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AED Saves a Life

Quincy, IL -- Mere days after an Illinois airport became equipped with an automated external defibrillator (AED), airport personnel used the unit to save a life. According to local news sources, TSA...

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Emory University Trains Freshmen in CPR, AED techniques

Atlanta, Georgia -- This September, for the second consecutive year, freshman orientation at Emory University in Georgia included an unusual offering: CPR training. Last year, Emory's student-run...

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CPR Training Coming Soon to a Wii Near You...

Birmingham, Alabama -- Learn CPR on a video game console? It could happen sooner than you think. Senior biomedical engineering students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have been working to...

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Win an AED For Your School!

The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation is sponsoring a contest to raise awareness about sudden cardiac arrest and the importance of knowing how to perform CPR and use an AED. Groups of students from any...

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NEW EMT-B Refresher Class Starting January 2010

Class Schedule: January 29 - May 20. Class is held on Fridays from 9am to 3:30pm. Course Description: This course is given in the challenge refresher format. Students take an examination early in the...

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Founder of Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps Profiled In...

Brooklyn, NY -- This month's HealthLeaders magazine includes an interview with EMT James "Rocky" Robinson, founder of Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps, the nation's first...

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77 New EMTs Join FDNY EMS

New York, NY - 77 new Emergency Medical Technicians joined the the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) Emergency Medical Service on January 27, 2010. They were part of the Trainee Program, which...

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"Be The Beat" Teaches Teens and Tweens CPR/AED Use

Be the Beat, the American Heart Association's online cardiac arrest awareness campaign, teaches teens the basics of CPR and AED use through video games,interactive quizzes, and songs. Among the...

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Interested in FDNY EMS?

Interested in FDNY EMS? The New York City Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services will be opening up filing for the "Emergency Medical Specialist - EMT" civil service exam next week. The filing...

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Meet....Karen Fiorello

Karen has been an instructor with Emergency Care Programs for over a decade and is happy to share her EMT history with our students. Let us know if you have any questions for Karen :) When did you...

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CPR in the workplace. Why you want to train your employees.

According to the American Time Use Survey, put out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans spend approximately 8 hours a day working at their jobs. The next largest chunk of time is spent...

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Meet...Todd Rosenhaus

Todd has been an instructor with Emergency Care Programs for many years and is happy to share his EMT history with our students. Let us know if you have any questions for Todd ? When did you decide you...

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CPR & First Aid in your Workplace

If you have spent just one time not knowing what to do in an emergency, then it is time to learn. We previously spoke about spending a few hours at your workplace learning CPR, so now I must reiterate...

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Helpful Hints on How to Pass your First EMT Class

1. Find a private & quiet space or corner in your home where you can set up a table, chair and lamp and where you can leave your study materials out without anyone disturbing them. 2. Purchase the...

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Being an EMT Student

The first time I walked into the classroom, I was nervous. Why had I come - was I making the right decision? I wanted to help people, some of my family members had become ill from stroke, heart disease...

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Meet...Yosef Travis

Yosef has been an instructor at Emergency Care Programs for some time and is happy to share his EMT history with our students. Let us know if you have any questions for Yosef. When did you decide you...

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Medical Terminology for the EMT Student

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Reading & Understanding a Textbook

Reading and writing, are usually the first two things we learn when we start school. Hand in hand with these two are their brothers and sister; spelling and grammar. If they are the first and foremost...

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Are New York City EMT's Prepared for Terror?

NYC is reeling from the shock of Tuesday's terror attack, in which a truck barreled down a crowded street, killing eight. There is no doubt that EMS response prevented further deaths in the twelve...

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Meet… Joseph Itzkowitz

Joseph has been an instructor with Emergency Care Programs for many years and is happy to share some of his history in the field with our students. Let us know if you have any questions for Joseph...

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