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B) Present situation: Presently our Paramedics receive 32 hours of ALS training every two years and
our EMTs receive 32 hours of BLS training every two years. A big portion of the paramedic testing is
scenario -based megacode using a rhythm generator, 3 lead EKG and verbalizing scenarios. This situation
provides for very limited hands-on experience. With most of the scenario verbalized, the EMS member is
left to practice their skills on live patients or inadequate BLS manikins. Last year, MFR responded to 82,393
alarms in which 16,200 were ALS patients (388 needing intubation), 12,320 were trauma related, 7,260
were cardiac related, 1,254 were stroke related and 540 were Dead on Arrival.
C) Proposed solution: MFR proposes the purchase of an Advanced Life Support manikin to be utilized
in daily training sessions of its staff. In addition, MFR will provide to some of its staff a "One -on -One training
session with a Subject Matter Expert", This group will be able to use their training experience by the
manufacturer to replicate and ensure the quality of the training with the rest of the staff at our City of Miami
training facilities. This training will enable our EMS personnel to act instinctively in the most appropriate and
effective manner. MFR strongly advocates the ability to adequately train all of our employees in clinical and
decision -making skills during realistic patient care scenarios. These proposed solutions will allow the
Department to simulate every type of medical or trauma condition treated in the field.
The ALS manikin will provide a multi -disciplinary educational tool that will maintain and test our clinical and
decision -making skills in a safe, learning environment. Simulation training is paramount to our Quality
Management Program that identifies key areas that require additional training focus. The ALS manikin will
provide a wide -range of realistic patient presentations that will provide scenarios with training in areas such
as, patient airway, obstructed airway (a huge advantage over simple intubation manikins), cardiac rhythms,
lung sounds, trauma, and other relevant patient care situations. This will revolutionize our training, testing,
and Quality Management programs and bring these areas to another level not possible without this grant. A
training manikin that simulates ACLS, advanced trauma life support (ATLS), and difficult airway
management medical emergencies would allow the Department to effectively train and test our employees'
clinical and decision -making skills during realistic patient -care scenarios. The manikin is extremely realistic,
and specifically designed to meet scenario -based training needs of anesthesia, ACLS, AILS, and difficult
airway management. MFR will implement the manikin into everyday training of all field staff, It will provide
MFR the ability to cover every aspect and every situation found in a pre -hospital setting while training our
employees. It allows a hands-on approach to all skills performed in the emergency setting. In addition, it will
allow MFR employees to add new skills which may be needed on critical trauma scenes in the field.
Employees having trouble with a certain skill can spend time practicing skills with the Manikin. Treating the
sick and injured is stressful unto itself, practice makes for less stressful and better patient care.
D) Consequences if not funded: If this grant is not funded, MFR will have to continue to have an
inadequate supply of training tools to address the needs of its paramedics and EMTs. Our employees will
scramble to perform skills not easily performed in an urban setting. Failure to invest adequately in the
training of our EMS personnel will have serious adverse effects on their performance, and therefore the
community's perception/opinion of its City of Miami Fire -Rescue Department. Lack of adequate training
may lead to improper treatment of the patient resulting in poor patient outcomes and costly civil liability.
Most important, it could also lead to an increase of morbidity and mortality rate in the city.