Virginia EMS Training Group

Virginia EMS Training Group Members of our staff are AHA & NAEMT Faculty, Course Coordinators and Instructors. We teach Driver Pumper amd Aerial courses following VDFP format

We also have EC’s to teach EMT courses and several FIRE courses from an academy to Instructor and Officer. The Virginia EMS Training Group (VAEMSTG) provides community training to professional instruction. VAEMSTG is an authorized American Heart Association Training Site aligned with Tidewater Center for Life Support/Eastern Virginia Medical School. VAEMSTG is also an Authorized National Associati

on of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) Training Center. We also provide Instructor courses and monitor Instructor's so they can be renewed.

Been teaching TECC since it was first released and now being asked to be part of the National Association of Emergency ...
04/01/2026

Been teaching TECC since it was first released and now being asked to be part of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians TECC Faculty to present the NEW 3rd edition at Special Operations Medical Association in North Carolina on April 25 and April 26 is extremely exciting. Looking forward to seeing everyone. Learn Something New Everyday.

We had an opportunity to review these airway manakins at our National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians TECC ...
03/29/2026

We had an opportunity to review these airway manakins at our National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians TECC course at from decentsimulators. These were very realistic from the weight of the head, the skin to the anatomy using VL, DL, i-gel, etc. Thanks Resuscitation and Medical Preparedness, LLC

🚨 Should videolaryngoscopy be the default in 2026?We were all trained with direct laryngoscopy as the standard.But the p...
03/27/2026

🚨 Should videolaryngoscopy be the default in 2026?

We were all trained with direct laryngoscopy as the standard.

But the paradigm is clearly shifting.

📚 European recommendations (ESAIC / EJA, 2025) support:
➡️ Videolaryngoscopy (VL) as a first-line approach
➡️ Not just for difficult airways — but for routine practice

But in daily practice… many still default to direct laryngoscopy.

🔍 Why does this matter?

Because first-pass success is everything:
• ↓ Hypoxia
• ↓ Airway trauma
• ↓ Esophageal intubation

And most importantly:
👉 Many difficult airways are unexpected

🧠 Take-home:
This is no longer about device preference —
it’s about maximizing first-pass success and patient safety

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Credit: Ahmed M. Fetouch G. Mohamed

📌 Reference:
Eur J Anaesthesiol 2025; 42:872–888
Guidelines on strategies for the universal implementation of videolaryngoscopy

🎨 Infographic created with the assistance of AI

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👉 Do you use videolaryngoscopy as your default? Or still start with DL?

Stabbed in the eye after having a fight over a parking lot!! ⚠️A 47 year old man has suffered horrific injuries after he...
02/23/2026

Stabbed in the eye after having a fight over a parking lot!! ⚠️
A 47 year old man has suffered horrific injuries after he was stabbed in the eye during an argument over a parking space at a shopping centre. The shocking incident took place in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, after the victim and another driver began fighting over a parking space.
A scan taken at the hospital shows how the knife passed through the left eye and through into the lower half of the right orbit (see the X-ray image that shows the knife embedded in the man's eye).
Miraculously, doctors have successfully removed the knife which had pierced the left eyeball and the lower part of the right eye.
Although the patient lost his left eye in the incident he was in a stable condition the whole time.
What are your thoughts on this?
Credit: surgerycases

We are looking forward in returning to the Caroline County Regional Spring Fire and EMS School 30 in March 2026 in to p...
02/07/2026

We are looking forward in returning to the Caroline County Regional Spring Fire and EMS School 30 in March 2026 in to present the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians TECC - Integrated Tactics Course. We take this course beyond the standard TECC course and introduce Rescue Task Force (RTF) concepts with law enforcement, Command and Control, Casualty Collection Points utilizing strategies and tactics from past events, and more. Registration is below. Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services

07/19/2025

Chief Eddie Ferguson with Goochland County Fire-Rescue providing a quick demonstration of a “Finger Thoracostomy” in our National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians naemtfriends TECC - Integrated Tactics Course. The “Finger Thoracostomy” is part of the Virginia Scope of Practice- Formulary for Paramedics. Chief Ferguson also flies with Med-Flight who are able to provide these life saving procedures with their OMD’s approval. This is another way we stay up-to-date with these skills and reasons they are performed. Virginia Chapter, American College of Surgeons Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services Virginia Department of Fire Programs

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