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EMS Fellowship Reading List and Didactic Curriculum
July 2022-October 2022

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.*





July 5, 2022:  History of EMS and Intro to Local EMS
Location: LF Conference Room
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 12, 2022:  Provider Education, Wellness, and Scope of Practice
Location: LF Conference Room
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 19, 2022:  Disaster EMS 
Location: 
LF Conference Room
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 26, 2022: TBD


August 2, 2022: Mass Gathering Medicine and ICS
Location: 3LF Conference Room
  • 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 9, 2022: Weapons of Mass Destruction / Radiation 
Location: LF Conference Room
  • 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 16, 2022: Toxicological considerations in EMS
Location:  
LF Conference Room
  • Volume 1, Chapter 47 Management of specific toxins
  • Volume 1, Chapter 46 Toxicological principles

August 23, 2022: Crush Injury and Communicable Disease
Location: LF Conference Room
  • Volume 1, Chapter 34 Crush injury
  • Volume 1, Chapter 25: Infectious and communicable disease
  • ​Body substance exposure and CDC guidelines / post exposure prophylaxis
  • Board review pearls (summary) of Chapters 23-25
  • Occupational health screening / medical surveillance
  • SUPPLEMENTAL READING: Death by suicide, PEC 2018 

August 25, 2022: Joint Didactics with Penn State Hershey
Location:  
Zoom
  • EMS System design and system models, Volume 2 Chapter 1

August 30, 2022:  HAZMAT and Communicable Disease
Location: LF Conference Room
  • Volume 2, Chapter 35: Medical support of HAZMAT
  • Volume 2, Chapter 36: Chemical properties of HAZMAT
  • Volume 2, Chapter 26: Incident command​

​September 6, 2022: EMS and Public Health, Introduction to Tactical EMS Medicine
Location: LF Conference Room
Time: 1300-1600
​
  • Tactical EMS Overview 
  • Active Shooter Overview

September 13, 2022: Legal Issues
Location: LF Conference Room
Time: 1300-1600
  • Legal Issues
  • Due Process
  • Risk Management

September 20, 2022: Political Realities and State EMS Offices
Location: LF Conference Room
​Time:  1300-1600
  • Volume 2, Chapter 14: Political realities for the EMS medical director
  • State EMS Offices 
  • EMS and Public Health Interface
  • EMS and Telehealth 

September 27, 2022: Geriatrics and Bariatrics
Location:  Zoom Meeting.  Joint Didactic session with Penn State Hershey

Topics:  AHN--  Geriatrics and Bariatrics
               Herhsey--  Quality Management


October 4, 2022: Cardiac Arrest Care and Clinical Management
Location: LF Conference Room
  • 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 11, 2022: Cardiac Arrest Care, Continued
Location: LF Conference Room
  • 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 18, 2022:  Heads Up CPR Journal Club
Location:  LF Conference Room
  • Heads Up CPR
​October 25, 2021: Cardiac Arrest Care
Location:  LF Conference Room
  • 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 


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