PARAMEDIC SAFETY
Remember any patient can turn violent, and make a patient assessment/search a part of your situational awareness approach to scene safety
Mitigate fentanyl fears with NIOSH guidance and basic PPE precautions
Use these techniques to build a great foundation of first responder-specific strength and become tactically fit
Define what behaviors are off limits and what to do if an assault against emergency responders does occur
Planning active shooter response training with police, fire, EMS and medivac helicopters is a complex and challenging task
After a high-speed collision, Kootenai County EMS System chief confirms lessons about designing and operating a safer ambulance
Manufactured, concocted and blended opioids require EMS training, PPE and decontamination strategies
Emergency medicine physician Dr. Cynthia Griffin confronts bias when it comes to agitated patients
Lee County EMS conducted a short survey of EMS leaders to determine if code words or plain language are used to request police to an unsafe EMS incident
SAFETY AND SURVIVAL RESOURCES