EMS Continuing Education
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On our watch, everybody goes home.
BSR EMS Continuing Educaton Center provides medical services classes with high fidelity simlation 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 Cost: $300 per person 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 Cost: $150 per person Course Hours: 8
ITLS Provider includes 8 hours of classroom instruction, 8 hours of hands-on skills training, and testing for ITLS Basic or Advanced certification. Innovative skills stations let you practice the abilities appropriate for your level of certification. The primary purpose of the ITLS 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 Cost: $250 prt prtdon 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
Recertification for ITLS Provider includes 8 hours of hands-on skills training to include a trauma assessment video, assessment practice and testing scenarios, and written testing for ITLS 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, 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 Cost: $150 per person Course Hours: 8
Paramedic Recertification Course eight 4-hour modules required:
- Module I: Airway, Respiration, Ventilation and Neurological Management
- Module II: Cardiovascular I: Stroke, Pedi Cardiac Arrest
- Module III: Cardiovascular II: VAD, CHF, ACS, Adult Cardiac Arrest, ROSC
- 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, OB
- Module VII: Operations I: Provider Hygiene, Safety, EMS Culture, Crew Resource, Ambulance Safety, Triage, Ped Transport
- Module VIII: Operations II: At Risk Populations/Peds, Geriatrics, EMS Research, Evidence Based Guidelines
Course Cost: $150 per person Course Hours: 32
Pre-registration Required*
This 155-hour minimum program is the basic level of EMT care by the West Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services. This class meets the NREMT Standards. The EMT candidate must successfully complete the program, complete required clinical time, complete the practical skills testing, and obtain a passing score on the computer-based National Registry exam.
Skills and assessment training accomplished through the use of state-of-the-art high-fidelity simulation manikins.
*BSR EMS Continuing Education Training Center Sponsored, under West Virginia Public Service Training
Course Cost: $975 Course Hours: 155
This is a program taught in six 4-hour modules designed to recertify WV EMTs.
- Module I: Airway, and Neurological Management
- Module II: Cardiac Management & Considerations
- Module III: Medical Emergencies I/Ops I Management & Considerations: Diabetic, Behavioral, EMS Culture of Safety, Immunology, Infectious Disease, At Risk Populatons, EMS Provider Hygiene, Safety
- Module IV: Medical Emergencies II Management & Considerations: Speical healthcare Needs, OB, Pediatric Cardiac Arrest
- Module V: Trauma/Ops II Management & Considerations
- Module VI: Skills Performance
Course Cost: $75 per person Course Hours: 24<
Once the cognitive portion of the course has been completed, students practice and test their skills with an AHA Instructor
The AHA’s BLS 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 BLS 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 Cost: $75 per person 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 AHA BLS 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 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 Cost: $80 per person 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, AMLS 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
AMLS is appropriate for EMTs, paramedics, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurse anesthetists and physicians. AMLS is accredited by CAPCE and recognized by NREMT.
AMLS Basics – New: 16-hour classroom course specifically designed for emergency medical technicians. The course covers the same materials as AMLS, at a level appropriate for EMTs. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a certificate of completion, a wallet card recognizing them as AMLS-Basics providers for 4 years, and 16 hours of CAPCE credit.
Course Cost: $300 per person Course Hours: 16
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, AMLS 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 AMLS provider course within the past four years. Current AMLS provider certificate or wallet card required. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a certificate of completion and 8 hours of CAPCE credit.
Course Cost: $150 per person Course Hours: 8
The PEPP Course is available as a hybrid course for both BLS and ALS:
BLS: 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.
ALS: 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 PEPP Course are eligible to receive continuing education units (CEUs) through CAPCE. The BLS Hybrid Course provides 8.5 hours of CEUs, and the Onsite Course provides 8 hours. The ALS Hybrid Course provides 12.5 hours, and the ALS Onsite Course provides 14 hours.
Course Description:
PEPP 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.
PEPP 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 Precourse 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.
Course Cost: $150 per person
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 MCI can rapidly exhaust available resources for not only the MCI 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 an MCI 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 MCI 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 MCI, communications during an incident management, on scene control, unified command and triage, and after-action inventory and post incident planning.
Course Cost: $65 per person 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 MCI can rapidly exhaust available resources for not only the MCI 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 MCI, communications during an incident management, on scene control, unified command and triage, and after-action inventory and post incident planning.
Course Cost: $25 per person Course Hours: 2
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 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 effect 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 Cost: $100 per person Course Hours: 16
BSR EMS Continuing Education Training Center
On our watch, everyone goes home.