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b"This episode of Inside EMS is brought to you by Lexipol, the experts in policy, training, wellness support and grants assistance for first responders and government leaders. To learn more, visit\\xa0lexipol.com.\\nIn this EMS Week episode of Inside EMS, Cohosts\\xa0Chris Cebollero\\xa0and\\xa0Kelly Grayson welcome Brian K. Hathaway, president/CEO of Spirit EMS, in Greenville, Ohio, who offers a free EMT training program. Hathaway shares his perspective on how EMS education has changed, and the creative ways Spirit is attracting, engaging and retaining recruits \\u2013 from 2-year agreements, to giving away a car during training.\\nTogether, they discuss:\\nWhy Hathaway is the Oprah Winfrey of EMT education\\nHow to engage and motivate the workforce\\nWhat Hathaway is looking for when he evaluates student patient assessments\\nHow we deliver education to the newer generation\\nMemorable quotes from this episode\\n\\u201cAs we educate in the classroom and make sure that people are comfortable and confident in their skills, and we\\u2019re making sure that we\\u2019re doing that good head-to-toe assessment on the patients \\u2013 that that\\u2019s the ultimate important thing.\\u201d\\n\\u201cMemorizing 43 things on a skills sheet to make sure that we\\u2019ve touched everything is not necessarily applicable to every patient that we\\u2019re taking care of.\\u201d\\n\\u201cMy concern is we\\u2019ve got to get people involved and we\\u2019ve got to continue to change with the times or it\\u2019s going to be a competition when I\\u2019m in the nursing home 25-30 years from now as to who\\u2019s going to get out of bed and respond to the call if we don\\u2019t do something now.\\u201d\\nAdditional resources\\nWhat skills should we test?A simple framework for an EMT skills competency portfolio\\nWhatever will we do without the skill sheets?NREMT is discontinuing the ALS psychomotor exam. That\\u2019s a good thing, if you let it be\\nAbout our Guest\\nBrian K. Hathaway is president/CEO of Spirit EMS, in Greenville, Ohio. Brian has been actively involved in Fire/EMS since 1996. Aside from his duties as an owner of Spirit, Brian is a 27-year veteran of the Union City Fire Department and continues to work part-time as a 911 dispatcher at the Darke County Sheriff's Office where he has worked since 1999. Brian is a certified Advanced EMT, EMS continuing education instructor, volunteer firefighter, Certified Ambulance Coder, Certified Ambulance Compliance Officer and Certified Emergency Medical Dispatcher. Brian serves as education chairman and is a board member of the Ohio Ambulance and Medical Transportation Association, a member of the Four County Career Center advisory board, a member of the Darke County Chamber of Commerce, and attends the EUM Church in Greenville. Brian enjoys spending time with his wife Audrey as well as their daughter Naomi."