Please watch this video from Dallas Fire-Rescue Training regarding COVID-19 and the EMS Community.

Please find the attached document from the Federal Healthcare Resilience Task Force (HRTF), "COVID-19 Testing for First Responders," and the following resource links from EMS.gov and 911.gov:

EMS.gov Coronavirus/COVID-19 Resources:

https://www.ems.gov/projects/coronavirus_covid-19_resources.html

911.gov Coronavirus Resources:

https://www.911.gov/project_coronavirus_covid-19_resources.html

Please find the following resources from the Prehospital Guidelines Consortium (PGC) for EMS Educators:

Prehospital Guidelines Consortium - EBG Resources

http://prehospitalguidelines.org/ebg-resources/

Prehospital Guidelines Consortium - COVID-19 Resources

http://prehospitalguidelines.org/covid-19-resources/

A professor creates a syllabus to guide herself and other faculty members in preparing for more remote teaching this fall, amid Covid-19

By Sarah Rose Cavanagh JUNE 09, 2020

https://www.chronicle.com/article/How-I-m-Spending-My-Pandemic/248954

We’re planning to wear PPE, use mannequins, and have them respond alone, but we have not decided yet about whether we should let them verbalize more treatment or lay equipment out for them since they won’t have a partner.

I would like to hear what other programs are doing and any advice would be appreciated

A revision to "Interim Guidance for Administrators of US Institutions of Higher Education is now available at:

 https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/guidance-administrators-college-higher-education.pdf

Essentials for the Emergency Medical Responder: Second Edition

Essentials for the EMR 2^nd  Edition functions as an EMR textbook, Resource, and Study Manual presented in new and challenging ways to create a concise, easily

comprehensible, and organized book.

This book stresses all the domains of learning and gives the EMR student a foundation to acquire the critical thinking skills necessary to provide the most meaningful

care. The knowledge gained from this book is a solid stepping-stone to advanced levels of EMS by serving as a valuable resource and study manual. This multiuse

book meets and exceeds the current National EMS Education Standards, as presented by NHTSA.

You can purchase this book from Amazon, Barnes and Noble or InGram Spark. Be certain to use the entire title: Essentials for the Emergency Medical Responder, 2^nd Edition.

ISBN: 978-1-7330202-1-3.

Barnes & Noble Purchase Link:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/essentials-for-the-emergency-medical-responder-2nd-edition-joseph-allen-grafft/1136743127?ean=9781733020213

If you or your school/organization belong to IngramSpark.com:

You can order with the ISBN: 978-1-7330202-1-3 at the phone number: (1-800-426-1776) for $89.95.

Four new documents have been released by the Prehospital [911 and Emergency Medical Services (EMS)] Team of the Healthcare Resilience Task Force. We have created these two portals for COVID Resources which we will continue to update three times a week, with new links and documents containing information on a variety of COVID-related topics. You will find COVID resources here on EMS.gov, and here on 911.gov. 

NHTSA Education Pipeline Document

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) staff prepared this summary document on the
status of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) education pipeline during a series of recent conference
calls with EMS stakeholder organizations. Included is a list of national, State, and local considerations
for EMS stakeholders. These considerations do not necessarily reflect official policy positions of the
organizations that participated during the conference calls. This document is intended to serve as an
informational resource for EMS stakeholders. This summary does not establish legal requirements or
obligations, and its content does not necessarily reflect agency recommendations or policy.¹ 

 Contributors to its content included representatives from the National Registry of Emergency Medical
Technicians (NREMT), the National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE), the Committee on
Accreditation for the EMS Professions (CoAEMSP), the Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital
Continuing Education, the National Association of State EMS Officials, the International Association of
Fire Chiefs, the American Ambulance Association, the National Association of Emergency Medical
Technicians, the American College of Surgeons, and the Interstate Commission for EMS Personnel
Practice.

I have attached the medical screening sheet as well as the General Rules handed out to students and instructors for our return to campus on June 1 at Palm Beach State College in South Florida.  As always, please feel free to utilize if you can.

Stay Safe!

Matt

Please find a downloadable version of the results of the survey that NAEMSE conducted to assist FEMA and other organizations with assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the EMS educator community.

You will also find downloadable versions of similar surveys run by NAEMT, NHTSA and CoAEMSP.

Remote/Distance/Virtual Simulation: Keeping your EMS education program going.

Resources referenced in the webinar & related materials:

Distance Learning During COVID-19 - Oxford Medical Simulation

COVID sim scenarios, planning guides, clinical tools and other resources

https://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/uic-sail-simulation-webinars-weekly/

List of VR/AR development Tools

Apple ARKit – Reality Composer and Reality Kit

AR Tool Kit - https://github.com/artoolkit

AppyPie https://www.appypie.com/vr-ar-app-builder

Sketch AR

Just A Line

VUforia

Google ARCore

Maxst

Wikitude

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Please visit the Society for Simulation in Healthcare:

- SSIH Website: http://www.ssih.org

- SSIH COVID-19 Resources: 
https://www.ssih.org/COVID-19-Updates/-Helpful-Links-and-Information

Check out these resources from CAE:

- Webinars: https://caehealthcare.com/education/webinars/wbn-utilizing-maestro-standalone-in-a-virtual-environment/

- CAE Muse Software 30-Day Trial: https://caehealthcare.com/muse-trial-request/

- CAE Maestro 30-Day Trial: https://caehealthcare.com/support/software-updates/maestro/ares/

For upcoming NAEMSE webinar information and resources related to past webinars, visit this page: https://naemse.org/page/UpcomingWebinars

Keep up with NAEMSE on social media!
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMUxW5qrZG_1EhHpVF9eXHw/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/NAEMSE
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/pghNAEMSE/
Twitter: @naemsepgh

1. Hook an iPad or phone up to your zoom session aim toward your manikin.  During the skill demo feature that camera so it enlarges for the participants to see (and the instructor can watch themselves demo). Worked great for our OB instructor yesterday.

2. Use zoom to help proctor exam sessions.  We will use our "skills" iPads, install the zoom app, and aim toward the student/computer screen.  One instructor will still do "rounds" to physically look at the rooms while the other monitors the zoom session. (Students test in small groups - each student is screened as they enter the building and placed in a separate room and then the table/chair/device disinfected when they leave.)

3.  Import a photo with a "scene" and choose that for the background of the presenter who is role-playing a patient.  

Please.....looking for more ideas......I'm sure our students will help teach us some.  Kim

We've had a lot of success using our iSimulate REALITi monitors via screen share on Zoom to continue teaching & doing "skills" online with the paramedic students at UCLA.  I created a couple videos that might be helpful if you are trying to Zoom and monitor at the same time. 

Basic screen share with USB cable & REALITi monitor iPad Pro - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s0jYknAIqLV1bYUKiaWauWzdFmop98vJ/view

Screen share via Airplay - required network change to same network as Zoom meeting: https://drive.google.com/file/d/141_iSW2telAC8xqTiJ-McmpS5__DZIu9/view

I've also been making movies & screenshots using Quicktime to add to case presentations.  I'm happy to share what has worked for us if anyone is interested.  

Good luck - KTO

CITL presents these "Online Course-in-a-Box" resources to faculty and instructors who are tasked with developing their own online course with minimal campus support. Online Course-in-a-Box includes online education best practices and the research that supports those best practices, along with templates and other helpful guides. This includes support for:

• Designing your course
• Planning lectures
• Recording and editing lectures
• Building your online course
• Fostering student interactions
• Understanding legal issues

Thanks

Emergency Remote Learning in a Crisis Situation

If COVID19 had come along in 2005, or worse, 1995, colleges, universities and training institutions would have been hard pressed to help their students complete their year through remote learning on such short notice. While the transition was remarkably swift, it’s hasn’t been easy, smooth or consistent. In the past month, we have found quick solutions, and going forward we will discover new solutions and fine tune existing ones. Rob Theriault has been teaching online, both synchronously and asynchronously for over 20 years. Rob began “flipping the classroom” in 2000, several years before the term was first coined. In this webinar, Rob will share what he has learned and what he envisions for remote experiential learning in the future.

Webinar: Learn about Secure High Stakes Exams at a Low Cost

Please take a moment to watch this webinar presented by NAEMSE & Platinum Educational Group on April 7, 2020. Please reach out to Platinum Educational Group through their website, platinumed.com, to see how EMSTesting.com and Platinum Ed can work for you!

Creating Experiential Learning Opportunities in Any Course

Please take a moment to read this article by Timothy Hanrahan published on FacultyFocus:

Link to Article

The Shift to Remote Learning: The Human Element

Please read this article from Inside Higher Ed about where experts weigh in on how the sudden, forced adoption of technology-delivered instruction will affect the well-being of professors and students alike.

https://insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2020/03/25/how-shift-remote-learning-might-affect-students-instructors-and?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=e33568bd17-InsideDigitalLearning_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-e33568bd17-197364765&mc_cid=e33568bd17&mc_eid=e1899eac2f