By Shelby Evans
Mar 13, 2021 4:56 PM
MADISON, Wis. UW Health’s Emergency Education Center has continued to train front line responders for all medical emergencies over the last year, including COVID-19.
Paramedics and EMT training is never complete. According to Tom Langraf, a paramedic of 20 years, he has to attend refresh courses every two years to keep his national certification.
These trainings have to continue on for the responders so that they can continue saving lives, said Michael Lohmeier, an emergency medicine physician at UW health, and medical director for UW EEC.
“The students, the paramedics, the practicing EMT’s out in the field are still having to perform these skills and manage these patients, so we had to work really hard to find a way that we could still meet their continuing education needs,” Lohmeier said.