Orange County Emergency Medical Services An Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is a device used when someone is experiencing certain types of cardiac arrest. In cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac death, the heart’s electrical activity is disorganized and there is no effective pumping of blood. An AED is capable of recognizing...
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Continuing Education (CE) is required for most levels of the medical professions. In the Emergency Medical Services profession, CE is referred to as pre-hospital or EMS CE. EMT’s, AEMT’s, Paramedic’s, and Mobile Intensive Care Nurse’s (MICN’s) all must perform EMS CE every two years for EMT or AEMT re-certification, Paramedic...
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OCEMS Approved Paramedic Programs Paramedic programs provide extensive education to individuals interested in becoming licensed as a Paramedic in California. Students who successfully complete the Paramedic program are eligible to sit for the California approved Paramedic Licensing Exam (National Registry Exam). Contact the program nearest to you for class schedules...
A significant concern among emergency medical services and emergency departments across California is ambulance patient offload delays also called walltime or offload delays. Offload delays in Emergency Departments can cause extensive wait times for patients, while also impacting resource availability for hospitals and EMS providers that serve their community for...
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California Department of Justice & FBI Live Scan Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) Report and Subsequent Action Notification (SAN) Subscription State regulations and Orange County Emergency Medical Services (OCEMS) policy require that all Emergency Medical Technician candidates perform a California and Federal background check prior to becoming certified in California...
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