Emergency medical technician dies in ambulance crash - New York.

2004 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Emergency Medical Technician ◽  
Emergency Medical ◽  
Medical Technician

Paramedic and Emergency Medical Technician Reflections on the Ongoing Impact of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin C. Smith ◽  
Frederick M. Burkle
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Emergency Medical Technician ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Publication Type ◽  
Emergency Medical ◽  
Eye Problems ◽  
Long Term Impact ◽  
Medical Technician

AbstractIntroductionIn the years following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City (New York USA), otherwise known as 9/11, first responders began experiencing a range of health and psychosocial impacts. Publications documenting these largely focus on firefighters. This research explores paramedic and emergency medical technician (EMT) reflections on the long-term impact of responding to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.MethodsQualitative methods were used to conduct interviews with 54 paramedics and EMTs on the 15-year anniversary of 9/11.ResultsResearch participants reported a range of long-term psychosocial issues including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, insomnia, relationship breakdowns and impact on family support systems, and addictive and risk-taking behaviors. Ongoing physical health issues included respiratory disorders, eye problems, and cancers.DiscussionThese findings will go some way to filling the current gap in the 9/11 evidence-base regarding the understanding of the long-term impact on paramedics and EMTs. The testimony of this qualitative research is to ensure that an important voice is not lost, and that the deeply personal and richly descriptive experiences of the 9/11 paramedics and EMTs are not forgotten.SmithEC,BurkleFMJr.Paramedic and emergency medical technician reflections on the ongoing impact of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.Prehosp Disaster Med.2019;34(1):56–61.

FEASIBILITY OF STERNAL INTRAOSSEOUS ACCESS BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN STUDENTS

2005 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
David D. Miller ◽  
Guy Guimond ◽  
David P. Hostler ◽  
Thomas Platt ◽  
Henry E. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medical Technician ◽  
Intraosseous Access ◽  
Emergency Medical ◽  
Medical Technician

scholarly journals Are Audience Response Systems Worth the Cost? Comparing Question-Driven Teaching Strategies for Emergency Medical Technician Education

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Maloney ◽  
James Dilger ◽  
Paul Werfel ◽  
Linda Cimino
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Emergency Medical Technician ◽  
Audience Response ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Eyes Closed ◽  
Emergency Medical ◽  
Medical Technician

Purpose: As Emergency Medical Technician educators develop curricula to meet new national educational standards, effective teaching strategies validated for course content and unique student demographics are warranted. Three methods for answering multiple choice questions presented during lectures were compared: a) Audience Response System (ARS, clickers), b) hand-raising-with-eyes-closed (no-cost option), and c) passive response (no-cost option). The purpose was to determine if using the ARS resulted in improved exam scores. Method: 113 Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) students participated in this cross-over, block randomized, controlled trial, which was incorporated into their Cardiac Emergencies and Pulmonary Emergencies course lectures. Students took pretests, immediate post-tests, and delayed post-tests composed of multiple choice questions that targeted either lower or higher order thinking. Results: For both lectures, there were significant improvements on all immediate post-test scores compared to all pretest scores (p Conclusions: In this cohort, incorporation of no-cost question-driven teaching strategies into lectures was as effective as an ARS at encouraging significant, immediate and sustained improvements in answering multiple choice questions.

Compensation of Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)-Basics and Paramedics

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (S1) ◽  
pp. S87-S95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan R. Studnek
Keyword(s):  
Mail Survey ◽  
Emergency Medical Technician ◽  
Publication Type ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Emergency Medical ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Stratified Sample ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Annual Earnings ◽  
Medical Technician

AbstractObjectivesThe objective of this paper is to identify factors associated with compensation for Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)-Basics and Paramedics and assess whether these associations have changed over the period 1999-2008.MethodsData obtained from the Longitudinal EMT Attributes and Demographic Study (LEADS) surveys, a mail survey of a random, stratified sample of nationally certified EMT-Basics and Paramedics, were analyzed. For the 1999-2003 period, analyses included all respondents providing Emergency Medical Services (EMS). With the addition of a survey in 2004 about volunteers, it was possible to exclude volunteers from these analyses.ResultsOver 60% of EMT-Basics reported being either compensated or noncompensated volunteers in the 2004-2008 period. This was substantially and significantly greater than the proportion of EMT-Paramedic volunteers (<25%). The EMT-Paramedics earned significantly more than EMT-Basics, with differentials of $11,000-$18,000 over the course of the study. The major source of earnings disparity was type of organization: respondents employed by fire-based EMS agencies reported significantly higher earnings than other respondents, at both the EMT-Basic and EMT-Paramedic levels. Males also earned significantly more than females, with annual earnings differentials ranging from $7,000 to $15,000.ConclusionsThere are a number of factors associated with compensation disparities within the EMS profession. These include type of service (ie, fire-based vs. other types of agencies) and gender. The reasons for these disparities warrant further investigation.StudnekJR. Compensation of Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)-Basics and Paramedics. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2016;31(Suppl. 1):s87–s95.

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