BEST EMS

🚨 FTO Class Update 🚨 ✅ February 20th Field Training Officer class is FULL 📅 October 16th class still has openings! 📧 Want to be added to the waitlist for the February 20th class? Email bestems@ies.healthcare Spots go fast—don’t wait!

An additional SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING has been issued for much of eastern Denton County until 7:45 pm. Hazards associated with this system include 65 mph winds and nickel sized hail. Radar image captured at 6:49 pm.

🚑 June 2025 Critical Care Class 📍 Carrollton & Farmers Branch Fire Departments 💥 Take your pre-hospital medicine skills to the next level! 🔥 Taught by real-world ground & flight paramedics/nurses 📈 88% first-pass IBSC pass rate 💡 Learn. Train. Elevate your career.

💡Thoughts of becoming an FTO? 🪫Need a recharge as an FTO or want to take your game to the next level? ⏱️Things are well for as an FTO but want to learn something new? 💲200.00 Sign Up Here: BESTEmergencyMedicalEducation.as.me/BESTEMS-FTO-Ma…

✔️ 𝐼𝑠 𝑉𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜 𝐿𝑎𝑟𝑦𝑛𝑔𝑜𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑝𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢? ✔️ 𝐷𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑉𝐿.

𝕀𝕥 𝕋𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝔸 𝕊𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕊𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝔸 𝕍𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕞. 𝔻𝕚𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕞 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝔹𝕃𝕊?

🚨 FTO Train-the-Trainer Course – June 26th! 🚨 Limited Spots - register now before it's full! ✅ Highly interactive ✅ Designed for new & experienced FTOs ✅ Perfect for those with a program—or building one from scratch Sign Up: bestemergencymedicaleducation.as.me/schedule/316bf…

On our combined shows @PJNorwood & I had the honor to talk to legendary Chicago Fire BC Dan Degryse, & Chris Muscle about Mental Health. @fireengineering @FDICevent @DanDeGryse Discussion covers leadership, drugs, alcohol & suicide. fireengineering.com/fdic-coverage/…

154 patients with ROSC in 2023 313 patients with ROSC in 2024 Thanks to all of our partner agencies for your efforts in this journey #RALighthouse

2️⃣ SPOTS have opened up for our Cadaver Lab Morning Session this coming Thursday you 13th @8:00 AM Check our FB for more details. These spots will go fast. The next lab with openings is November! Sign up here ⬇️ bestemergencymedicaleducation.as.me/schedule/316bf…

Join Us for our Next Resuscitation Academy that will be held at DFW Airport May 5th & 6th. This will be an action packed event with interactive lectures on day 1 with Keynotes by Chief White of the DFW Airport Fire Department & Chief Davis of Fort Worth Fire.

Our Fall 2024 Critical Care class is underway. Several students from within the BEST EMS system & students from other systems. Here is a picture with some of the students and lead instructor Brian Pfahning. Big thanks to McKinney Fire for hosting! #CriticalCareEMS

Our 11th Annual #IESQualitySummit is underway! Our attendees are meeting with other healthcare leaders from across the country, having thoughtful discussions on the healthcare industry, and learning about advances in patient care. Together we’re shaping the future of healthcare!

Our friends at @BESTEMS2 are busy being jawsome, fintastic, chompions, and every other shark pun you can think of. We just found out they had 3 agencies in the mid to high 60% Utstein running average since Jan 1, 2020! Congratulations, friends!

McKinney Fire Chief Danny Kistner will be retiring at the end of the month after 11 years. We are grateful for his hard work and leadership and wish him well. A nationwide search will begin for his replacement. More information can be found here: bit.ly/3CoGA0G

Lots of questions on Twitter about why they just didn’t load him up and go. Research is clear. #cardiacarrest resuscitation is best handled on the scene. Period. #MNF #CPR

Congratulations Kathryn Stanfield with Parker County Hospital District on passing scenarios!

Congratulations Paramedic Luis Flores with Parker County Hospital District EMS on passing check off scenarios today!

Education is the foundation of quality patient care. For every hour of patient care provided, we should spend ___ hours on education. What’s your thoughts? #prehospitalmedicine #EMS #fireems #bestems #streetmedicine