EMS Fellows will complete reading assignments from the following textbook collection: Emergency Medical Services: Clinical Practice and Systems Oversight. This two-volume set is provided to the EMS fellow and is the official textbook from the National Association of EMS Physicians. Supplemental, targeted reading assignments will be distributed to the EMS fellow in addition to the required chapters. Supplemental reading assignments will consist of relevant journal articles, presentations, or publications in the area of interest.
*These links are intended for use by the AHN EMS Fellowship Program and are not for public download or distribution.*
*Schedule is subject to change.*
*These links are intended for use by the AHN EMS Fellowship Program and are not for public download or distribution.*
*Schedule is subject to change.*
July 6, 2021: History of EMS and Intro to Local EMS
Location: 30 Isabella Street (PCS Offices)
Time:1300-1600
- History of EMS, Volume 1 Chapter 1
- EMS System design and system models, Volume 2 Chapter 1
- Volume 2, Chapter 8: Medical oversight of EMS systems
- Supplemental reading: "Accidental death and disability: the neglected disease of modern society"
July 13, 2021 : Provider Education, Wellness, and Scope of Practice
Location: 30 Isabella Street
Time: 1300-1600
- EMS Provider Education
- EMS Provider Wellness
- EMS Scope of Practice/ Legislation
- Supplemental reading: Evidence based guidelines for fatigue management
- Supplemental reading: Stat Pearls: EMS Provider wellness
- Supplemental reading: Dehydration and Thrombotic events in Firefighters
July 20, 2021: Disaster EMS
Location: 30 Isabella Street
Time: 1300-1600
- Volume 2, Chapter 28: Disaster preparedness and management
- Volume 2, Chapter 29: The federal medical response to disasters
- Volume 2, Chapter 30: Special considerations in disaster zones
- Supplemental Reading: NASEMSO ACEP Statement on Medical Direction
July 27, 2021: No Didactics. ACEP Advocacy and Leadership Conference
August 3, 2021: Mass Gathering Medicine and ICS
Location: 30 Isabella Street
- Volume 2, Chapter 27: Mass gathering medical management
- Volume 1, Chapter 25: Infectious and communicable disease
- Volume 2, Chapter 31: Prehospital triage for mass casualties
- 2011 Baltimore Grand Prix IndyCar Requirements (SUPPLEMENTAL)
- 2012 Baltimore Grand Prix Map (SUPPLEMENTAL)
- 2013 Baltimore Grand Prix AAR (SUPPLEMENTAL)
- Moonrise festival map (SUPPLEMENTAL)
August 10, 2021: Weapons of Mass Destruction / Radiation
Location: 30 Isabella Steet
- Volume 2, Chapter 32: Blast injuries
- Volume 2, Chapter 38: Weapons of mass destruction
- Volume 2, Chapter 37: Radiation injury
- SUPPLEMENTAL READING: ACEP/CDC project on bombings and patterns of injury care
- SUPPLEMENTAL READING: 2010 PDM Article on blast injuries and prehospital care
- SUPPLEMENTAL READING: CDC resource page on PPE, triage, medical management
August 17, 2021: HAZMAT and Communicable Disease
Location: 30 Isabella Street
- Volume 2, Chapter 35: Medical support of HAZMAT
- Volume 2, Chapter 36: Chemical properties of HAZMAT
- Volume 2, Chapter 26: Incident command
- Volume 1, Chapter 25: Infectious and communicable disease
August 24, 2021: Toxicological considerations in EMS
Location: 30 Isabella Street
- Volume 1, Chapter 47 Management of specific toxins
- Volume 1, Chapter 46 Toxicological principles
- Volume 1, Chapter 34 Crush injury
August 31, 2021: Occupational and behavioral health of EMS providers
Location: Zoom Meeting
Time: 1300-1600
- Body substance exposure and CDC guidelines / post exposure prophylaxis
- Occupational health screening / medical surveillance
- SUPPLEMENTAL READING: Death by suicide, PEC 2018
- Board review pearls (summary) of Chapters 23-25
- SUPPLEMENTAL READING: EBM Guidelines for Sleep in EMS
September 7, 2021: EMS and Public Health, Introduction to Tactical EMS Medicine
Location: Zoom Meeting
Time: 1300-1600
September 14, 2021: Legal Issues
Location: 30 Isabella
Time: 1300-1600
September 21, 2021: Political Realities and State EMS Offices
Location: 30 Isabella
Time: 1300-1600
September 28, 2021: Regionalization of Care
Location: Zoom Meeting. Joint Didactic session with Penn State Hershey
Topics: AHN-- Geriatrics and Bariatrics
Herhsey-- Quality Management
October 5, 2021: Cardiac Arrest Care and Clinical Management
Location: Zoom Meeting
- Cardiac arrest systems of care
- Cardiac arrest medical management, clinical issues
- SUPPLEMENTAL READING: Rebel EM Topics in Post Arrest Care
- SUPPLEMENTAL READING: Post-cardiac arrest care
- SUPPLEMENTAL READING: AHA Post-cardiac Arrest 2020
October 12, 2021: Cardiac Arrest Care, Continued
Location: Zoom Meeting
- Public Safety Answering Points Chapter 10, Volume 2
- Hospital diversion, regionalization of care
- SUPPLEMENTAL READING: EMS hospital bypass / diversion
- SUPPLEMENTAL READING: Community CPR
- SUPPLEMENTAL READING: STEMI regionalization
- SUPPLEMENTAL READING: Cardiac arrest regionalization
- SUPPLEMENTAL READING: ACEP Statement on Regionalization
- SUPPLEMENTAL READING: Stroke Systems of Care
October 19, 2021: Intra-Transport Arrest Journal Club
Location: Zoom Meeting
October 26, 2021: Cardiac Arrest Care
Location: Zoom Meeting
- Cardiac arrest research
- SUPPLEMENTAL READING: Epinephrine in cardiac arrest, the Paramedic2 trial
- SUPPLEMENTAL READING: Podcast with the author of Paramedic2 trial
- SUPPLEMENTAL READING: Double sequential defibrillation, a case series
- SUPPLEMENTAL PODCAST: REBEL EM
- Termination of resuscitation