Dear EMS Educators,
Dear EMS Educators:
As you know, comprehensive knowledge allows the EMT to apply and synthesize information—obtained via education. This information is integrated with assessment findings to make a field diagnosis. A well-educated EMT benefits from a strong foundation of knowledge, allowing him/her to think critically and make good decisions. This is the intent of the National EMS Education Standards, and the intent of Prehospital Emergency Care.
As stakeholders in their development process, Brady viewed the Standards as both an opportunity and a challenge. Opportunity arose in that our authors would now be able to utilize their extensive experience as writers and educators to create and organize content in ways in which they felt best presented the material; the Standards allow for flexibility in depth and breadth. Challenge arose in that we recognized that in the absence of the DOT’s prescriptive curriculum, significant support would need to be provided with our new materials. We hired Melissa Alexander, NREMT-P, Ed.D, in Human Resources Development/Human and Organizational Learning, to assist in our effort. Melissa wrote all of the objectives, classroom management materials, and lesson plans to support Prehospital Emergency Care. Her objectives drove development of instructor resources, including the TestGen and PowerPoint programs. In addition, we created an Instructor’s Wraparound Edition (in print and on line) to tie all instructor support in the context of the student textbook.
Brady recognized the enormous responsibility of revising materials to the new Standards. We could not have placed this responsibility into better hands than those of author Joe Mistovich. Since the mid-1990s, when Joe started work on Prehospital Emergency Care’s 5th edition, he has taken a stand on providing more than what the curriculum required. He felt that by doing so, he was providing what the EMT needed to function competently and effectively in the field. This was exactly what the Standards were created to do.
Joe has spent his 25-year career making EMS education better. He has been part of the EMT Agenda for the Future since the late 1990s, and has been involved in the Standards since its inception. He has followed their progression through the final document, which was used to write Prehospital Emergency Care. An author with multi-book and multi-edition experience, he recognizes the importance of providing current and accurate information. As part of the working group for the Standards that determined their intent and as a lead writer, Joe is one of the country’s top experts on the Standards. He also knows that their intent was to create an EMT that could think critically and make clinical decisions. Notably, this is also the intent of state and national certification bodies.
Joe is the best resource any publisher could hope to offer its customers. He is available at any time to speak to instructors about his textbooks, supporting materials, and the Standards themselves. He can be reached at: jjmistovich@ysu.edu.
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