EMS 2/14

Make Your Mark: North Country REMSCO Announces 25th Anniversary Logo Design Contest

The North Country Regional Emergency Medical Services Council (REMSCO) is proud to announce a Logo Design Contest in celebration of its 25th Annual EMS Spring Fling

Nov 51 min read

2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and ECC

The American Heart Association has released its 2025 Guidelines for CPR and ECC. The 2025 Guidelines are a comprehensive revision of the AHA’s guidelines for adult, pediatric, and neonatal life support; resuscitation education science; systems of care; and resuscitation ethics topics. They have been developed for resuscitation professionals and AHA instructors to focus on the resuscitation science and guidelines recommendations that are most significant or controversial or th

Nov 41 min read

"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" a 2025 Update on Myocardial Contusion

The next upcoming Regional Trauma Conference Topic will be "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" a 2025 Update on Myocardial Contusion, presented by Dr. Geoffry Gillespie, Associate Professor for Emergency Medicine at Albany Medical Center. This presentation will review what we know and what we don't know about blunt traumatic cardiac pathology. This conference will be conducted on Wednesday, November 5, from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. and will be presented virtually through Microsoft Tea

Oct 291 min read

Clarkson University EMS Paramedic Program Moves to One-Year Program: Holding Open Houses for Prospective Students

Clarkson University's Paramedic program is changing from a full-time 9-month program to a 1-year program. To better explain this type of program, the School of Health and Life Sciences EMS Department will be conducting THREE open houses over the next four weeks: Wednesday, October 29, at 6:30 PM Tuesday, November 4th, at 6:30 PM Wednesday November 19th, at 6:30 PM For more information about Clarkson’s Paramedic Program, click here .

Oct 241 min read

New Regulations Updated by Division of State EMS

The Division of State EMS has released new regulations with updated requirements related to equipment, general waivers, and emergency ambulance service vehicles have been enacted as of October 22, 2025. Please review the full document:

Oct 241 min read

Mountain Lakes Region – Annual ALS Skills and CME Requirements

All Online and Intern ALS Technicians (AEMT, Critical Care, and Paramedic) are required to complete this form annually by 1/31. If your Online or Intern Status began after July 1st, you are only responsible for completing half of the required CME’s and Skills. To download the form CLICK HERE.

Oct 231 min read

NYS DOH & NYC Health Department Release Guidance on Acetaminophen During Pregnancy

The New York State Department of Health and the NYC Health Department have released guidance about acetaminophen (Tylenol®) being a safe and recommended pain reliever and fever reducer during pregnancy when used as directed. Clinicians should continue to recommend acetaminophen when medically indicated, and pregnant patients should consult with their healthcare providers before medication use. In the released guidance, the NYS Department of Health points out that NSAIDs like

Oct 171 min read

Remembering to Care for Ourselves: Compassion Fatigue, Trauma, and Burnout

We are currently in a landscape where we are being asked to provide more support to individuals who need services with fewer resources. While we care for others, whether they are clients, family, friends, or members of our community who are challenged by substance use, in recovery, or with other biopsychosocial stressors. We often overlook the importance of caring for ourselves while focusing on the needs of others in recovery. Traumatization, Compassion Fatigue, and Burnout

Oct 142 min read

Substance Use Disorder (SUD) ECHO: Integrated Approaches to Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health

The University of New Hampshire Project ECHO & MCD's Collaborative for Advancing Rural Excellence & Equity (CARE2) will present a webinar, " Substance Use Disorder (SUD) ECHO: Integrated Approaches to Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health". Students, nurses, pharmacists, peer recovery organizations, emergency responders, prescribers, and allied health (social work, OTs, behavioral health) professionals in rural ME, NH, VT, and NY who want to learn more about c

Oct 141 min read

FDRHPO’s EMS Program Agency Wants Your Feedback!

Are there topics you’d like to learn more about, or ones you’ve had trouble finding for your recertification? We want to hear from you! Please take a few moments to complete our short survey and let us know what education and training topics you’d like to see added to our Learning Management System. Your input helps us tailor content to support you and your continuing education needs. CLICK HERE to take the survey!

Oct 131 min read