The following students completed the Emergency Medical Dispatch Training Course on September 12-14, 2011.
front row, L-R Krystal Nelson, Nikki Smart, and Michelle Suggs,
back row, L-R Kelly Linder and Dana Griffin.
The class attended is a 24-hour course designed to elevate trained and experienced Public Safety Telecommunicators to effectively direct and manage their emergency medical resources. This course primarily focuses on end user productivity in obtaining information from callers, selecting the proper protocol, dispatching proper resources and giving telephone medical instructions. Other areas of significance are the basic philosophy of EMD, legal concepts important to the EMD’s job and basic medical concepts necessary for understanding the medical content of emergency medical dispatch.
09-28-11
11:00 hrs