First Community Paramedicine Course Underway through UC

The University of Cincinnati’s College of Engineering and Applied Science (UC CEAS) Fire Science & Emergency Management Program is hosting the first Community Paramedicine course, titled “Foundations of EMS and Community Paramedicine,” from Feb. 17-21, 2014, at Station 58, Deerfield Township Fire Department on Kings Mills Road in Mason, Ohio. The residency course addresses the current issue fire and emergency professionals are facing of how to properly assist frequent 911 callers, often elderly individuals.

The course features guest speakers who are both locally and nationally recognized fire and emergency professionals, including

• Bill Raynovich: Raynovich is from Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., and he’ll be discussing the best community paramedicine practices found across the nation.
• Deanna Harris: Harris is the chief flight nurse at Cleveland Metro Life Flight and chair of the Community Paramedicine Committee and Ohio EMFTS Board. She will describe Ohio’s progress in community paramedicine.
• Debi Sampsel: Sampsel (UC College of Nursing, chief officer of innovation and entrepreneurship) will explain UC’s Maple Knoll Smart Home for older adults as UC continues to aid in community paramedicine efforts.

Cincinnati Fire Chief Richard Braun will lead a panel discussion on the topic “Community Paramedicine: Helping City Residents” alongside Tonda Francis, vice president and regional hospital coordinator, Greater Cincinnati Health Council; Jack Mix, EMS coordinator, Dayton Fire Department; and Carter Pittman (EMT-P), emergency response coordinator, Hamilton County Public Health.

Other panel discussions covering topics of “Helping the Aged,” “FD Innovations,” “Hospitals and EMS Training,” and “Community Paramedicine and Retirement Centers” are also set to take place with distinguished speakers. This course precedes UC Fire Science’s NFA’s model courses in EMS Administration—which are the first of their kind to be offered in the nation. These courses are set to begin on May 12, 2014, for UC’s 2014 Summer Semester. Courses such as “EMS Quality and Performance Management,” “Leadership in Fire & EMS,” and “Legal, Political and Regulatory Environment of EMS” are to be taught through innovative group teaching in which two or more instructors, who are fire and emergency professionals, lead the course to combine their field expertise for a well-rounded educational experience.

For more information, please contact Kathy Angne, program coordinator, at 513-556-6583 or

kathleen.angne@uc.edu

or Larry Bennett, program chair, at 513-470-2744 or

lawrence.bennett@uc.edu

For more information UC Fire Science’s “Foundations of EMS and Community Paramedicine" residency course or 2014 Summer Semester NFA’s model courses in EMS Administration, please visit:

http://ceas.uc.edu/news-1314/fire-science-hosts-1st-community-paramedicine-course-.html

For more information about the Fire Science & Emergency Management Program, please visit:

http://aerospace.ceas.uc.edu/FireScience

For more information about the UC College of Engineering and Applied Science, please visit:

http://ceas.uc.edu/