EMS Training and Education
Your go-to resource for evidence-based EMS training, continuing education, instructor development and industry innovation. Find expert articles, videos, product reviews and specialized resources to support EMTs, paramedics, medical directors and educators. Stay current on instructor best practices, CEU requirements, virtual training trends, simulation strategies and educational policy affecting prehospital care.
EMS Training and Education Resources
Practical, authentic ways to show gratitude and strengthen community ties with the people who respond first when it matters most
5 tips to quickly find a patient’s radial pulse for vital sign assessment
Educating patients at the highest risk for suffering a fatal overdose
Agencies must protect training time, embrace realism, and engage all levels of personnel to ensure every responder is mission ready — every time
What is the biggest barrier holding your agency back from achieving training readiness?
Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson break down the CPR changes without the drama (but they talk about that, too!)
A $22,000 AT&T Scholarship Fund award will pay the $1,600 tuition for each EMT student at Lincoln University’s Security Sciences Institute
EMS and police ran a hands-on exercise to improve high-risk coordination and patient care, with Spring Hill Youth Corps members temporarily elevated to train alongside veteran members
Local and state leaders gathered at Lafayette’s Emergency Operations Center to coordinate response strategies in a simulated school shooting at Acadiana Renaissance Academy
Over 100 agencies ran preparedness exercises at Amon G. Carter Stadium and 14 other sites, testing communication and active-threat response ahead of FIFA World Cup crowds
Lessons from agencies mastering real-time collaboration under pressure
Michael Fraley breaks down what paramedics need to know about what’s changed — and what hasn’t — in the new resuscitation guidance
New CPR guidelines question mechanical devices — but field realities tell another story
“Helping others is not a single act but a mindset, a willingness to step forward, to share the weight of a difficult moment, to be steady when others can’t.”
The harsh reality of end-of-life care — and the moral injury it inflicts on caregivers
Washington County–Johnson City EMS mourns loss of veteran EMT Fred Kemp after training accident
Liz Harney delivers a powerful reminder: teaching empathy, presence and professionalism isn’t optional — it’s critical to saving lives and preventing burnout
Dr. Dominique Wong’s research shows how police can use simple, evidence-based medical skills to save victims who can’t wait for EMS in an active-shooter event
New Florida data shows the profession must evolve or continue to lose talent at unsustainable rates
The St. Charles County Ambulance District is using senior volunteers to simulate real-world calls and improve fall injury assessments
Design your training scenario to include increasingly complicated sepsis symptoms to test EMS providers’ differential diagnosis skills
The EMT track at Spencer County High School enrolls seniors to help fill vital EMS roles in a community hit hard by staffing shortages
The Rainbow City partnership will provide comprehensive medical oversight and protocol development, along with access to nationally recognized CEUs for all EMS providers
Learn what to look for, including inverted/retrograde P-waves
Is this role expansion or a mission gone sideways?
Five graduates say the department reclassified them as EMS trainees just before contracts expired, then issued termination letters
State health officials opened rulemaking to expand high school EMS education and tackle the workforce shortage
Discover how these values build trust, drive excellence and improve patient outcomes
A Waterbury HR probe says recruits used phones, split screens and Google during an unsupervised final test
At Faneuil Hall, Boston EMS welcomed new EMTs, including 12 Cadet Program grads, to meet record demand
Jefferson County Sheriff Tom Grimsrud will use department funds to certify deputies as emergency medical responders, expanding over time without replacing existing EMS
Next-gen medics need more than protocols — they need purpose
