EMS Safety

NAEMT’s EMS Safety Course aims to promote a culture of EMS safety and help reduce the number and intensity of injuries incurred by EMS practitioners in carrying out their work.  The course increases the practitioners’ awareness and understanding of EMS safety standards and practices and develops their ability to effectively implement them.

EMS Safety is the first national and most comprehensive education program of its kind that teaches techniques on how to best achieve safety on the job.  Topics include, crew resource management, emergency vehicle safety, scene operations, patient handling, practitioner, patient, and bystander safety, and personal health.

This course offers an overview of current issues surrounding safety in EMS, presents and discusses case studies, and provides an opportunity for participants to relate their own experiences with EMS safety issues.

EMS Safety is a one day course, and is offered on Friday, October 16, 2020 from 0900-1700.