NAEMT’s 3rd edition EMS Safety course teaches students how to protect themselves and their patients while on the job. It promotes a culture of safety and helps reduce the number of on-the-job fatalities and injuries. EMS Safety is the only national, comprehensive safety course for EMS
practitioners. Its interactive format features real-life case studies and compelling discussions on current safety issues, and provides students with a forum to share their own experiences. Course activities allow students to apply critical thinking and best safety practices to EMS scenarios.
 
Students are taught to:
Identify and manage the hazards
that can appear during daily tasks,
from offensive drivers to violent
encounters to chronic stress
Describe and apply the principles of
crew resource management in EMS
Apply techniques to maintain safe
vehicle operations
List and assess strategies to apply in
the field that improve patient safety
Identify strategies to ensure
practitioner safety
Strengthen resilience skills and focus
on personal health to combat both
chronic and critical incident stress
 
Provider Course: 8-hour classroom course for EMS practitioners at all levels. Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a certificate of completion, a card recognizing them as an EMS Safety provider for 4 years, and 8 hours of CAPCE credit.
 
Instructor Requirements:  Current NAEMT instructors; ITLS, ACLS, PALS, PEPP, EVOC, Fire Instructor 1; or EMS instructors at an accredited college or university can become an EMS Safety instructor by successfully completing the online 3rd edition Instructor Update (also available in Spanish). Upon successful completion, eligible instructors receive an EMS Safety instructor card and no monitoring is required.
Note: NAEMT instructors who take the provider course must complete the NAEMT Instructor Application to receive your EMS Safety instructor card.