{"id":98414,"date":"2019-06-18T08:31:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T18:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=98414"},"modified":"2020-03-05T15:00:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T01:00:55","slug":"pediatric-paramedic-training-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/06\/18\/pediatric-paramedic-training-program\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"John A. Burns School of Medicine\">JABSOM<\/abbr>, Kapi\u02bbolani <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> develop pediatric paramedic training program"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_10297\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fsj5yqboHZg?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"KapCC paramedic students train in JABSOM SimTiki Simulation Center\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\">John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> (<abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College<\/a> are working together to help future paramedics gain confidence and skills in handling emergencies involving infants and children.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr> and <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span>  <abbr title=\"community college\">CC<\/abbr> faculty have collaboratively developed and conducted the first Pre-Hospital Pediatric Paramedic Training Program to integrate with <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span>  <abbr>CC<\/abbr>\u2019s established <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/academics\/programs-of-study\/emergency-medical-technician-program\/\">Emergency Medical Technician (<abbr>EMT<\/abbr>) Program<\/a>. The course was made possible through a grant provided by the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Pediatric Association Research and Education Foundation (<abbr>HPAREF<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Pediatric cases are such a small percentage of the cases they (paramedic students) are exposed to,&rdquo; said<strong> Dale Oda<\/strong>, emergency medical services program director at <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span>  <abbr>CC<\/abbr>. &ldquo;This program gives them the opportunity to practice their skills in a controlled setting and get that kind of experience before they become certified paramedics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Gaining experience at SimTiki<\/h2>\n<p>As an <abbr>EMT<\/abbr> for the City and County of Honolulu, most of Cyrus Camp\u2019s field experience has involved adults so, for him, learning with infant manikins in the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> medical school\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\/centers-institutes\/simtiki\/\">SimTiki Simulation Center<\/a> has boosted his confidence. Camp also appreciates the program\u2019s focus on communication between pre-hospital providers and emergency physicians.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It\u2019s useful for us (<abbr>EMT<\/abbr>s and paramedics) to get an idea of what the doctors are thinking so that we can adjust what we\u2019re doing to help them with that continuum of patient care,&rdquo; Camp said.<\/p>\n<p>While working with the future paramedics,<strong> Jannet Lee-Jayaram<\/strong>, SimTiki associate director and <abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr> assistant professor, said she saw a spark in the students\u2019 eyes as they realized, &ldquo;Hey, what I do directly influences what the physicians and nurses are going to do, and what I do is vitally important, so I need to make sure I get all the information and that I can communicate the right information.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Deborah Manog Dimaya<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_98440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98440\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/manoa-jabsom-kcc-emt-program.jpg\" alt=\"paramedic students in the lab\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/manoa-jabsom-kcc-emt-program.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/manoa-jabsom-kcc-emt-program-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/manoa-jabsom-kcc-emt-program-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-98440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr title=\"emergency medical technicians\">EMT<\/abbr>s\/paramedic students with Benjamin Berg in the <abbr title=\"John A. Burns School of Medicine\">JABSOM<\/abbr>&#8216;s SimTiki Simulation Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The John A. Burns School of Medicine and <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> developed the first pre-hospital pediatric paramedic training program to integrate with <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>\u2019s emergency medical technician program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1388,165,31,63,782,1106,71,9,56],"class_list":["post-98414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-emergency-medical-technician","tag-health","tag-john-a-burns-school-of-medicine","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-medical-simulation","tag-pediatrics","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98414"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112514,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98414\/revisions\/112514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}