EMS Safety Course
Dates:
Time:
08:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location:
Alabama Fire College
Contact Person:
Alabama EMT Association
Phone:
334-419-4869
Price:
$50.00
Description:
What: National Association of EMTs – EMS Safety Course
When: September 27th 2013
Where: Alabama Fire College
            2501 Phoenix Drive
               Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
Registration: www.alabamaemt.com
Cost - $50.00 includes class, books and lunch
 
EMS Safety covers safety in emergency vehicles, at the operational scene and while handling patients, as well as patient, practitioner and bystander safety and personal health.
The course offers an overview of current issues surrounding safety in EMS, presents and discusses case studies, builds risk assessment and decision making skills and provides an opportunity for 
participants to relate their own experiences with EMS safety issues. EMS Safety is for all EMS practitioners, other medical professionals providing pre-hospital 
patient care, EMS supervisors and administrators concerned with safety. Students who take EMS Safety will learn to:
* Identify key elements in the safe operation of an ambulance.
* Describe techniques for moving and securing patients safely.
* Recognize situations where the EMS practitioner may be at risk of violence, and 
how such situations may be either avoided or addressed.
* Appreciate the importance of maintaining good personal health, and the impact of EMS service on practitioners’ personal health.
*Address safety elements in a variety of operational situations.


Alabama EMT Association
PO BOX 1546
Selma, Alabama 36702
 
334-419-4869