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MAY 2016

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PRODUCT APPLICATIONS Interviews with end users of EMS products ADVERTORIAL Education Thr ough Simulation Current and effective education is a linch- pin to success in the EMS community. Gaumard Scientific Company provides essential tools for just that. Headquartered in Miami, Gaumard pro - duces multiple lines of simulators used in 70 countries to train healthcare profession- als, including EMS personnel. Gaumard has designed, manufactured and produced these simulators for more than 60 years. Dave Tauber, paramedic program direc- tor at Yale-New Haven Hospital in Con- necticut, has been using Gaumard simu- lators in training for a little under a year, and has seen largely positive results since implementing them. "We've been very pleased with the simu- lators. My faculty members have taken to them quite well," Tauber says. Yale-New Haven uses a variety of Gaumard products, including the Victo- ria simulator, Trauma Hal, and an array of newborn and child simulators. Tauber says one of the biggest benefits has been the ease of implementing them into his organiza- tion, noting that a number of faculty members took a liking to them almost immediately. Although they are using them primarily for education now, Tauber says his organi- zation has plans to expand their use in the future. He says they will be great for reviewing how trouble- some cases could have been handled better and for skills verification for active paramed- ics as well. Tauber says the positive impact on his education programs has been obvious and immediate: "The students love them, and they like the hands-on aspect. We get some disbelief from them because it's so similar to the real thing, and they like that a lot." He says he would absolutely recommend Gaumard's simulators to any educators looking for realism in training. "It's a much better way to teach," Tau- ber says, "compared to having students be passive and letting slides wash over them or ignoring a droning-on instructor." For more information on Gaumard Scientific Company and their products, visit Gaumard. com. Circle 35 on the Product Information Card EMSWORLD.com | MAY 2016 31 Teaching in a C hanging L andscape With the landscape of the EMS profession constantly changing, keeping up on the most current research in education is a key to help students learn correct techniques. To help ensure this is the case, NAEMT recently released its 2 nd edition Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS) program. The AMLS program addresses how to manage common medical crises in patients, and teaches students to "think outside the box" when providing care. Endorsed by the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP), AMLS is a two-day continuing education program that consists of interactive, case-based lectures and critical thinking patient sim- ulation stations. The course emphasizes the use of the AMLS Patient Assessment Pathway, an important guide for assess- ing medical patients with urgent accuracy and group discussion to identify potential treatment strategies. Students receive 16 hours of CECBEMS-approved credit upon successful completion. Leslie Hernandez, an EMS educator at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, has been using NAEMT educa- tion programs for about 25 years, and recently made the switch to the 2 nd edition AMLS program. Hernandez says the transition went smoothly, as it usually does when NAEMT releases a new edition of its edu- cational materials. "There are some substantive changes," Hernandez says. "It's been fleshed out and enhanced extensively, but the general con- cepts and the principles and the faithfulness to the NAEMT philosophy on how to deliver education is there, so it's easy to transition." Hernandez, who oversees the paramedic program contracted to the university by the U.S. Army, says the way the AMLS pro- gram is structured works very well for her and her students. "It's extremely important for us to take what we learn in the classroom throughout the program and culminate it with a two-day, or blend- ed, hybrid program such as AMLS," Hernandez says. "At the end of the program, we ensure they can link all the theory into practice." Hernandez says she would absolutely recommend the program to other educa- tors because the content is developed by national experts and is consistent, reli- able and timely. She says NAEMT is con- stantly reassessing where it's at in the practice of medicine, which keeps the information fresh. For more information about the AMLS pro- gram or other NAEMT continuing education programs, visit the education section of NAEMT.org. Circle 36 on the Product Information Card Gaumard's Victoria Newborn Birthing Simulator

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