Category: Education

Nature Coast EMS Explorers Graduate the First Responder Class

Posted on 09/26/11 by Nature Coast EMS

Nature Coast EMS is proud to present our Explorer Post 605 and two Sheriff’s Explorers members whom have successfully completed 40 hours of First Responder Training. This will allow them to assist NCEMS field crews in managing and treating patients while they respond to emergency calls with them.  From Left to Right David Mejia, EMT-Paramedic [...]

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Nature Coast EMS Announces FREE CPR Classes

Posted on 09/26/11 by Nature Coast EMS

Nature Coast EMS is proud to announce FREE CPR classes will be held at our education center in Lecanto starting in October.  The Education programs presented at Nature Coast EMS are facilitated by our Team of EMS Instructors that are actively working on the streets providing EMS. Our Education Center features state of the art [...]

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Nature Coast EMS Educators Receive State EMS Award

Posted on 08/02/11 by Nature Coast EMS

From EMSWorld.com:

The Florida Association of Emergency Medical Services Educators (FAEMSE), in cooperation with corporate sponsors, awarded Nature Coast EMS team members Floyd Mead and Ron Bray with State Continuing Educational Instructor of the Year and State EMS Preceptor of the Year respectively for exemplifying excellence in EMS education in Florida…

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Emergency Medical Technician Program

Posted on 05/06/11 by Nature Coast EMS

The EMT program is designed to prepare students to provide basic life support measures as a member of an ambulance crew, at the scene of an accident, during transport to a hospital or medical facility, and in the medical facility. It will prepare students to sit for the Florida Bureau of EMS EMT Certification Exam. This unique program will enhance the quality of student learning and achievement outcomes through the use of human patient simulation training with a SimMan and SimBaby, a tool not available anywhere else for EMT students in Citrus County.

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Code Blue: Heart Emergencies

Posted on 01/26/11 by Nature Coast EMS

Do you know how to respond to a heart emergency? About every 25 seconds, an American has a coronary event, and about one every minute will die from one. Knowing the signs and symptoms of heart attack are crucial to the most positive outcomes. To make sure you know the lifesaving actions that make the biggest difference, Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center and Nature Coast EMS have teamed up to bring you a special program on the who and how of heart emergencies. Please join us on Wednesday, February 23 at 3 p.m., when our panel of physicians and health care professionals presents “Code Blue: Heart Emergencies.”

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