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...
View ArticleEmory 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...
View ArticleCPR 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...
View ArticleWin 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...
View ArticleNEW 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...
View ArticleFounder 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...
View Article77 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...
View Article"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...
View ArticleInterested 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...
View ArticleMeet....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...
View ArticleCPR 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...
View ArticleMeet...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...
View ArticleCPR & 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...
View ArticleHelpful 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...
View ArticleBeing 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...
View ArticleMeet...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...
View ArticleReading & 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...
View ArticleAre 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...
View ArticleMeet… 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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