The EMS Educator

Prodigy EMS

Prodigy EMS brings you EMS education reimagined. Join us for relevant, high-quality discussions around the best practices in EMS education. You'll find interviews with experts in EMS, education, simulation, medical direction, leadership, and more. Explore hundreds of courses and earn CAPCE credit at www.prodigyems.com. Follow @ProdigyEMS on Twitter, FB, YouTube and IG.

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The EMS Educator

Episodes (48)

Fri May 1st Wired for the Job: ADHD, Mental Preparedness, Neurodiversity in EMS
Apr 3rd Fatigue as a Systems Problem: Policy, Culture, and Risk in EMS
Mar 7th The Science of the Save: Data-Driven Cardiac Arrest Training

The EMS Educator

May 1, 2026
55 minutes
101 MB

What if the traits that make someone great at EMS are the same ones that make traditional classrooms feel challenging? In this episode, hosts Rob Lawrence, Hilary Gates, and Maia Dorsett sit down with Nicole Hansen, EdD, EMT-P, Long Island EMS Division Manager for NYU Langone to explore two of her recent publications. Nicole shares findings from her dissertation on mental preparedness in EMS, including why current curricula fall short and how the "wounded healer" theory might shape who enters EMS. The conversation then shifts to her latest research on ADHD prevalence among EMS clinicians. They discuss how neurodiverse...

The EMS Educator

Wired for the Job: ADHD, Mental Preparedness, Neurodiversity in EMS

Prodigy EMS

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