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Emergency medical technician-paramedic training

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians, 1976
With a nationally standardized emergency medical technician-paramedic training program soon to be adopted, certain factors in the planning of training programs should be emphasized. (1) The facilities should provide an opportunity for the paramedics to gain clinical experience in intensive care units and emergency departments.
R, Staroscik, C G, Cayten
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Emergency medical technician (EMT-A) instruction of medical students

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians, 1979
In 1977 the Department of Anesthesiology of the Medical College of Virginia coordinated a compulsory 72-hour course for first-year medical students fulfilling all requirements of the Department of Transportation and leading to eligibility for certification of the medical student as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-A).
R R, Harrison, K I, Maull, C P, Boyan
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Ethical Dilemmas in Emergency Medical Services: The Perspective of the Emergency Medical Technician

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1996
Abstract [Heilicser B, Stocking C, Siegler M: Ethical dilemmas in emergency medical services: The perspective of the emergency medical technician. Ann Emerg Med February 1996;27:239-243.]
B, Heilicser, C, Stocking, M, Siegler
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Cost-effectiveness of defibrillation by emergency medical technicians

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1988
Effective emergency systems using emergency medical technicians (EMTs) trained to defibrillate or paramedics can save more lives from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation than can emergency systems staffed with basic EMTs who cannot defibrillate.
J P, Ornato, E J, Craren, E R, Gonzalez, A R, Garnett, B K, McClung, M M, Newman   +5 more
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Psychological training of emergency medical technicians: An evaluation

American Journal of Community Psychology, 1984
One of the strategies in community psychology for expanding mental health manpower has been to identify groups of individuals at the "psychological frontlines" and to train them in psychological intervention skills (Bard, 1976; Cowen, 1982). Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) may be such a group because they respond immediately to unpredictable ...
M A, Hoge, R, Hirschman
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The prevalence of sleep problems in emergency medical technicians

Sleep and Breathing, 2011
To investigate the prevalence, demographic, and work associations of self-reported sleep complaints in US emergency medical technicians (EMTs)The mailed 2005 Longitudinal Emergency Medical Technician Attributes and Demographics Study (LEADS) questionnaire was distributed to selected EMTs that included 35 sleep-related questions.
Ronald G, Pirrallo, Catherine C, Loomis, Roger, Levine, B Tucker, Woodson   +3 more
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EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN (EMT-A) TRAINING IN A MEDICAL SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1975
A 22-week training program for EMT-A technicians, developed at the University of Connecticut Health Center, has been described. The program is coordinated by a trauma surgeon and a security officer, and teaching is carried out by faculty, residents, emergency-room nurses, experienced rescue-team members, EMT firemen, and the like.
G M, Watkins, G N, Metcalf, L G, Audette
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The emergency medical technician training dilemma

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians, 1974
Development of effective training programs for EMTs must be based on development of appropriate learning objectives. The learning objectives should be aimed at preparing EMTs to maximize their skills within the parameters of their job description. It is imperative that effective instructors — who combine technical knowledge with teaching ability — be ...
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Transmission of 12-lead electrocardiographic tracings by Emergency Medical Technician–Basics and Emergency Medical Technician–Intermediates: a feasibility study

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2011
Prehospital transmission of the electrocardiogram (ECG) in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients has been shown to reduce door to treatment time and improve outcome. Acquisition of the ECG tracing is a paramedic skill, thus limiting the benefit of early ECG transmission to primarily urban areas.
Howard A, Werman, Robert, Newland, Brad, Cotton   +2 more
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Defibrillation by emergency medical technicians

Critical Care Medicine, 1985
M S, Eisenberg, R O, Cummins, A P, Hallstrom, T, Hearne   +3 more
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