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The Human Experience Sessions: Framework—for First Responders

What we share. How we differ. How worldviews change what you see.

Course summary

First responders work at the fault lines of arguments about the nature and dignity of the human person. This course offers the essential framework necessary to discern those arguments and offer clarity in their place.

Human nature is shared. Dignity is equal. Diversity is real. Worldviews shape what you notice before you speak. The sessions walk that order through morals, flourishing, culture, time and place, speech, religion, the slave allegory, ethnic groups, and the beauty of diversity—then return to the Framework itself.

Learning objectives

At the end of this activity, the participant will be able to:

Distinguish what is universal in human nature from what is culturally particular in identity, meaning, and behavior.
Describe how worldviews and culture shape perception and decision-making in emergency work.
Hold equal human dignity and meaningful human diversity without collapsing one into the other.
Explain why prejudice cannot sit with the trust EMS work requires.
Use the Human Experience Framework with a patient, a crew, and the public.
Relate flourishing, mercy, and moral life to high-stakes human work.
Speak about speech, religion, ethnicity, and culture without reducing persons to groups.
Examine assumptions that can harm care, a crew, or public trust.

Activity identification

Activity title: The Human Experience Sessions: Framework—for First Responders
Credit: 8.0 Operational CEH
Levels: EMR, EMT, AEMT, Paramedic
Format: F3 — online, distributive, self-paced
CE provider (public): Flume Academic Studio
CE provider (legal): [legal entity on the CAPCE application]
CAPCE provider number: FLUM3054
CAPCE activity number: 26-FLUM-F3-0002
EMS medical director: [Name, MD/DO]
Program coordinator: Dr. Kurt Hoffman
Faculty / author: Dr. Kurt Hoffman, PhD, LMSW, MPA
Release / review: September 2026
Credit expiration: September 2029
Access: Flume Academic Studio (Pathwright), self-paced
Course fee: $189

CAPCE accreditation statement

This CE activity is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Pre-Hospital Continuing Education (CAPCE) for 8.0 Operational CEH. CAPCE represents that this program has met standards for accreditation and does not endorse the opinions or content presented. Concerns or certificate issues: https://www.capce.org/CertificateTrouble/Index

How the 8.0 CEH is calculated

CAPCE F3 video credit is running time plus one minute per CAPCE-compliant summative item.
Required video: 6 hours 48 minutes
Summative assessment: 3 items × 25 sessions = 75 minutes
Total: 8 hours 3 minutes
Awarded: 8.0 Operational CEH (60-minute hour)
Optional material is not on the clock.

Target audience

EMRs, EMTs, AEMTs, paramedics, EMS supervisors, fire-based EMS personnel, and others who provide or support prehospital care.

Prerequisites

Current EMR, EMT, AEMT, or Paramedic credentials, or a first-responder role. No prior philosophy coursework is required. A connection that can stream video is required.

Method of participation

Complete every required lecture. The next session opens after the lecture and its three scored items.
Complete all 75 scored items. Passing score: 65% overall.
Submit the course evaluation.
Provide what CAPCE requires for reporting: full legal name, email, license number, state of licensure, license type, and NREMT number if applicable.
Completions are reported to the CAPCE Accreditation Management System. The National Registry and many state EMS offices can retrieve that record. Whether a state accepts the hours for relicensure is that state’s decision.

Privacy and reporting

By completing this activity for credit you authorize Flume Academic Studio to report your completion to CAPCE, including name, email, license data, and NREMT number if provided. CAPCE may share that record with the National Registry and with state EMS offices. We do not sell learner data. We use it to issue credit, improve the activity, and meet reporting duties.

Disclosures

Conflict of interest. Faculty, planners, and the EMS medical director have disclosed all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for the prior 24 months. None were identified. Commercial support: None.

Content validity

The content is original work, referenced where sources are used, and reviewed and approved by the EMS medical director. CAPCE accreditation means the activity met CAPCE standards. It is not an endorsement of the views presented.

Certificate

The certificate includes provider name and CAPCE provider number; participant name; activity title; completion date; 8.0 Operational CEH; CAPCE activity number; program coordinator name and signature; license number and state; NREMT number if provided; and the name and signature of the EMS medical director.

Questions

Provider: engage@flumesocialenterprise.com · 517-745-3054 · Flume

CAPCE certificate or reporting concerns: https://www.capce.org/CertificateTrouble/Index

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Through Flume and its Academic Studio, he develops and delivers continuing education that integrates philosophical clarity with practical application for helping professionals.

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