Upcoming Education & Training

• BEMS Monthly CE Topic and dates:
  • Chemical Suicide Awareness Course  - May 22, 23, and 24, 2012

Clinical Excellence - PROTOCOLS

• Differential based
  • Provide off-line medical control direction
  • Limited reliance upon on-line medical control
• Advanced Procedures
  • RSII
  • EZ-IO (Adult and Pediatric)
  • Surgical Airway
  • Chest decompression
  • Initiation of Cardiac and Trauma Alerts
  • Nitroglycerine drip
  • Induced Therapeutic Hypothermia

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Clinical Excellence - EDUCATION

• Continuing Education Program
  • Beaumont EMS Continuing Education (CE) Program is certified by the Texas Department of State Health Services (TX-DSHS).  Approved CE hours are verified by our in-house EMS Coordinator.
  • Monthly continuing education classes provided to all employees and other healthcare providers.
    • 12-Lead ECG Interpretation and Emergency Airway Management classes are presented annually.
    • Topics are taken from the recommendation of our QA/QI Program.
    • Our Medical Director also participates in this program by presenting expert subject matter topics.
  • BEMS employees are paid to attend these classes.
• Certification Courses
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  • Basic Life Support (BLS)
  • Pediatric Education Prehospital Professionals (PEPP)
  • International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)
  • Assessment & Treatment of Trauma (ATT)
  • The classes are provided at no cost to employees
  • BEMS partners with local hospital Continuing Education Departments to facilitate some of the above courses.

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Clinical Excellence - TRAINING

• New Employee Training Program (NETP)
  • Classroom didactic training; 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
    • EMT-B will be required to sit through 5 weeks of training.
    • EMT-I will be required to sit through 4 weeks of training.
    • EMT-P will be required to sit through 3 weeks of training.
  • Knowledge of protocols and skills
  • Pathophysiology of common disease processes
  • Anatomy and Physiology
  • CEU awarded
• Field Training and Evaluation
  • Assigned to a Field Training Officer (FTO), as third-man on the unit.
  • Introduction and application of differential protocols.
  • Ten (10) shifts minimum required.
  • Field evaluation:
    • Release from NETP
    • Release from probationary period
    • Paramedic-1 Evaluation
    • Paramedic-2 Evaluation
    • Focus Evaluation
    • Remedial Evaluation
• Protocol Examination
  • 80% required to obtain/maintain Authorization for Clinical Practice
  • Two attempts allowed

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