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 depending on faculty availability and other unforeseen events.*
*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 depending on faculty availability and other unforeseen events.*
July 9, 2024: History of EMS and Intro to Local EMS Operations
Time:1300-1600
- History of EMS, Volume 1 Chapter 1
- EMS System design and system models, Volume 2 Chapter 1
- Supplemental reading: "Accidental death and disability: the neglected disease of modern society"
July 16, 2024: Provider Education, Wellness, and Scope of Practice
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 23, 2024: Disaster EMS
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 30, 2024: Mass Gathering Medicine and ICS
Time 1300-1600
- 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 6, 2024: No Lecture.
Pennsic War Mass Gathering
August 13, 2024
Time 1300-1600
- Volume 1, Chapter 25: Infectious and communicable disease
- Body substance exposure and CDC guidelines / post exposure prophylaxis
- Occupational health screening / medical surveillance
- SUPPLEMENTAL READING: Death by suicide, PEC 2018
- Triage Schemes
August 20, 2024: Toxicological considerations in EMS
Time 1300-1600
- 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 27, 2024: EMS and Public Health, Introduction to Tactical EMS Medicine
Location: LF Conference Room
Time: 1300-1600
- Tactical EMS Overview
- Active Shooter Overview
- Volume 1, Chapter 47 Management of specific toxins
- Volume 1, Chapter 46 Toxicological principles
September 3, 2024: Emergency Vehicle Operations
September 10, 2024: 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 17, 2024: EMS and Public Health, Introduction to Tactical EMS Medicine
Location: LF Conference Room
Time: 1300-1600
- Tactical EMS Overview
- Active Shooter Overview
- Volume 1, Chapter 47 Management of specific toxins
- Volume 1, Chapter 46 Toxicological principles
September 24, 2024: Political Realities and State EMS Offices
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
October 1, 2024: Cardiac Arrest Care and Clinical Management
Time 1300-1600
- 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 8, 2024: PSAPS and Regionalization of Care
Time:1300-1600
- 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 15, 2024: Toxicology
Time: 1300-1600
- Volume 1, Chapter 47 Management of specific toxins
- Volume 1, Chapter 46 Toxicological principles
October 22, 2024: Cardiac Arrest Research
Time: 1300-1600
- 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
October 29, 2024: TBD
Time: 1300-1600