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 .

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:

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.

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

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

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

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!