EMS Continuing Education
BSR EMS Continuing Education Center provides medical services classes with high fidelity simulation and instructors with over 100 years combined experience. Courses are offered to individuals, groups and businesses, on-site and off-site per request.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) builds on the foundation of Basic Life Support (BLS), emphasizing the importance of continuous, high-quality CPR. The hands-on instruction and simulated cases in this advanced course are designed to help enhance their skills in the recognition and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest immediate post-cardiac arrest, acute arrhythmia, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes.
Course Hours: 16
Recertification for Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) with both hands-on instruction and simulated cases in the recognition and intervention of cardiopulmonary arrest, immediate post-arrest, acute arrhythmia, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes. Also emphasizing the importance of continuous high-quality CPR.
Course Hours: 8
International Trauma Life Support Initial Provider course includes 8 hours of classroom instruction, 8 hours of hands-on skills training, and testing for International Trauma Life Support Basic or Advanced certification. Innovative skills stations let you practice the abilities appropriate for your level of certification. The primary purpose of the International Trauma Life Support course is to provide students with the fundamental knowledge and experience necessary to get the trauma patient from scene to surgery in the best possible condition.
With its comprehensive approach to core knowledge and skills, ITLS Provider is appropriate for all levels of EMS personnel—from EMT-Bs and first responders to advanced EMTs, paramedics, trauma nurses, and physicians.
Course Hours: 16
This course will teach:
- Scene Size-up
- Trauma Assessment & Management
- Airway Management
- Traumas Including: Thoracic, Head, Spinal, Abdominal, & Extremity
- Shock
- Burns
- Pediatric & Geriatric Trauma
- Trauma in Pregnancy
- The Impaired Patient
- Trauma Arrest
- Standard Precautions
Skill Stations Include:
- Assessment
- Airway
- Thoracic Trauma
- Vascular Access
- Spine Management
- Extremity Trauma
Testing: Written & Practical Exam
Recertification for International Trauma Life Support Provider includes 8 hours of hands-on skills training to include a trauma assessment video, assessment practice and testing scenarios, and written testing for International Trauma Life Support Basic or Advanced certification. Innovative skills stations let you practice the abilities appropriate for your level of certification in managing the trauma patient.
With its comprehensive approach to core knowledge and skills, International Trauma Life Support Provider is appropriate for all levels of Emergency Medical Service personnel—from EMT-Basics and first responders to advanced EMTs, Paramedics, trauma nurses, and physicians.
Course Hours: 8
- Module I: Airway, Respiration, Ventilation and Neurological Management
- Module II: Cardiovascular I: Stroke, Pediatric Cardiac Arrest
- Module III: Cardiovascular II: Ventricular Assist Device, Congestive Heart Failure , Acute Coronary Syndromes, Adult Cardiac Arrest, Return of Spontaneous Circulation
- Module IV: Trauma
- Module V: Medical Emergencies I: Diabetic, Toxicology, Allergic reaction, Pharmacology, Pain Management
- Module VI: Medical Emergencies II: Behavioral, Infectious Disease, Special Healthcare Needs, Obstetrics
- Module VII: Operations I: Provider Hygiene, Safety, EMS Culture, Crew Resource, Ambulance Safety, Triage, Pediatric Transport
- Module VIII: Operations II: At Risk Populations/Pediatrics, Geriatrics, EMS Research, Evidence Based Guidelines
Pre-registration Required by January 26, 2021*
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK: Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, Eleventh Edition with premier access code for the online course portion. Textbook and online code are available for purchase at discounted rate in registration.
155 Hour Minimum. This class meets National Education Standards, and includes required clinical time. Minimum of 8 students required to hold class. If minimum is not met, participants will be notified and refunded by January 26, 2021. Upon completion and passing of both written and psychomotor exams, students will receive a National Registry Emergency Medical Technician certification.
Start Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.
This class is an online student self-learning didactic course with skills and practical sessions throughout sections of the course.
The class will meet in-house Bi-weekly on the following dates: February 20, March 13, March 23, April 3, April 13, April 24, May 6, May 15, June 1, June 26, July 17, July 20.
Weekday classes are held from 6:00 p.,m. - 10:00 p.m. Weekend classes are held 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Class is limited to 18 students. Students will have access to state-of-the-art simulation training manikins. Course cost of $975 includes tuition, CPR card, National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians ( NREMT) fee and full Emergency Vehicle Operations Course ( EVOC) course to be determined at the completion of the course.
Students must pre-register by January 26, 2021. $275 refundable deposit required at registration. Class must be paid in full by the first day February 9, 2021. Students must obtain the required textbook/premier access code. Fees are also payable to the West Virginia Office of Emergency MEdical Services to obtain West Virginia certification. Get more information at www.wvpst.org.
Location: Summit Point Training Facility, 785 Training Campus Dr., Summit Point WV 25443
Instructors: Andrew Hoffmann and Quinton Dunigan
This is a program taught in six 4-hour modules designed to recertify West Virginia EMTs.
- Module I: Airway, and Neurological Management
- Module II: Cardiac Management & Considerations
- Module III: Medical Emergencies I/Operations I Management & Considerations: Diabetic, Behavioral, EMS Culture of Safety, Immunology, Infectious Disease, At Risk Populations, EMS Provider Hygiene, Safety
- Module IV: Medical Emergencies II Management & Considerations: Special healthcare needs, Obstetrics, Pediatric Cardiac Arrest
- Module V: Trauma/Operations II Management & Considerations
- Module VI: Skills Performance
Course Hours: 24
Once the cognitive portion of the course has been completed, students practice and test their skills with an American Heart association Instructor
The American Heart association ’s Basic Life Support Course is designed for healthcare professionals and other personnel who need to know how to perform CPR and other basic cardiovascular life support skills in a wide variety of in-facility and prehospital settings.
Students will attend a structured Instructor-led course that focuses on meaningful skills practice, debriefing, team scenarios, discussions of local protocols and skills testing.
After successfully completing the hands-on and written testing session of the BLS Course, students should be able to:
- Describe the importance of high-quality CPR and its impact on survival
- Describe all of the steps of the Chain of Survival and apply the Basic Life Support concepts of the Chain of Survival
- Recognize the signs of someone needing CPR
- Perform high-quality CPR for adults, children and infants
- Describe the importance of early use of an AED and demonstrate its use
- Provide effective ventilations by using a barrier device
- Describe the importance of team dynamics in multi-rescuer resuscitation and perform as an effective team member during multi-rescuer CPR
- Describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction (choking) for adults and infants
Course Hours: 4
Class minimum - 6 participants.
This course is designed to prepare students to provide first aid, CPR, and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) in a safe, timely, and effective manner. It offers the basics of recognizing and administering first aid for the most common life-threatening emergencies.
The hands-on skills practice and testing session are conducted with an American Heart Association Basic Life Support Instructor or Heartsaver Instructor. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a course completion card, valid for two years.
Heartsaver courses are intended for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for a job, regulatory (e.g., OSHA), or other requirements. These courses can also be taken by anyone who wants to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.
Course Hours: 8
Pre-registration required*
Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS) is the gold standard of education for emergency medical assessment and treatment. Endorsed by the National Association of EMS Physicians, Advanced Medical Life Support emphasizes the use of the AMLS Assessment Pathway, a systematic tool for assessing and managing common medical conditions with urgent accuracy.
Students learn to recognize and manage common medical crises through realistic case-based scenarios that challenge students to apply their knowledge to highly critical patients. The course emphasizes the use of scene size-up, history, interactive group discussion on potential treatment strategies, and physical exam to systematically rule out and consider possibilities and probabilities in treating patients’ medical crises.
Topics include:
- Respiratory disorders
- Cardiovascular disorders
- Shock
- Altered mental status
- Neurological disorders
- Endocrine/Metabolic disorders
- Environmental emergencies
- Infectious disease
- Abdominal disorders
- Toxicological emergencies
- Exposure to hazardous materials
Advanced Medical Life Support is appropriate for EMTs, Paramedics, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurse anesthetists and physicians. Advanced Medical Life Support is accredited by Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE) and recognized by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians.
Book available at Jones and Bartlett ISBN#: 9781284196115. Books not included in registration price.
Course Hours: 16
Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS) is the gold standard of education for emergency medical assessment and treatment. Endorsed by the National Association of EMS Physicians, Advanced Medical Life Support emphasizes the use of the AMLS Assessment Pathway, a systematic tool for assessing and managing common medical conditions with urgent accuracy.
Students learn to recognize and manage common medical crises through realistic case-based scenarios that challenge students to apply their knowledge to highly critical patients. The course emphasizes the use of scene size-up, history, interactive group discussion on potential treatment strategies, and physical exam to systematically rule out and consider possibilities and probabilities in treating patients’ medical crises.
Refresher Course: 8-hour course for individuals who have successfully completed the 16-hour Advanced Medical Life Support provider course within the past four years. Current Advanced Medical Life Support provider certificate or wallet card required. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a certificate of completion and 8 hours of Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE) credit.
Course Hours: 8
The Pediatric Education for Prehospital Providers Course is available as a hybrid course for both BLS and ALS:
Basic Life Support: The hybrid course is a combination of online learning, followed by hands-on practice in the classroom. Instead of attending a daylong traditional onsite course, students learn a portion of the course through self-directed online modules. After completing all of the online modules, students then attend a short onsite course for completion of hands-on practice, as well as instructor interaction and the final examination.
Advanced Life Support: The hybrid course is a combination of online learning, followed by hands-on practice in the classroom. Instead of attending a 2-day traditional onsite course, students learn a portion of the course through self-directed online modules. After completing all of the online modules, students then attend a 1-day onsite course for completion of hands-on practice, as well as instructor interaction and the final examination.
The American Academy of Pediatric is approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE). Participants who successfully complete the Pediatric Education for Prehospital Providers Course are eligible to receive continuing education units (CEUs) through CAPCE. The Basic Life Support Hybrid Course provides 8.5 hours of CEUs, and the Onsite Course provides 8 hours. The Advanced Life Support Hybrid Course provides 12.5 hours, and the Advanced Life Support Onsite Course provides 14 hours.
Course Description:
Pediatric Education for Prehospital Providers represents a complete source of prehospital medical information for the emergency care of infants and children. Developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, PEPP is a curriculum designed to teach prehospital professionals how to better assess and manage ill or injured children.
Pediatric Education for Prehospital Providers is a comprehensive course featuring case-based lectures, video, hands-on skills stations, and small group scenarios.
The Basic Life Support (BLS) course is geared toward the Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) and Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and the Advanced Life Support (ALS) course is geared toward the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) and Paramedic. The PEPP Course Coordinator should determine which course (BLS or ALS) is most appropriate for an individual. Any health professional who is responsible for the emergency care of children may find this course beneficial.
Take the Pre Course Online Module (Hybrid Students Only)
- After you have read the textbook and participated in the nine online modules, you will receive a Course Completion Certificate on your My Account page. Bring this certificate with you to the course.
A mass casualty incident (MCI) is defined as “an event that overwhelms the local healthcare system, where the number of casualties vastly exceeds the local resources and capabilities in a short period of time.” Any mass casualty Incident can rapidly exhaust available resources for not only the incident but the normal day-to-day tasks of the EMS system. Each EMS agency should institute a plan in preparation for anticipated, progressive, and sudden onset of disasters occurring within the community.
First and foremost, in responding to a mass casualty incident is identifying the type of MCI present. Categories include:
- Planned (sporting event)
- Conventional, which usually have some level of recurring frequency (transportation incidents, burn, and severe weather events)
- Chemical, biological, radiological
- Nuclear agents from an unintentional or accidental release or act of terrorism
- Catastrophic health events (nuclear detonation, major explosion, major hurricane, pandemic influenza, or others).
The keys in successfully managing the chaos of a fast-paced, moving mass casualty incident can be delineated with the organization of the 5 “S's”: “scene safety assessment, scene size-up, send information, scene set-up, and START.”
This course will teach the participant the necessary knowledge in the core concepts of: activating an mass casualty incident, communications during an incident management, on scene control, unified command and triage, and after-action inventory and post incident planning.
Course Hours: 6
A mass casualty incident (MCI) is defined as “an event that overwhelms the local healthcare system, where the number of casualties vastly exceeds the local resources and capabilities in a short period of time.” Any mass casualty incident can rapidly exhaust available resources for not only the incident but the normal day-to-day tasks of the EMS system. Each EMS agency should institute a plan in preparation for anticipated, progressive, and sudden onset of disasters occurring within the community.
This course is a review of the core concepts of: activating an mass casualty incident , communications during an incident management, on scene control, unified command and triage, and after-action inventory and post incident planning.
Course Hours: 2
The 4-hour Hazardous Materials Awareness class meets National Fire Protection Association 472, 2013 edition. This class includes a complete review of the Department of Transportation Emergency Response Guidebook. The Emergency Response Guide is the only text for this class. International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC) Testing is available.
Valid driver's license and affiliation with a fire or EMS agency required.
A large number of emergency service personnel and civilians are injured and killed each year as a result of inappropriately driven emergency vehicles. Participants in this course will have the opportunity to gain and/or verify a broad range of competencies associated with the emergency vehicle driving. These competencies include basic understanding of emergency vehicle operations as well as the skills necessary for practical and safe application of driving on a competency course.
Learners will take away an essential understanding of the complexities of driving under emergency conditions, the hazards of intersections and finally the risks of backing apparatus and vehicles.
Selecting the Proper Personnel for Driving an Emergency Vehicle: This course will explain that proper personnel selection procedures are the first steps in developing an effective, safe emergency vehicle driver program. It will also define the legal aspects of emergency vehicle operations and why it is necessary to have standard operating guidelines.
Emergency Vehicle Characteristics: This will focus on vehicle features that the Emergency Vehicle Driver should know. The course will define the various types of Emergency Vehicle Inspections and maintenance programs a department must have set-up. The course will also focus on the different weight distribution factors and center of gravity when driving these emergency vehicles.
Emergency Vehicle Driving Dynamics: This course will focus on the dynamics of how to drive an emergency vehicle and stay safe in the process. It will focus on how to prevent Emergency Vehicle Roll Over and Vehicle Dynamics and Physical Forces affect the operation of these types of vehicles.
Emergency Vehicle Driving Techniques: This module will cover all the techniques needed to maintain the highest level of safety possible. It also includes how to prepare for unexpected situations and conditions which can adversely affect emergency vehicle operation. As well as defensive driving techniques that include space management, following distance and rate of closure, hazard identification and correct braking techniques to name a few tactical skills.
Course Hours: 16
Geriatric Education for Emergency Services provides EMS practitioners at all levels with the skills and knowledge to address the unique medical, social, environmental and communications challenges of older adults. Developed by the National Association for Emergency Medical Technicians, in partnership with the American Geriatrics Society, Geriatric Education for Emergency Service empowers EMS practitioners to help improve medical outcomes and quality of life for geriatric patients.
Geriatric Education for Emergency Service features case-based lectures, live action video, hands-on skill stations, simulation and small group scenarios to fully engage students in the learning experience. Geriatric Education for Emergency Service covers the following topics:
- Changes with age
- Assessment of older adults
- Pharmacology and medication toxicity
- Psycho-social emergencies
- Elder abuse
- End-of-life care issues
- Cardiovascular and respiratory emergencies
- Trauma
- Neurological emergencies and altered mental status
- Mobile integrated healthcare
- Special considerations for older adults in disaster response
- Skin and wound care
- Medical devices frequently used by older adults
Two Geriatric Education for Emergency Service courses are offered - a core basic and advanced course. They may be offered separately or sequentially. Both courses are appropriate for EMTs, paramedics, emergency medical responders, nurses, physician assistants and physicians. Geriatric Education for Emergency Service is accredited by Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education and recognized by National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians.
Course Hours: 8
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