Community Risk Reduction in EMS

Catalog description

Focuses on public information and community relations in emergency medical services (EMS). The course emphasizes that an EMS system connects the EMS professional to community information and community relations. The education of the community as an EMS system should work as a partner to improve the community's overall health and safety. Students explore issues in marketing, crafting the message, identifying the audience, developing programs, and creating press releases related to preventable injuries, inappropriate use of emergency resources, and health strategies.