31. A new version, 'Stop the Bleed' program is now available with a simpler, easier to teach format. Georgia is in the top 10 states for providing this valuable training and we are proud of those that promote the course. Keep it up!
NEW: IO needle with manually triggered insertion device.
SAM-IO Training Information here.
Teleflex
Free Virtual Training
IO Insertion
EDUCATORS:
The second edition of the new National Educational Standards as published by NHTSA (OEMS) is now complete.
Significant changes have been made in course contents and locations of topics within an EMS program.
For instance, Pediatrics or Geriatrics are no longer a stand alone topic, but these age groups will be integrated through an entry level program. Interesting read.
Click here for more information:
Training Information on:
High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
For acute respiratory failure patients.
Skill is added to GA's permissive Post-Licensure skill list. (See info to right)
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Centers for Disease control
The CDC offers many free CEUs for interested personnel
CDC Educational Opportunities- Click here.Online training for Opiods Series
FREE Sepsis Educational
Materials
Click here for more information
Job Opportunities
Great opportunities in both Florida and Georgia.
Grady Hospital in Atlanta, GA
Has adopted new Trauma Leveling Criteria
Two tiered leveling as recommended by the American College of Sugeons.
Let me know if you need additional information and I'll forward the email to you which lists specific patient injury criteria.
Advanced CPR Solutions
Short series of educational videos to enhance knowledge about CPR and state-of-the-art technological advances.
Are you familiar with the ElevatedCPR technique?
Click here for more information.
EMS World is offering individual courses that can be taken on-line. The topics are actually interesting and not the usual run-of-the-mill information. You will find topics such as:
- "Dead Man Walking: Clinical use of qSOFA
- "EMTALA, Ambulance Diversion and Wall Time: What EMS Needs to KNow"
- "ECMO Management: Pitfalls and Possibilities"
- "The Idiot's Guide to Interpreting Research and Incorporating it into Practice"
Each module is one hour in length. The cost per module is $4.95 and each one will provide 0.5 CEU of distance learning through CAPCE.
Following this link for more info:---------------------------------------------
Georgia News
The Closing of Atlanta Medical Center
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A new DPH-GA EMS Website is now up and running. Please follow this link to access.
Please look at updated recommendtions for possible Coronovirus infections/exposures.
Important!!
A new Licensing Management System (LMS) website for GA is now up and running. New and existing licenses will now all go through this portal. This includes instructor and service licenses.
For existing medics, please follow THIS LINK to access information on the new system.
Your license will have a new look and will contain a QR code. It will look similar to this:
You will be responsible for uploading your CEUs throughout your recert cycle, so that the CEU info will be in your online account. You will not be issued a license without this info logged into the system. The only programs accepted for CEUs will be those classes with a DPH approval or those approved by CAPCE. Be careful that you do not wait until the last minute to get your training in order.
Listed under the Post-Licensure Skills:
1. Advanced Transport Ventilators (ATV)
2. Initiation of additional units of blood/blood products
3. Maintenance of Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps (IABPs)
4. Maintenance of Transvenous Cardiac Pacing (TVP) devices
5. Maintenance of external cardiac support devices (plVAD, ECMO)
6. High Flow via Nasal Cannula (HFNC)
For more info : GA EMS Scope of Practice
Important Information from NHTSA regarding Electric Hybrid Vehicles
All public Safety responders should be aware of these potential high voltage exposures.
Read the interim guidance here.
NOW ONLINE!
Handtevy Pediatric Pre-hospital Provider Course
2-hour lecture series powered by Prodigy EMS
Plus 2- hour hands-on skill session (optional) to complete the provider certification.
Click here to watch a trailer regarding the program.
To register with Prodigy, click here.
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Travel Clinical Assist (TCA) provides post-travel clinical information regarding travel-related diseases for 231 countries. This includes information on outbreaks with clinical symptoms, transmit modes, infection control and more. You can access the site here:
Homeland Security
Due to cyber attacks and the need fpr more cyber awareness, Homeland Security has released a recommendation to protect you and your service from being attacked. Follow this link for more information:
IMPORTANT AHA INFORMATION
Beginning July 1, 2019, the majority of AHA US-based training centers (including training sites and instructors), will purchase AHA and ECC training materials directly through the American Heart. Through a new website and toll-free number, AHA members will be able to order print materials, videos, eBooks, eLearning, CPR Anytime Kits and more., Students will also be able to order form the eCommerce site. The new site can be found here:
GA EMS is now requiring that you attend a TIMS (Traffic Incident Management Responder Training) program. You will have until 2021 or 2022, whichever recert period will be your next expiration date. The course can be taken in a live classroom setting or through an online option. The classes will probably be mandated for all states as this is a National course being offered through the National Highway Institute.
Free CEUs
"Build My Brain"
Video series on the importance of positive interaction with a child's development. focus is on how a person is shaped by events that occur from early childhood- most importantly, from birth.
Approved for 1.5 CEUs
SIGN UP FOR THE COURSE AT: https://www.coxcampus.org/dph-bmb/
NREMT News
- Beginning 2020 recertification period, you will only need to report continuing education by the 5 major topics and not all of the subtopics (the 30 hours of subtopics in the NCCP model, for example). Yeah!
- The 2012 model will be merged into the 2016 model so that you will only have to follow the 2016 model. As of June 11, 2019, the 2012 model will no longer be available. If you have been following this model please go to the NREMT web site and change your model to the 2016 NCCP model. Your transcripts will not disappear, but you will not be able to add, subtract or modify anything on your personal account until the change is made by you. Anything you have previously entered on the educational summary, will have to be redone.
- A new android app has been added for your convenience to log training and maintain your on-line account. Click HERE for more information.
- NREMT has elected to allow a provider to use all Distance Learning credits for recertification. There will no longer be a 'live' classroom requirement as before.
EMR and EMT can now take the NREMT certification tests from home.
NREMT has made the following changes to the recertification process starting Oct. 2019:
"The National Registry’s focus is on the quality of the overall content instead of the time assignments of the unique subtopics. An EMS professional's requirements are met as long as all of the subtopics of each main category are represented and the hourly requirements of the major categories are achieved.
For verification, we look at the title, the description and all attached documents for indications a subtopic was covered."
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New release concerning accommodations for NREMT testing candidates. Click here for more information.
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EMS Agenda 2050
"The EMS Agenda for the Future 2050: a People Centered Vision for the Future of Emergency Medical Services" has just been released. This project has been in the making for the past two years and will guide our profession for the next 30.
Please find time to read. It is a long document, but will give you an idea of how EMS will be molded in the future.
Click on the link above to discover another historical shift in our field.
Florida Law allows medics to carry guns. Read the full article HERE.
If your AHA students wish to obtain their eCards through the new SMS text, the instructor must enter a student phone number at the time the card is issued.
H.E.R.O. Training
PO Box 1427
Thomaston, GA 30286
ph: 770-468-1121
aaustin