The EMS Classroom

There are times when we are reminded that the important things aren't the biggest.

In our continuing series leading up to EMS Week we are highlighting images that show the best of EMS.

In our continued effort to show EMS at its finest leading up to EMS week, we bring you to North Las Vegas, Nevada.

An EMT student recently emailed us after he failed the NREMT and asked for some advice. This is what we told him. Since exam season is rapidly approaching we thought it was a good opportunity dust off and update one of our most popular topics.

1. Determine what the question is asking. Many (or most) questions are scenario-based. They are relatively tight and have a minimum of information. Look at the question with a big-picture perspective first. Read it and absorb it. Many questions end in "you should" or "you should next." 

I taught a session of an EMS educator class yesterday. I enjoy this very much. Teaching educator classes requires you to not only know your material, but to also model good educational practices while in front of the class.

Much of what I do appears to be left cerebral hemisphere-based. I write books and develop apps. But I have found that everything I do has a strong right hemisphere-based concept behind it. Even my textbooks start with a singular conceptual or visual theme somewhere in the dark recesses of my brain.

Most of the photo friday images show what is in front of the camera. Today we'll show you what goes on behind the camera. This week's image is from a photo shoot for my Emergency Care EMT textbook.