The EMS Crystal Ball: Foreseeing Bad Days Through Latent Patient Safety Threats

Posted by Ben King on April 19, 2026
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What if we could foresee our bad days as EMS leaders? Every organization in emergency medical services faces very real, high-stakes, high-profile risks. The very nature of our profession puts our personnel in tough, unpredictable situations where mistakes, misjudgments, and system failures can lead to disastrous outcomes.

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Topics: From The CEO, EMS Training, Travel Paramedic, Healthcare safety, Education

The “Flight Simulator” Gap: Why America’s Healthcare Crisis Won’t Be Solved by More Textbooks

Posted by Ben King on January 28, 2026

 

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Topics: EMS Training, News, Education

How Best Practice Medicine Training Saved a Man in Need

Posted by Jane Fielden on March 02, 2024

Discover the incredible story of how best practice medicine played a crucial role in saving a man in need.

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Topics: Emergency Medical Training, EMT Training, EMS Training, Travel Paramedicine, Education

Three exciting facts - Advanced EMT

Posted by Ben King on June 16, 2022

Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians (AEMTs) are the sweet spot of Emergency Medical Services. Two AEMT courses are upcoming at Best Practice Medicine, get registered today to secure your spot!

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Topics: EMT Training, EMS Training, AEMT, Education

Why should you become an AEMT?

Posted by Jamie Heinrich on October 13, 2021

Is it worth it to get a 16 week long AEMT certification at Best Practice Medicine when you can get your endorsements over a weekend and be able to do the same thing? Short answer — yes it is 100% worth it.  

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Topics: Emergency Medical Training, EMT Training, EMS Training, American Heart Association

Wildland Fire Update - July 2021

Posted by Jamie Heinrich on August 02, 2021

The 2021 wildfire season has already burned nearly 3.4 million acres across several states in the US. The west is facing the worst wildfire season in decades and resources have been spread thin for weeks already. We've had 100% of our resources deployed with more resource orders expected to continue for the foreseeable future. Wildfire prevention and management is a multi-agency effort, and Best Practice Medicine coordinates across federal and state agencies to help state, local, tribal, and territorial partners respond to wildfires. Here’s a brief rundown of everything we have accomplished in support of the county’s wildfire fighting efforts since the fire season began.

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Topics: EMS Training, News, Job Openings, Wildland Fire EMS

I've got my EMT license, now what?

Posted by Jamie Heinrich on July 19, 2021

When I pictured where an EMT works, my immediate thought was an ambulance. That’s the only place an EMT can work, right? No! Having an EMT license can open doors across the country with job opportunities in just about any industry you can imagine.

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Topics: Emergency Medical Training, EMS Training

Meet our team: Amber Clifton

Posted by Jamie Heinrich on June 21, 2021

At Best Practice Medicine, we staff the highest caliber people to be in the best seat possible for them and for our team. Today, I got the honor to sit down with one of our awesome team members, Amber Clifton, who has recently stepped into a new role as the EMT course manager. Amber started working with BPM just over a year ago, and it is so fun to hear her story of how she got to the best seat for herself in the company. Meet Amber Clifton!

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Topics: Emergency Medical Training, EMT Training, EMS Training, Job Openings

What even is High-Fidelity Medical Simulation?

Posted by Jamie Heinrich on May 10, 2021

Most of us remember taking a CPR course where we practice on "Dead Fred," a lifeless, limbless torso of foam. This teaching practice is in a sense medical simulation.

However, the realism of this patient, and therefore the reality of the scene, is impaired by the fact that our patients are not in-fact limbless plastic torsos. By integrating state of the art simulator mannequin technology, and employing an elite team of certified simulation specialists, we break this barrier, and we train providers with a higher caliber of realism.

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Topics: Simulation, EMS Training, Medical Residents, Industrial Staffing

What is it like to be a wildland fire EMT?

Posted by Jamie Heinrich on April 05, 2021

On average, more than 100,000 wildfires clear 4-5 million acres of land in the United States. every year. During the 2020 season, Best Practice Medicine assisted and provided medical care for firefighters who fought on over 300,000+ acres of land. Though wildfires are nothing new to the United States, Best Practice Medicine has created an emerging force providing medical care for those fighting on the frontlines of wildland fires across the country. 

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Topics: Emergency Medical Training, EMS Training, Wildland Fire EMS

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