SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
When call volume is relentless, these 5-15 minute resets fit inside real workflows — helping EMTs and paramedics lower stress, stay present and carry less from call to call
PARAMEDIC SAFETY
Our co-hosts are joined by Art Hsieh to discuss an article on carfentanil exposure
True concern requires a look beyond singular events and towards methods to eradicate a child’s replica-gun-involved death.
Unintended or casual exposure to carfentanil, a synthetic opioid 10,000 times more potent than morphine, can be life-threatening
Our co-hosts discuss why a safety culture is important in reaching organizational strategic goals
A strong patient safety culture has the greatest impact on reducing adverse incidents and harm to patients
Excessive work hours, compassion fatigue and violence are contributing to an alarming increase in EMS caregiver suicide
In addition to the ABCDs, fire apparatus need to carry Class K extinguishers for residential and commercial response
Stations used as polling places need to be a welcoming, open and safe community gathering place that may need to become a secure fortress if something goes wrong; plan for both
When researchers studied severely obese firefighters and its effect on their health and safety, the results were alarming
SAFETY AND SURVIVAL RESOURCES
