Capnography (ETCO2 monitoring) provides real-time insight into ventilation, circulation, and metabolism and can support early detection of respiratory distress, confirm advanced airway placement, and inform resuscitation decisions during cardiac arrest. The session reviews waveform interpretation and key clinical patterns relevant to EMS care.

• Understand A&P of the heart and respiratory systems.
• Understand diagnostic waveforms and their meaning in the field.
• Integrate capnography into everyday assessments.
• Apply capnography in advanced airway maintenance.

Practical tools and resources educators can use to enhance instruction using technology—without requiring significant budget investment.

• Identify the importance of technology in today’s classroom.
• Acquire at least 15 tech tools that are free or low cost.
• Understand limitations of technology in the classroom.

Examines critical incident exposures and chronic traumatic stress, how traumatic memories are stored, and how these experiences can affect responder functioning. Discusses the Adaptive Information Processing model and implications for treatment, resilience, and coping.

• Describe critical incident trauma and its impact on the brain.
• Explain how traumatic vs. non-traumatic memories are stored.
• Identify how critical incident trauma affects personal and professional functioning.
• Describe the Adaptive Information Processing model and effective treatment approaches.

A one-day course designed to build on the information from the Basic course. Seminar-style problem solving. Includes updates on diseases and legal issues, and review of multi-drug resistant organisms (MRSA, VRE, C-diff), H1N1 and vaccine, Norovirus, MERS, and Ebola virus.

Meets OSHA-required annual update training on bloodborne pathogens and airborne/droplet transmitted diseases. Topics include new hand hygiene guidelines, updated TB guidelines, clarifying HBV vaccine issues, HCV risk/treatment, and OSHA citation/fine information.

Meets OSHA-required annual update training on bloodborne pathogens and airborne/droplet transmitted diseases. Topics include new hand hygiene guidelines, updated TB guidelines, clarifying HBV vaccine issues, HCV risk/treatment, and OSHA citation/fine information.

A two-day course designed to prepare the attendee for assuming the important role of Infection Control Officer.

SCEMSA and SCEMD will review and strengthen the state’s hurricane preparedness program for EMS, including strategies for staging resources, communication, evacuation support, and maintaining patient care during and after major storm impacts.

Covers best practices for initial burn management on scene and during transport, plus burn center referral criteria and the importance of timely transfer to specialized care.

• Understand burn classification and treatment implications.
• Identify priorities of care during initial stabilization.
• Apply current fluid resuscitation guidelines in the prehospital setting.
• Discuss American Burn Association (ABA) burn center referral criteria.

Applies paramedic scene management principles to executive leadership—rapid assessment, calm presence, prioritization under pressure, and trauma-informed awareness—to support stronger decision-making and coordinated team performance in complex environments.