What you'll learn

  • Identify EMS provider-level scope of practice and limitations.

  • Explain basic EMS system organization.

  • Recognize provider and hospital legal responsibilities and risks related to EMS.

  • Understand helicopter vs ground EMS capabilities and limitations.

  • Apply knowledge to choose the optimal transport modality for patients.

  • Learn about mass casualty and disaster incidents and how hospital based providers participate and integrate into systems.

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Course description

Through a dynamic and interactive format, the course focuses on lecture, panel, and QA-based formats to optimize provider knowledge around the pre-hospital system and the hospital’s integration with EMS. This course is designed for physicians, PAs, NPs, and RNs who interact with the prehospital health care system frequently, likely emergency, critical care, or internal medicine providers. This course is also designed for EMTs, paramedics, and other pre-hospital care providers who would like to gain knowledge in EMS-hospital systems integration.

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