A Fire Medic Perspective Podcast Episode 11: Emergency vehicle operations and the role of simulation in fire and EMS apparatus driver education

Posted by: romduck May 2, 2013

EMS Roundtable A Fire Medic Perspective Podcast: Breaking Patients to Save Vehicles!

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A Fire Medic Perspective Podcast is RescueDigests’ weekly podcast featuring Rom Duckworth covering everything emergency services, from clinical topics, to leadership issues to why the rookie has to pay for lunch, all from a Fire Medic Perspective.

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Fire Engine Cab DriverJoin Rom Duckworth and former firefighter, FDNY Paramedic and Emergency Response expert Robert Raheb as they discuss emergency vehicle operations and the role of simulation in fire and EMS apparatus driver education.

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Robert Raheb has been in the EMS field for 31 years.  As a Firefighter in California, he became a paramedic working in NYC for 27 years and a NYS Instructor Coordinator for 21 years.  Introduced to simulation training in 2003, Rob Raheb was bit by the bug and “just got it”.  Realizing the benefits and potential training abilities this high-tech tool held, simulation training has added a new and exciting dimension to his vehicle training program and those benefits were obtained with a 38% reduction in intersection collisions within the first year and a steady decline every year since

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About romduck

Rom Duckworth is a dedicated emergency responder, author, and educator with more than thirty years of experience working in career and volunteer fire departments, hospital healthcare systems, and private emergency medical services. Rom is a career fire captain and paramedic EMS Coordinator for the Ridgefield (CT) Fire Department and director of the New England Center for Rescue and Emergency Medicine. Rom holds a master’s degree in public administration, is a graduate of the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer program, and is the recipient of the NAEMT Presidential Award, American Red Cross Hero Award, Sepsis Alliance Sepsis Hero Award, and the EMS 10 Innovators Award. Rom is the author of "Duckworth on Education," as well as chapters in more than a dozen EMS, fire, rescue, and medical textbooks and over 100 published articles in fire and EMS magazines. A member of the NAEMT Board of Directors, as well as other national and international advocacy and advisory boards, Rom continues to work for the advancement of emergency services professions. Contact Rom via www.romduck.com
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