Eric Fayad, the Associate Director of Instructor Services, discusses the Academy side of the IAED’s Instructor Academy—how it works, who’s eligible, and the kind of effort required to become a full-fledged instructor.  

This is the first in a two-part series about the Instructor Academy. 

For Your Information: 
Email Eric with your questions: eric (dot) fayad (at) emergencydispatch (dot) org

The Instructor Academy with Eric Fayad

Isabel Gardett talks with Brett Patterson, the chair of the Medical Council of Standards for the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch. They discuss the why and how of getting involved with research, what it means that a dispatch system is “evidence-based,” and how to enact change to protocols using research.

For Your Information:
Sepsis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepsis)

ABCs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_(medicine))

AHA (http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/)

Hypoxic seizure (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_hypoxia)

W. Edwards Deming, Some Theory of Sampling (https://www.amazon.com/Theory-Sampling-William-Edwards-Deming/dp/048664684X/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1505500418&sr=1-4&refinements=p_lbr_one_browse-bin%3AW.+Edwards+Deming)

W. Edwards Deming, Quality, Productivity, and Competitive Position (https://www.amazon.com/Quality-Productivity-Competitive-Position-Edwards/dp/0911379002/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8)

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The Instructor Academy with Eric Fayad

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