QUESTION
What training is offered to EMS personnel for de-escalation and self-defense?
1:07:25
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The New York City Fire Department offers a 12-hour training course for EMS personnel on de-escalation and self-defense through partnership with New York City Health And Hospitals.
- The course covers situational awareness, de-escalation techniques, and managing potentially violent patients.
- It is available at any time via an online learning management system.
- This system can be accessed at all EM stations.
- The training focuses on managing patients experiencing mental health crises.
Joann Ariola
1:07:25
Currently offer deescalating and self defense training defense training too.
1:07:30
EMS personnel.
1:07:32
And if so, when is the training offered and how many hours constitute the training and are their refresher courses?
Kevin Woods
1:07:40
So the training is altered.
1:07:42
It's a 12 hour training course through partnership with the New York City Health And Hospitals.
1:07:47
And we use it for situational awareness, de escalation techniques, managing patients, experience that mental health crisis, and who are potentially violent.
1:07:58
We do offer a portion of that training on our learning management system.
1:08:03
Which is available in all EM stations at any time.
1:08:06
It's online, the learning management system.
Joann Ariola
1:08:09
Alright.