The Fire Academy is an all NEW year-round interactive digital platform that brings firefighters training from industry leaders in order to continue supporting their efforts in the communities they serve. The content will discuss key themes around topics including: Safety, Leadership/Management, Company Officer, and many more. With a collaborative backing of FDIC International and Fire Engineering, you won’t want to miss out on this opportunity to help support training in the fire service industry.
Unlearning what you thought you knew about cardiac arrest requires challenging our traditional way of thinking. Do you defibrillate all patients in V-Fib? Give Epi? Stop compressions to intubate? Ventilate 10-12 times a minute? Not at Rialto Fire Department. In fact, we don't care if you ever ventilate. Nothing trumps compressions - nothing! We have changed the way we approach cardiac arrest and it has resulted in a large jump in ROSC rates and an 83% Utstein rate. Join us, Fire Chief Sean Grayson and EMS Chief Joe Powell, as we describe the journey to significant sweeping changes in our cardiac arrest approach and our culture.
Bobby Halton leads this discussion with three aviation experts to discuss the wide variety of uses, challenges, and benefits this emerging technology offers the fire service.
The standards for CPR have been published, and we know the benchmarks, but how do we know if we are meeting them? Until recently, it has been difficult to assess CPR quality and provide timely feedback to our field providers. Modern defibrillator technology has made this possible and an essential component for enhancing quality improvement in cardiac arrests. Join Dr. Clayton Kazan, medical director, and Nicole Steeneken, M.Ed., EMS quality improvement program director, as they describe their experiences with using technology to improve CPR performance at Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Richardson's FDIC 2016 presentation offers this look at how his military experience with using modern thermal imaging gives fire crews a leg up when operating on the fireground.
A careful curriculum design process can help to ensure positive outcomes when providers care for obstetric patients who deliver in the field. In this session, Paul Phrampus, MD, will present various education strategies, objectives and equipment types, allowing you to create a successful program for knowledge, skills and attitudes surrounding the assessment and management of both mom and baby after a field delivery.