The EMS Educator

It’s a G’Day For America: Unique Approaches to the EMS Staffing Shortage

Could your next work partner be… Australian? If some folks in California have their way, the answer is yes.  Working to solve the ongoing staffing shortage, a group of innovative EMS leaders in California and Australia are thinking differently: bringing well-trained EMS clinicians from Australia to join the U.S. ranks.  How do they do it? Hosts Rob Lawrence and Hilary Gates interview the impressive cast of characters.  We discuss the logistics, the education, the paperwork, and of course, the accents.

Guests on this episode:

Paramedic Kaya Shults
kayarainshults@gmail.com

Paramedic Sam Fiorin
samuel.fiorin01@gmail.com

Dannie Wurtz, EMT-P, RN; CEO at International Medic Solutions

dannie@internationalmedicsolutions.com

Joe Wurtz, Co-Founder & COO at International Medic Solutions
joe@internationalmedicsolutions.com

Neil Noble, Managing Director at Australia EMS
neil.noble@australiaems.com.au

Jimmy Pierson, President & COO at Medic Ambulance Service
jpierson@medicambulance.net

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Upstander Training and Implicit Bias

You've heard the term "bystander," but probably not "upstander." What is it? Hosts Rob Lawrence, Maia Dorsett and Hilary Gates are joined by University of Pittsburgh's Rickquel Tripp, MD, MPH, CDR, USNR: Vice Chair of Diversity, Inclusion & Health Equity, Department of Emergency Medicine; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; EMS Medical Director, Penn Hills, SouthEast Regional, Lower Valley and Foxwall; Emergency Department Attending Physician. Dr. Tripp teaches us about implicit bias and how an upstander will not stand quietly by but will instead engage in support of a person or group who may be being bullied or attacked.  How should we teach this in our EMS systems? How do we create a safe space and a culture that celebrates this behavior? Bias is often motivated by fear, anxiety or the unknown.

Resources:

NAEMSP Pre Conference Workshop: "Empowering Leadership: Building Equity and Excellence into EMS Systems" on Jan. 8, 2024 8 am-5 pm

Upstander Handout

The Fearless Organization by Amy Edmonson

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Will This Be on the Test? Incorporating Best Research Evidence into EMS Education & High Stakes Testing

Is this going to be on the test?  Educators having been cringing at this question as long as tests have existed because of a perceived time-lapse between research-driven advances in best practice and incorporation into high stakes testing - but these days are numbered. In this episode of the EMS Educator podcast, we host EMS Education experts and members of the National Registry research team, Chris Gage (current NREMT research fellow), Dr. Ash Panchal (NREMT Research director) and Dr. Kim McKenna (paramedic educator and NREMT Board member) to discuss their publication of the Consensus Standard for Evidence Integration into EMS Education and High Stakes Testing which describes the strategy for incorporating research evidence into EMS education and the NREMT certification exam. We discuss why this work was necessary, the process by which the strategy was developed, and why the future is bright for evidence implementation in EMS education and clinical practice.

 

Additional resources for EMS educators:

 

The Prehospital Guidelines Consortium list of prehospital Evidence-Based guidelines and EMS Professionals Reading List

 

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Understanding the NREMT’s EMS ID

Want to know more about the NREMT’s National EMS ID?  NREMT initiated this project in early 2020 to help us gain insights into the EMS workforce, attrition, quality of education, provider credentialing and provision of quality patient care.  The ID will enable NREMT to follow learners from pre-matriculation to retirement  In this episode, Hilary Gates and Rob Lawrence explore the ID's current use, purpose, and future possibilities, including ways that EMS agencies, educators, leaders and clinicians can benefit from the EMS ID.

Joining as guests are: Alan Arguello, COO of NREMT; Josh Tilton, NREMT Senior Program Manager; and Heather Davis, NREMT Board Member.

Mentioned in the episode:

https://www.nremt.org/document/national-ems-id

EMS Compact

Reel Emergency Vodcast

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Pearls of EMS Ultrasound

It’s a hot topic right now: how should EMS utilize ultrasound as a part of out-of-hospital medicine? We asked the pros: three physicians who have set up programs, trained clinicians and analyzed data.  Join hosts Rob Lawrence, Hilary Gates and Maia Dorsett as we dive into lessons learned about the logistics, training and quality improvement around ultrasound in EMS. 

Our guests for this episode: Jenna White, MD, FAEMS, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico; Frances Russell, MD, FACEP, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine & co-director for the Educational Ultrasound Initiative at Indiana University School of Medicine; and Melissa Miller, MD, Associate Medical Director, OCMO, Austin Travis County EMS. 

Follow Dr. Russell at @IUEM_ultrasound and @fmbrussell.

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Rethinking Preceptor Training

What training did you receive when you became a field preceptor? Many in EMS would reply, "Not much." In this episode, hosts Rob Lawrence, Maia Dorsett and Hilary Gates welcome educators Ginger Locke and Ashley Liebig from Austin, TX. Ginger and Ashley share their ideas about this topic after recently teaching a comprehensive preceptor training course.  They found training preceptors can shape positive department culture, create a safe space for feedback, and help everyone find a sense of belonging.  

Mentioned in the episode:

Geoffrey Cohen, Belonging

Medic Mindset “Finding Feedback”

Radical Candor by Kim Scott

Brene Brown

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How Did the COVID Pandemic Affect EMS Education?

In 2020, the Commission on Accreditation for Prehospital Continuing Education (CAPCE)  reported a 179% increase in course completions compared to the two prior years, as well as a 185% increase in online distributive learning.  Live/in person education represented just 1% of CAPCE-accredited refresher completions in 2020.  What does this say about the future of EMS education? How does this trend away from live courses toward online education affect student retention, skills and evidence-based education? Is this the "new normal"?

Hosts Rob Lawrence and Maia Dorsett join the host of the PEC Podcast, Hawnwan Philip Moy, MD, FACEP, FAEMS to discuss these impressive numbers with the authors of the study:

Juan March, MD, FAEMS, FACEP, Chief, at ECU Division of EMS, CAPCE Board of Directors; Nicole Camarillo, Data Coordinator at CAPCE and Stephen Taylor, MHS, FAEMS, EMS Specialist at ECU Division of EMS.

PEC paper discussed on this episode:

March, J. A., Scott, J., Camarillo, N., Bailey, S., Holley, J. E., & Taylor, S. E. (2022). Effects of COVID-19 on EMS refresher course completion and delivery. Prehospital Emergency Care, 26(5), 617-622.

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Addressing the Gaps: EMS Response to OB Care Deserts

This year has brought many changes in the care provision landscape for obstetric patients. As with many aspects of care, access to maternity care is inequitable by geographic location. Legislative changes in the last year have exacerbated these geographic inequities and EMS is called upon to help meet the needs of patients in these challenging circumstances. In one state, Tennessee, EMS is seeing extraordinarily long transports and due to legislative changes, physicians are facing potential prosecution for treating patients. Join us as we discuss protocol and just-in-time educational needs, psychosocial aspects of care and collaborative efforts between EMS and OB in this arena.

Special guests on this episode are Tracy Coffey, MD, FACOG, OB/GYN, who is Department Chair and Medical Director of Women's Services at Tennova Healthcare Clarksville, TN.  
Ashley N. Huff, MD, FACEP, FAEMS, who is an emergency physician and Air Evac Lifeteam/Global Medical Response EMS Medical Director in TN.

https://www.marchofdimes.org/maternity-care-deserts-report

Ruth's Army Tennessee

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Cultivating Curiosity: Making the Most of Distributive Education

It's Recert season! The NREMT has permanently removed limits on distributive education for recertification. What does “distributive education” mean and how does this change impact clinicians and educators alike? Join us as we discuss how to use education to cultivate curiosity in our learners, support lifelong learning and improve equity. Some educational delivery models are better suited than others to meet learning objectives: what are they? How can we use our own agency's data to enhance education? Hear from educational experts Megan Corry, EdD, EMTP, CHSE, Paramedic Program Director at the City College of San Francisco and Casey Patrick, MD, FAEMS, Medical Director at ESD 11 Mobile Healthcare & Asst. Medical Director of MCHD EMS in Houston.

Mentioned in the episode:

MCHD Paramedic Podcast

PCRF educational research podcast

Reel Emergency vodcast

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The Great Conversation

On Aug. 17, 2022, the NREMT Board rescinded a resolution that would have done away with graduation from a nationally accredited paramedic program as a requirement for eligibility for national certification.  Why? What led to the decision? What prompted the resolution in the first place? Join NREMT Executive Director Bill Seifarth, NREMT Board Chair Kevin Mackey and NREMT Board Member Maia Dorsett as they discuss the process and answer burning questions about this dramatic period of events.  

NREMT Statement Rescinding the Resolution

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