Town of Watertown Ambulance Service will host the NAEMT Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) course on November 20-21, 2025, from 0800–1700 each day. This 16-hour, evidence-based program is designed for EMS professionals of any level seeking to enhance their trauma assessment, critical thinking, and patient management skills in prehospital settings.

On Tuesday, November 19th, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., EMS professionals are invited to attend a free Continuing Medical Education (CME) session hosted by Clarkson University. The course, “Patient Moving and Lifting,” will be led by Travis Howe, EMT, CIC, and focuses on improving safety and technique during one of EMS’s most physically demanding responsibilities.

The ECH / UVM Paramedic Program is still accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Paramedic program.

Pulsara Mobile v64 dramatically improves the accuracy of EMS Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) reporting with the new Auto ETA feature.  This enhancement automatically calculates and periodically updates the ETA during transport by leveraging the EMS device’s GPS location, traffic conditions, and the destination facility’s location. The primary goal is to provide care team members with the most accurate, timely information available on patient arrival.  How it works: When enab

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

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

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

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 .