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Conversation with American Sirens Author Kevin Hazzard on the Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America’s First Paramedics

 Kevin Hazzard is a journalist, TV writer, and former paramedic who has written an essential book – American Sirens – chronicling the often overlooked and unknown origins of the paramedic profession. The story begins in 1968 when twenty-four Black men in Pittsburgh started a revolution in emergency medicine. They were the first to show that medicine…

Implementing the 2023 CAAHEP Standards & Guidelines for the EMS Professions

 Recorded on Nov. 8, 2023 Facilitators: Michael Miller, EdD, RN, NRP, Assistant Director, CoAEMSP Patricia Tritt, MA, RN, Technical Consultant, CoAEMSP Learn the implementation schedule Identify the changes to the CAAHEP Standards & Guidelines Discuss best practices for implementing the revised CAAHEP Standards & Guidelines The revised CAAHEP Standards for Paramedic programs, effective January…

Continuous Quality Review: Strategies to Improve the Educational Program

 Recorded August 2, 2023 Facilitators: Patricia Tritt, MA, RN, Technical Consultant, CoAEMSP Lisa Collard, AS, Assistant to Executive Director, CoAEMSP Programs should evaluate their services in a variety of ways, obtaining input from multiple sources. Assessment methods include resource assessment tools; regular surveys or evaluations from students; end-of-program evaluations from students; evaluations from students…

Fair Practices, CAAHEP Standard V

 Recorded June 28, 2023 Facilitators: Michael Miller, EdD, RN, NRP, Assistant Director, CoAEMSP Thomas Platt, EdD, NRP, Associate Dean for Academic Partnerships, University of Pittsburgh Objectives: Define the term fair practices. Analyze the components of the CAAHEP Standards regarding fair practices. Explain the importance of fair practices. Description: Fair practices encompass a variety of…

Resource Assessment: When, Why, and How…
 & the Resource Assessment Matrix

 Recorded December 7 2022 Mike Miller Effectively educating paramedic students is challenging, requiring many different resources. Each year paramedic programs are required to complete a Resource Assessment Survey of both program personnel and students. Survey results include 10 different component areas and are to be reported using the Resource Assessment Matrix. Annually assessing resources…