New Emergency Medical Services Courses

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New Emergency Medical Services Courses

(Source: U.S. Fire Administration)

The U.S. Fire Administration

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UlkPSYmJg==&&&111&&&http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/about> (USFA) notified the

Emergency Management and Response-Information Sharing and Analysis

Center

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ac/index.shtm> (EMR-ISAC) that the National Fire Academy (NFA)

completed development of the first two new Emergency Medical Services

(EMS) courses. According to the USFA Press Release

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711.shtm> , these courses are in response to the USFA Reauthorization

Act of 2008, which directed NFA to provide advanced EMS training. " Six

additional courses are in the process of development or revision. "

The Emergency Medical Services Quality Management Course

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log/details/10411> (R158) provides the critical components, background,

and principles associated with the implementation, or enhancement, of a

department's Quality Management Program. The course teaches how to

create, implement, and maintain a Quality Management Program, including

historical examples, current models, and best practices of quality

assurance and improvement, process improvement, and data collection and

analysis.

The Emergency Medical Services Functions in the Incident Command System

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log/details/10421> (W166) is a two-day course offering to be conducted

either on the National Emergency Training Center campus or locally

through partnerships with State and metropolitan fire service training

organizations. Students will practice use of the Incident Command

System (ICS) in coordination with other public safety responders. The

course will present scenarios requiring responders to structure their

EMS resources according to ICS guidance as appropriate to the needs of

the different incident types.