What Are They Thinking? A novel strategy to measure paramedic student clinical reasoning skills
One essential goal of EMS education is to promote clinical reasoning. However, assessing student learning in this dimension is challenging. This study describes the adaptation of script concordance te...
31 Maj 20231h 2min
Breaking Down Language Barriers in Emergency Care: Perspectives of EMS Providers
You arrive on the scene with your EMT partner and are immediately met by the patient and their family, obviously in distress, staring at you for help. As you begin your assessment, you realize you are...
8 Maj 20231h 1min
Can You Trust Me? A Standardized Strategy for Mentoring Simulation Faculty.
Mentoring faculty to facilitate simulation properly is challenging. This qualitative research process was used to derive a deliberate series of formative assessments designed to prepare simulation fac...
29 Apr 20231h 1min
Reimagining Opioid-Related Incidents: Massachusetts EMS Takes a New Approach
There is no doubt EMS providers are caring for an increase in opioid-related incidents in the United States and worldwide, leading to compassion fatigue and burnout. However, little is known about the...
10 Apr 202356min
Virtually No Difference? Does a virtual reality trainer impact skill retention?
The variety and use of virtual reality teaching tools is increasing. This study compares learning retention of tourniquet application of EMTs who used virtual reality as a refresher learning strategy ...
24 Mars 20231h 3min
Breaking the Cycle: Understanding 72-hour Repeat EMS Encounters
Patients with repeat EMS encounters within 72 hours represent an important patient population to better understand risks and resource utilization, yet limited data exist describing characteristics of ...
13 Mars 20231h 2min
Where do we go from here? Research Gaps and Priorities in EMS Education
As out-of-hospital medicine evolves, emergency medical services (EMS) education practices must also be updated to ensure that EMS professionals acquire and maintain the skills needed to best serve pat...
24 Feb 20231h 1min
A stroke of good fortune or quality care? Variation in EMS stroke care
While studies have found that EMS compliance with recommended prehospital care for patients with acute stroke is inconsistent, little is known about the sources of variability in compliance. Join us a...
15 Feb 20231h 4min
