Unlocking Inner Peace During Paramedic School (Jan 24)
Mental health has long been a focus of the overall well-being of the EMS provider. However, should training in stress management start sooner, perhaps during initial education? Can meditation help imp...
3 Feb 20241h 1min
How safe is EMS: A review of occupational injuries and illness in paramedics
The inherent risk of injury and illness comes with most jobs, more so in the first responder community. Working on the front lines during disasters, roadway collisions, and violent encounters, paramed...
8 Jan 20241h 1min
The Best of Educational Research in 2023! (Dec 2023)
Join us for this end-of-year special edition of the PCRF Education Research Journal Club when each of our panelists will share a favorite article from the educational literature in 2023.
5 Jan 20241h 2min
Adverse safety encounters in pediatric patients (Dec 2023)
Most of our pediatric patients cared for and transported by EMS have low acuity, which results in very favorable outcomes. Despite this, EMS providers still experience adverse safety encounters while ...
5 Jan 20241h 6min
Do we agree? Self-directed intubation skill ratings by students and instructors
Can students in self-directed endotracheal intubation training accurately and reliably self-evaluate their abilities? This paper used an algorithm-driven hybrid simulation learning method to assess co...
21 Nov 20231h 1min
Precious Cargo: EMS Providers’ Impressions of Safe Pediatric Transport (Nov 2023)
In 2012, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued guidelines on the safe transport of pediatric patients to lessen the chance of injury during ambulance transport. However, many EMS c...
14 Nov 20231h 1min
Escape Rooms: A solution to engage EMS learners in sensitive topics? (Oct 2023)
EMS providers are uniquely positioned to assess for maltreatment of children and vulnerable populations. Unfortunately, EMS rates of identification and reporting are very low. In this project the auth...
30 Okt 20231h 2min
King Tube Versus iGel: Which Supraglottic Airway will Reign Supreme? (Oct 2023)
The use of supraglottic airway devices during the resuscitation of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients is increasing across the United States and worldwide. The two most commonly used supra...
9 Okt 20231h 3min
