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University of Rochester Launches iTraining for Emergency Responders

Date:2/12/2009

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When an emergency squad pulls up to the home of an elderly person in distress in upstate New York, chances are the paramedics have received a new brand of high-tech training using a video podcast, developed by the University of Rochester Medical Center.

The institution is the first in the nation to train emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics with video podcast lessons downloadable onto iPods or computers. The University hopes to serve as a model for other institutions seeking to make continuing education more compelling and convenient. To view the training program, go to http://www.rochesterems.org/.

"When we talked to a number of emergency providers, they all asked for more 'on-demand' training, so we set out to design something that would be truly useful," said Manish N. Shah, M.D., M.P.H., an emergency medicine physician and chief of the Division of Pre-hospital Medicine at URMC, who led the program development. "With a video podcast, they can sit in their ambulance or base between calls and learn new skills."

Although any paramedic in the country can access and learn from the program, the approximately 12,800 emergency personnel in New York State can earn CME credit by viewing the video and taking the quiz online.

Shah has a special interest in geriatrics, and serves as the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) director for the Monroe County-Livingston County region. Therefore, the pioneering sessions address some of the special challenges of caring for older adults, such as communicating with the elderly, being alert for harmful medication interactions, and end-of-life issues.

"Caring for a 21-year-old accident victim is much different than caring for a frail, older person," Shah said. "And given the demographic trends in the country and
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