Good day, EMS Owners, Operators, and Providers,

The following email is in regards to the National Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Responder Training Course, funded by the Department of Transportations, Federal Highway Administration. The National TIM Responder Training Program was developed through the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2) and provides incident responders with a national curriculum developed by responders for responders. The training offers a set of practices and advanced standards to enable safer and faster clearance of traffic crashes. The training addresses all aspects of incident response, from the moment the first emergency call is made to the correct positioning of response vehicles and equipment, to a safe work area using traffic control devices, to final scene clearance. The Section of EMS as well as Law enforcement, Fire and rescue personnel, Transportation agencies, Towing and recovery professionals, Communications center and dispatch personnel, Hazardous materials spill response contractors, Coroners, and medical examiners, Public works professionals have been working with the Federal Highway Administration Arkansas Division on supporting this training.

Training can either be held on location through a 4-hour class that can be brought to your service or through a web-based self-learning format that might be more accessible for our EMS providers.

Currently, Arkansas ranks at the very bottom of all states in the number of EMS providers that have taken this course. Arkansas has trained 41 EMS providers in the state with a goal of 3,490.

So on behalf of the Section of EMS and the Federal Highway Administration Arkansas Division, we are asking all EMS Agencies to encourage all EMS providers to take the online National Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Responder Training Course. This course is approximately 3 hours in length, depending on your individual response rate. This class can be started and resumed at any time and does not have to take in one sitting. Once self-enrolled you will have 6 months to complete the program.

To register for the course please go to https://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/course-search?course_no=133126

See the attachment for a Flyer for this Web-Based option. You will need to create an account and enroll in the course. Once enrolled you will receive an email with a receipt for $0, so ignore that email. You will then receive a separate email with the link to the course. Again, you have 6 months to complete.

I know that Arkansas can train more than 41 EMS providers, so I am asking on behalf the Department and our Federal partners, to provide this information to your staff. Also, the certificate and hours can apply to your EMS re-licensure.

An Airway Course Designed Specifically for BLS and ILS providers

This one-day course is designed for Basic and Intermediate EMS providers and other medical professionals who may be required to manage a patient’s airway before transport to a hospital.

This course is taught by an experienced faculty who know the unique challenges facing EMS providers.

Gain Critical Airway Knowledge and Skills

• Airway Anatomy
• Techniques for opening the airway
• Proper BMV techniques
• External Laryngeal Manipulation (ELM)
• Extraglottic Devices
• Assisting with intubation

CLASS LOCATIONS: To sign up find the location where you would like to take the class and click the link beside it to register.

3/9/17 – Eureka Springs        0800 – 1200        http://www.cvent.com/d/4vqgb1

For more additional classes please go to http://www.aemta.org/airway/

Optimizing Airway Management without medication for ALS providers

• Learn critical airway management techniques — including use of video laryngoscopy and other advanced imaging devices, extraglottic devices, and cricothyrotomy.
• Learn a simple approach to airway assessment.
• Work with experienced faculty who know the unique challenges facing EMS providers.
• Use proven airway devices in small group sessions.
• Practice decision-making and airway techniques in Code Airway^TM stations.
• Face the most challenging patient scenarios in a no-risk environment.

Hands-on Training in Crucial Airway Topics:

• Difficult and failed airway management
• Video laryngoscopy and other advanced imaging devices
• Pediatric airway management
• Endotracheal tube introducers (bougie)
• Surgical cricothyrotomy
• Extraglottic devices
• CPAP and BiPAP
• Confirmation with capnograph

CLASS LOCATIONS: To sign up find the location where you would like to take the class and click the link beside it to register.

3/02/17 – Stuttgart       0800 – 1700    http://www.cvent.com/d/tvqb3j

3/09/17 – Eureka Springs   1000 – 1800   http://www.cvent.com/d/pvqg0g

3/14/17 – Jacksonville         0800 – 1700   http://www.cvent.com/d/nvqbxd

3/15/17 – Jacksonville         0800 – 1700   http://www.cvent.com/d/tvqbxc

3/16/17 – Jacksonville         0800 – 1700   http://www.cvent.com/d/8vqbxc

3/28/17 – Searcy                   0800 – 1700   http://www.cvent.com/d/jvqg0t

For more additional classes please go to http://www.aemta.org/airway/

The workshop will be held Friday January 27th and Saturday January 28th in Magnolia, Arkansas. Participants can earn up to 12 Hours of Instructor Level CEUs. The new rules and regs now require 12 Instructor Level CEU to renew.