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State EMS Education Pilot Programs

By Announcement

Come and join an exciting information session presented by the NYS Division of State EMS! We’re exploring
the recently revised education pilot programs designed to transform recruitment and retention for Emergency
Medical Services throughout New York State. Whether you’re an agency leader, a sponsorship administrator,
or just someone passionate about EMS, join us to learn more about how these programs could potentially
benefit you. Learn how these innovative programs can boost recruitment and retention, enhance course
sponsorship’s enrollment, and spark interest among current providers and the public. Q&A will be available
after the presentation to see how these initiatives could potentially benefit your agency and community.

 

For more information and to register click link below:

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DSEMS-Education-Pilot-Programs-Flyer-TEMPLATE-2.pdf

ECEMS EMS December Course Announcements

By Uncategorized

December 3rd – FALL EMS SPEAKER SERIES –  THE HIDDEN TRUTH ABOUT STRANGULATION: AN URGENT CRISIS

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/The-Hidden-Truth-About-Strangulation-12-3-25.pdf

 

December 6th & 7th – NAEMT Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Provider Course

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/PHTLS-Announcement-12-2025-1.pdf

 

December 10th – FALL EMS SPEAKER SERIES – De – escalation Tactics

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/De-escalation-Tactics-Speaker-Series-Flyer-12-10-25-1.pdf

 

December 16th –  AHA CPR BLS Provider Recertification Course

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CPR-Announcement-12-16-25.pdf

Course Announcement: CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) Training for Emergency Medicine Personnel

By Course Announcement

CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) Training for Emergency Medicine Personnel

Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 0800 – 1600

Location: NFTA Fire Station, 120 Amherst Villa Rd, Buffalo, NY 14225

Who Can Attend?: This 8-hour course is recommended and open to all emergency medicine personnel in Erie County. Presented in partnership between Crisis Services Emergency Mental Health Department and Erie County Emergency Services and Homeland Security, Niagara Frontier Transit Authority Fire Department, and UBMD Emergency Medicine EMS Division.

Click link for details regarding this course:  

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/CIT-EMS-Dec-2025.pdf

Connecting New Yorkers with “Know Your Rights” Resources

By Announcement

Good afternoon,

 

The New York State Department of Health is asking for your help with distributing “Know Your Rights” resources from the New York State Office of New Americans (ONA).

 

Please share with your staff and, to the extent your agency or organization works with the public, to your networks and the general public. You can do this by:

 

  • Distributing the attached flyer, which includes a QR code that will direct people to the New York State Office of New Americans’ website;
  • Distributing the materials and resources from New York State Office of New Americans’ website. If your agency or organization has physical office or building locations accessible to the public (i.e. waiting room, lobby, service delivery location) and you can print and put up the flyer.
  • Distributing the link to the New York State Office of New Americans’ “Know Your Rights” webpage: https://dos.ny.gov/know-your-rights.

 

Translated version of the flyer will be available in the coming days.

 

Click link for poster:   http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Know-Your-Rights-Poster.pdf

EMS Course Funding Update (25-07) and Educational Pilot Programs (25-08) | Policies Posted

By Announcement

Greetings!

 

The Division of State EMS has approved and released the following policy statements which may be found at the following link:

 

Division of State EMS Policy Statements and SEMAC Advisories

 

Policy Statement 25-07 EMS Course Funding Update – this supersedes Policy Statement 23-09.B

Policy Statement 25-08 Educational Pilot Programs – this supersedes Policy Statement 23-08.B

 

Please share these policy statements widely. If you have any questions, please reach out to our Education and Training Unit at this email address: ems.education@health.ny.gov.

 

Thank you for all you do for the EMS profession and for your service to our communities!

 

Be safe and well!

 

Division of State Emergency Medical Services

 

New York State Department of Health

875 Central Avenue, Albany, New York 12206

Desk (518) 474-7245 | Cell (518) 694-6368

peter.brodie@health.ny.gov

health.ny.gov/ems/

 

We’re growing to better serve New York’s EMS community.
As the Division of State EMS grows from a Bureau to a Division, you’ll notice some changes to titles and unit names that reflect our updated organizational structure. Our team members continue to perform the same vital work with the same commitment to the EMS community as before.  If you would like additional information related to the updates as they occur, please visit the State EMS website at
health.ny.gov/ems/

 

When communicating with the EMS and Trauma Data Support Unit regarding issues related to an individual or group of ePCRs; please do not include Personal Identifying Information (PII) or Protected Health Information (PHI) in your correspondence.  Should you submit PII or PHI, your email will be purged and you will be asked to submit your query again without this information.

Citizen Responders for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests – Avive pilot program

By Announcement, Uncategorized

Subject: Citizen Responders for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests

 

To continue to improve the chance of survival from OHCA in Erie County, we are conducting a pilot program for the next six months that involves deploying citizen responders with Avive Solutions AEDs to OHCAs dispatched by the Erie County 9-1-1 Center.

Please click the link below for further information:

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Avive-pilot-program-letter-to-Erie-County-first-responders.pdf

 

 

 

Mercy Flight EMS Employment Opportunity – Paramedic Crew Chief

By EMS Jobs

Mercy Flight, Inc. is seeking applicants for the position of Paramedic Crew Chief-Mercy Flight EMS

Employment Classification: Full Time-Hourly
Reports to: Mercy Flight EMS Assistant Operations Manager
Direct Reports: Assigned Medical Personnel
Home Base: Niagara, NY

Travel: Primarily regional (8 counties of WNY); occasional out of region/state

Interested candidates should apply at mercyflight.org by close of business on November 7, 2025.

Should you have any questions please feel free to contact Bonnie Corbett at 716-626-5808 ext. 1313.

 

For the position prerequisites and essential duties and responsibilities follow the link below:

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ExternalNiagara-County-Paramedic-Crew-Chief-10-2025-external.pdf

 

 

 

 

Mohawk Ambulance Service Certified Instructor Update Course

By Course Announcement

CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR UPDATE

NYDOH – BEMSATS Course # 225137
THIS COURSE WILL BE AVAILABLE REMOTLY or IN-PERSON

Pre-Registration is required – PRIOR to November 17, 2025

Thursday November 20, 2025
6:00PM – 9:00 PM
Mohawk Ambulance Service Training Center

For course details and registration information click link below:

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CERTIFIED-INSTRUCTOR-UPDATE-Announcement-11-2025.pdf

Erie County EMS Fall CME and Training Opportunities

By Course Announcement, Uncategorized

Don’t miss out on these FREE CME and Training Opportunities!

 

NEXT WEEK!

Care of The STEMI Patient
Wednesday October 8th, 2025
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

This course will be held at the Erie County Training and Operations Center, 3359 Broadway Cheektowaga, NY14227

Description: Learn more about STEMI presentations and how appropriate prehospital care and pre-notification can lead to great patient outcomes through real life cases from WNY.

This course is free and a CME certificate will be issued at the end of the course.

Speaker: Dr Michael Mangione, System Medical Director- TeamHealth Emergency Medicine, CHS Associate Chair of Emergency Medicine

 

For fall courses and registration information clink the link(s) below:

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/STEMI-Speaker-Series-Flyer-10-8-25-1.pdf

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CPR-Announcement-10-14-25.pdf

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CIU-Agenda-10-18-25-1.pdf

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/PALS-Announcement-10-21-25.pdf

http://ubmdems.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/OB-Speaker-Series-Flyer-11-12-25-1.pdf