Part I

Assignment Content

Consider that emergency medical services (EMS) profession has multiple hot topic conversations related to engaging in public health, community risk reduction, and community paramedicine (CP). As an EMS leader, we are often tasked with speaking to these topics.

Reflect on your local agency’s current practice of CP. If your agency is doing CP now, explain whether you think it is successful. How would you improve the CP program? If your agency does not provide this service, how would you introduce the idea of starting a CP program to your agency?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

Part II

Computer Essentials

Assignment Content

For this assignment, draft a two-page essay answering the following questions:

1. Describe your home or office computer setup to include all peripheral equipment, networks, and the internet or intranet. Be sure to describe all input, output, and storage devices.
2. Explain the differences between a LAN, WAN, MAN, and PAN. In your response, provide an example of each one.