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These courses are intended for Kalamazoo County EMS personnel.

MSU 1 and MSU 2 - Their Role in the KCMCA System

FAST VAN Stroke Assessment

This course is intended to introduce the FAST-VAN Stroke Assessment adopted for use in Southwest Michigan Region 5. This assessment builds upon the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale (CPSS) which has long been successfully used to screen for strokes in the prehospital setting. We will continue to use the CPSS as the initial part of a new 2-part process and begin referring to the CPSS as "FAST" in reference to the components of the CPSS: Face, Arm, Speech, Time. We will now be adding an additional compoent to our stroke assessment called the VAN Stroke Screen, a tool used to screen for a sub-set of the most severe strokes known as large vessel occlusions (LVO). We believe the use of this new stroke assessment tool will help EMS practitioners quickly identify patients having strokes, in general, but especially those having LVO strokes. Early identification of LVO strokes may include bypassing closer hospitals to take the patient directly to a facility with specialized neuro-interventional capabilities based on local medical control authority protocols and/or direct medical control consultation. It also can be used to alert the receiving emergency department to allow them to better prepare to receive and care for the patient.

2023 State EMS Protocol Rollout Kalamazoo MCA Edition

Teacher: Brian Bell
Teacher: Chris Fouch
Teacher: Sara Morales

i-gel Training for Paramedics, AEMT, EMT, MFRs (KCMCA)

Didactic training for i gel Airway
Applicable for all license levels
The lesson and agency affiliation section must be completed to gain certificate of completion
Print and Save your Certificate of Completion, it is also your CE CHIT sheet

Region 5 Response to Hostile MCI and Introduction to the Rescue Task Force (2023)

This course is an introduction to the Region 5 Hostile MCI Protocol and to the Rescue Task Force concept. The information in this course was developed by Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine's Division of EMS and Disaster Medicine on behalf of the Region 5 Medical Control Authority Network, the 5th District Medical Response Coalition, and the Region 5 Homeland Security Planning Board. The intended audience for this course is licensed EMS personnel as well as law enforcement personnel. The course is ideally designed to be complemented with hands-on training and periodic multi-disciplinary exercises.