Active Shooter
This directory provides essential articles on Active Shooter response, tailored for the EMS workforce. Topics include response protocols, coordination with law enforcement, and strategies for managing mass casualty incidents. Understanding how to effectively respond to an Active Shooter situation is critical for ensuring the safety of both victims and responders. For further reading, explore our mass casualty incident management resources, which closely relate to Active Shooter scenarios. Equip yourself with the knowledge needed to handle these high-stress situations effectively by accessing our comprehensive collection.
Remember any patient can turn violent, and make a patient assessment/search a part of your situational awareness approach to scene safety
Tactical exposure and active shooter training is important for all EMS providers, working in tangent with law enforcement
Planning active shooter response training with police, fire, EMS and medivac helicopters is a complex and challenging task
“Our unity cannot be shattered by evil, our bonds cannot be broken by violence,” the president said
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Lindsay Padgett and her fiancé loaded her truck with five wounded victims and five others who were treating them
Suspected “lone wolf” shooter was found dead on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino across the street from the concert
A study that finds trauma patients fare better when they don’t wait for EMS to arrive sparks uproar, questions
We asked the EMS1 community to sound off on which option they thought was best; here are their responses
A study found that 2.2 percent of shooting and stabbing patients who arrived in a private vehicle died versus 11.6 who were transported via ambulance
Police radio communications indicated that workers on the bridge called 911 after seeing the man jump into the water
Clinton First Aid and Rescue Squad is deploying its ASAP, or Alternate Support Apparatus, unit to help in rescue efforts
Twenty-seven members of the Task Force 1 FEMA Urban Response Team have been called to go to Puerto Rico and help rescue and recovery efforts
People aboard the vessel, the Ferrel, sent out a distress signal Wednesday saying they were disabled and adrift in 20-foot waves
The study suggested that dispatchers begin asking callers if they have a car and can take victims to the nearest trauma center
Some callers were taking cover in an office or closet during the Aug. 28 attack
One woman was seen being helped into an ambulance while a call for air ambulances could be heard over police radio traffic
The ambulance was en route to the hospital when gunfire erupted; no one was injured in the incident
The woman was in her car when the water rose and caused her car to flip, pushing it against a tree
Emergency responders attempted CPR on the child, who was pronounced dead at a local clinic
One paramedic was treated at the hospital after getting hit by shards of glass when the bullet passed through the windshield
There have been at least 391 homicides this year, four more than last year when violence reached levels not seen in two decades
Justine Damond called 911 after hearing what she thought was a sexual assault behind her home
9-year-old son was inside an SUV when someone inside a car pulled up and shot the boy and a 31-year-old man
Joshua Rapolla shot his stepson, 19, during an argument and then accidentally hit his 12-year-old stepson
One caller told a dispatcher: “There’s a whole lot of people here shot”
The pregnant woman said she lost her baby after being shot in the leg
William An thanked everyone who helped save him after being shot while responding to a call
Dr. Henry Bello warned his colleagues when he was forced out in 2015 that he would return someday to kill them
Little Rock police chief said that the incident was not terror related
The gunman was identified by law enforcement officials as Dr. Henry Bello, a family medicine physician at the hospital
The victims of the shooting in Potrero Hill were Benson Louie, 50; Wayne Chan, 56; and Michael Lefiti, 46
Spokesman Steve Gaut said he believes the shooter “turned the gun on himself”
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