MARCOM’s interactive course on Infection Control in Healthcare Environments… for Medical Personnel discusses the importance of infection control in healthcare environments, the rules and regulations that you must adhere to, and what you can do to help keep everyone in your facility infection-free.
Patient Handling Safety
MARCOM’s interactive course on Patient Handling Safety discusses the hazards that can be associated with patient handling tasks, and what healthcare workers can do to prevent accidents and injuries from occurring while they perform them.
Safe Lifting in Healthcare Environments: for Medical Personnel
MARCOM’s interactive course on Safe Lifting in Healthcare Environments: for Medical Personnel discusses how lifting and carrying things can affect the back, and how medical personnel can use safe lifting techniques to help them avoid back injuries in a healthcare facility.
HIPAA Rules and Compliance
MARCOM’s interactive course on HIPAA Rules and Compliance defines HIPAA terms, explain the regulations and discuss what business entities and employees in healthcare-related fields need to do to comply with them.
Crenshaw Line – Train vs. Vehicle
In this video, watch as public safety personnel drill the response to a train vs. vehicle accident. You will see effective communications between MTA and emergency dispatch, coordination between MTA and law enforcement to isolate the area and perform initial assessments, and then a fully unified command post with Metro, law enforcement, and fire/EMS to mitigate the incident and provide emergency medical care.
Bradycardia Recognition and Treatment
This module covers a simplified approach to Bradycardia while challenging the traditional approach.
Caring for the Dying Patient
Caring for the dying patient and delivery of a death notification are two of the most necessary skills for the experienced EMS provider, however little training is provided on either topic. The nuance specific to documentation, family dynamics, and communication only add to the difficulty of caring for patients in their final moments and delivering news to loved ones. In these modules, experts in the field of hospice care and EMS provide insights on the best way to do both.
Emergency Cardiac Care
Need just one more hour on cardiac emergencies to renew your license or are you interested in recent advances in the care of patients suffering from a cardiac emergency? Then these modules are for you. Learn from experts as they discuss the developments in recognizing and treating bradycardia, utilizing capnography in the treatment of patients suffering from a cardiac related emergency, and the new technology that is mechanical support devices and left ventricular assist devices.
EMS Care During Behavioral Health Emergencies
EMS providers continue to see an increase in the number of patients suffering from behavioral health emergences however depend on their initial training on how to care for these types of illnesses. New techniques and therapies are available to help EMS providers deliver safe and appropriate care. These modules will review the current context of behavioral and psychiatric health emergencies, de-escalation techniques delivered by a paramedic and psychiatrist, and the use of ketamine to in the prehospital setting.
Preceptor Workshop – Los Angeles County
This three-hour course guides the preceptor through the process of being a mentor to an intern. It covers paramedic program components, national, state and local laws and regulations, the roles of the preceptor and intern, and how to evaluate a student, among other topics.