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P.O. Box 244
Annville, PA 17003
(717)304-4418

Motivational, Inspirational, Thought Provoking, and most importantly Educational presentations by national and international experts. These sessions vary in length and are tailored to your organization's needs. Contact us today for more information.

“Where Have All The Mentors Gone - Where Oh Where Can They Be?”

Most of us have had mentors throughout our lives. From relatives and friends as we grew up to those special care providers on our squad or in the local emergency department, just to name a few. Many of these mentors were hidden somewhere behind the lime light of our individual ventures. Others stood boldly and knowingly by our sides. Have you ever wondered who the mentors of today really are? What about the future? In recent years an unfortunate common theme appears to relish the land – Where have all the mentors gone? During this interactive presentation, we will take a look into this perhaps misfortune and discuss avenues and cut new roads to reconstruct a dying breed. Where, oh where, have they gone?

“Safety from Day One”

Safety is an Attitude - Safety is a Culture – Safety is a Behavior – Safety must be Personal. The question is - do EMS leaders, managers and educators understand the importance that safety must be instilled in the minds of providers from day one in the training institution and on the job. EMS providers are injured on the job everyday. The EMS leader and educator is instrumental in setting the new recruit off on the right foot. Providers, new and existing, supervisors, managers, and administrators must integrate safety applications into every EMS function. Interact with the speaker on practical approaches to integrate safety into all learning functions and tasks performed – It is a Life Time of Practice!

“Let Your Voice Be Heard!”

A dynamic presentation that is sure to spark thought and motivate attendees to start asking questions about EMS unity. This presentation theme expresses the need and importance for emergency service providers abroad to speak up and be heard from a common and collective voice. The necessity of building relationships between all players in the EMS community it is at an all time high. We can accomplish this through open communication and a common agenda. Do you want more money? Do you need more volunteers? Do you want…? It is time to come together as one! Let Your Voice Be Heard!

“Strategic Planning or Planning Strategically”

Strategic planning must be a method of planning strategically. Departments must evaluate how the environment is today, research applicable data, analyze the data, and project what the environment may look like three, five, and even seven years in the future. Next the department must determine what this perceived environment will need from the fire department and develop action steps to attain the objectives. This study follows an actual strategic process in action and incorporates planning strategy to offer an efficient and effective operational plan.

Liability Issues Confronting EMS into the New Millennium
Today’s EMS world has become extremely litigious. The EMS industry is confronted with issues involving response and dispatch, patients being dropped, patient refusals, medical malpractice, management issues, equipment failures, and patient care documentation. If you are a company officer responsible for an EMS crew, this seminar is a must for you.

The session addresses the many areas of exposure that providers of first response crews and patient transportation crews, face in their day-to-day operation. Subjects discussed include professional liability, patient drops, dispatch errors, getting lost on calls, ambulance crashes, patient care documentation, incident reports, adherence to protocols or standing orders, medical malpractice including issues involved when administering the wrong medication or administering the right medication via the wrong route or dose, patients who refuse your care and/or transportation, and many other pertinent topics. Actual case scenarios will be used to highlight the importance of the topics discussed above. The provider will acquire a deeper appreciation of the need to provide patient care according to their protocols or standing orders, scope of practice, and the present standard of care expected in their part of the world.

EMS Personnel as Safety Officers –
What you need to know to keep personnel safe!
EMS is getting more complex than ever. There are standards that require agencies to have a minimum number of personnel on the scene of an incident. As a result we expect more out of those on the scene. At the same time the number of actual fires is decreasing. Safety is a critical factor; it is your life on the line. A safety officer is the necessity at every incident. EMS can serve in the role as the safety officer either designated or as another set of eyes.

The session addresses the basics of being safety officer on the scene of incident. Learn what the basic function of safety officer does at the scene of an incident. This session will also make you more aware of what to look for and what to do when you see a potential safety issue on the scene of an incident. When you leave this session you take with you key information to help you and the crews that you work with be safe whether at the scene of a structure fire or working at an incident along a highway. You won’t want to miss this session; it may be the difference between life and death.

Simulation or Reality – the New Dimension of Training
Training is an essential part of the existence of the fire and EMS service. It is also getting more difficult and in some instances more dangerous to conduct training in a real environment. Technology is as much a part of our lives as water is used to fight fires. Simulation is becoming part of many training programs. There are simulators for fire training, patient care, and driver training.

This session will look at the usefulness of simulation and how it fits into training our personnel. Should simulation replace actual hands on training? Does simulation have any effect in teaching personnel the skills they need to perform the job? Who learns best from using a simulator? There are so many questions. This session will address these questions and may more relating to the effectiveness and usefulness of simulators as they fit into EMS.

Training Officer Academy
Training Officer Academy is designed with the new training officer in mind. Seasoned training officers find the session equally rewarding in learning new techniques and gaining an understanding in a variety of education methodology sessions of the program.

Performance Evaluations the Senior Management of the Fire Service
Performance evaluations are commonplace for conducting on the employees of an organization. Most emergency service organizations there is no formal mechanism in place. This session discusses the findings of evaluating the Chief Officers to the staff of an organization.

Bridging the Gap
The Baby Boomers, Generation X, and now Generation Y. Who are those people? What values do they have? Discussion on what makes each generation different. Learn the various values of each of the different generations. Identify what we, as leaders have to do to make our work environment adaptable for each of the generations. Before you leave this session see why being a cusp may not be all that bad.

When an unwelcomed visitor comes.
First there was fast and furious Charlie, then slow poke Frances, wet Jeanne, and unpredictable Ivan. Florida experienced one of its worse hurricane seasons since the beginning of weather records. There were many lessons that were learned in preparation, during the event, and the aftermath. This session will discuss a number of these lessons learned on a personal and global perspective as result of these storms. This session will discuss the critical infrastructure protection, evacuation planning, and the recovery process of a major event. The smallest of items become a major deal in such an event.

Instructional Development for the Aspiring Instructor
You have instructed the alphabet programs and helped out in the clinical and laboratory settings. You are the JEDI of the classroom, at least you hope you are. This session will take you beyond and bring you back the cosmic rays of the classroom. Topics will include the adult as a student, educating the generation gap, learning disabilities, classroom design, and evaluation design. If you are looking for a session to increase your instructional abilities, you won’t want to miss this session.

Establishing an EMS Team as Part of Your Hazmat Team
This session will discuss the role of EMS at the hazmat scene. The session will take an in-depth look at the Advanced Hazmat Life Support course and how to utilize the program in establishing an EMS hazmat team. The participants will also have the opportunity to discuss their best practices and how they have incorporated their EMS crews at hazmat scenes. If you are underutilizing your EMS crews and want to incorporate them in an effective manner, this session is for you. If you already have incorporated your EMS crews into your hazmat program, come share your successes.

EMS Injury Prevention – A program for everyone!

The fire service has done a superb job of implementing fire prevention programs and reducing the number of fires and fire related injuries and deaths in the United States. It is time for EMS to learn and implement an injury prevention program. This session will identify a number of successful injury prevention programs. Describe how to implement an injury prevention program. Public health is an asset that is under utilized. Learn how this agency can be a vital part of your injury prevention program. Learn how busy organizations can implement a simple program without placing an overburden on your crews. If you want to start an injury prevention division, your in luck too, this session has something for every organization!

Other EMS & Fire Seminars

Driving Related

1. “Operation Safe Arrival – Intersection Safety”
2. “Rollovers – EV Handling 101”
3. “Light’s, Sirens and Liability”
4. “Liability Issues Confronting Emergency Services”
5. “Lights, Siren Use ... At What Cost”
6. “OOPS! Crashed Your Ambulance” (or “Fire Truck”)
7. “Highway Safety for the Emergency Responder”
8. “Wrecked Your Emergency Vehicle” – Part I
9. “Wrecked Your Emergency Vehicle” - Part II
10. “Maintenance Records Subpoenaed? Are You Ready?”
11. “Taking the Flight Line Mentality and Placing it in the Front Line Mentality”
12. “Training Your Emergency Vehicle Operators - Education vs. Training”
13. “Time and Dollars Spent on EV Accident Investigations”
14. “Priority Dispatch... Sending the Right Equipment to the Right Emergency in the Right Response Mode”

Risk Management

1. “Risk Management” (Provider and Management presentations)
a. EMS and Fire
2. “Terrorism and ESO Preparedness”
3. “Developing SOP/SOG’s
4. “Liability Issues in EMS”
5. “Liability Issues in the Fire Service”
6. “Dealing with Minors - Risk & Liability”
7. “Mock Deposition”
8. “Patient Care Documentation Done Right”
9. “Patient Handling: Get a Grip”
10. “Designated Officer for Infectious Disease”
11. “Making PPE Personal”

Safety

1. “EMS Safety”
2. “Firefighter Safety”
3. “Bloodborne Pathogens for the Emergency Responder”
4. Safety as a Culture

Management and Leadership

1. “Where Have All the Mentors Gone?”
2. “Let You Voice be Heard”
3. “Recruitment and Retention – Getting it Right”
4. “Strategic Planning or Planning Strategically”
5. “Building Blocks – Community Relations”
6. “Building Bridges – Sustaining the Relationship”
7. “Grant Writing 101”
8. “The Rapidly Changing Face of EMS - Where Do We Fit In?”
9. “Assessment Centers”
10. “Paramedic Supervisor Assessment Centers”
11. “EMS Systems”
12. “Customer Care”
13. “Generations”
14. "OSHA Friend or Foe?"
15. Understanding the Fire Service
16. Understanding EMS
17. What Happens When Fire and EMS Arrive?

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