FESA 431 - Emergency Medical Services Management

Prerequisite

FESA 432 (Fire and Emergency Services Budgeting); FESA 433 (Fire and Emergency: Human Resources).

Description

Emergency medical service models, design implementation evaluation. Interactions with health care systems, public and public health systems. This course involves a series of practical applications of different EMS Management exercises-designed to prepare the student regarding EMS operations and administration.

This course can be applied towards:

• Fire and Emergency Services Administration (B.S.)
• Fire and Emergency Services Administration Certificate

Textbooks and Materials

Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.

Required

• Principles of EMS Systems (2006)
  Brennan

Instructors

David Becker
(314) 724-0926
dsbeckermo@msn.com

M.A. Health Services Management, Webster University; B.S. Administration, Lindenwood College; Executive Fire Officer, National Fire Academy.

David Becker currently serves as EMS program Director at Sanford-Brown College in St. Louis, Missouri, in charge of EMS programs. He began his fire service career in 1981 and was promoted to Battalion Chief in 1988 as the Chief Medical Officer for the Chesterfield Fire Protection District in Missouri. In 2000, he moved to Colorado and began work for the Castle Rock Fire-Rescue Department as the Chief Medical Officer.

For the past twelve years, Chief Becker has served on the executive committee of the EMS section for the International Association of Fire Chiefs. He currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the section. In 2006, he was appointed to work on the Educational Standards Project as the Core Content Leader for Operations. David has also done consulting on a part-time basis for EMS firms from around the country. He has experience in policy and protocol review and development along with system design and improvement.