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The Delaware State Fire School has become a National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) training center to be able to deliver additional national EMS programs in the State. These courses are developed and updated regularly to address varying areas of EMS care, to help providers advance their skills.
All courses have CAPCE and/or Delaware OEMS Continuing Education hours available. Courses vary from an 8-hour one-day course, or a 16-hour two-day course. At this time, courses are all in-person, without a hybrid option. Most courses can be run at any of our divisions or may be scheduled as an in-service class on station with a 12-student minimum.
The mission of PHTLS is to promote excellence in trauma patient management by all providers involved in the delivery of prehospital care. PHTLS was developed by NAEMT in cooperation with the American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma. The Committee provides the medical direction and content oversight for the PHTLS program.
The PHTLS 16-hour courses improve the quality of trauma care and decrease mortality. The program is based on a philosophy stressing the treatment of the multi-system trauma patient as a unique entity with specific needs. PHTLS promotes critical thinking as the foundation for providing quality care. It is based on the belief that, given a good fund of knowledge and key principles, EMS practitioners are capable of making reasoned decisions regarding patient care.
The course utilizes the internationally recognized PHTLS textbook and covers the following topics:
The Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC)16-hour course teaches EMS practitioners and other prehospital providers how to respond to and care for patients in a civilian tactical environment.
The course presents the three phases of tactical care and integrates parallel EMS nomenclature:
The classroom course includes all new patient simulations and covers the following topics:
The GEMS 8-hour course helps EMS practitioners learn to conduct a comprehensive assessment of geriatric patients. Because the aging process affects all body systems, NAEMT’s course provides an overview of changes that occur as people age and describes how those changes can impact patient presentation. Incorporation of the GEMS Diamond (Geriatric, Environmental, Medical, and Social assessments) can help practitioners formulate a holistic diagnostic and treatment approach.
The third edition of GEMS addresses the following topics:
The EMS Safety 8-hour course teaches students how to protect themselves and their patients while on the job. It promotes a culture of safety and helps reduce the number of on-the-job fatalities and injuries. EMS Safety is the only national, comprehensive safety course for EMS practitioners. Its interactive format features real-life case studies and compelling discussions on current safety issues and provides students with a forum to share their own experiences. Course activities allow students to apply critical thinking and best safety practices to EMS scenarios.
Students are taught to:
Topics covered include:
To learn more about the programs available through the NAEMT, visit their Education Page.
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