Attacks
Attacks on EMS providers by the very people we are trying to help are becoming all too common: Review your safety practices and training
The first 10 minutes of an MCI considerably impact emergency operations and survival.
Cleveland’s EMS union condemned the attack on the vehicle trying to reach a patient
Implementing body-worn cameras and body armor to support EMS safety strategy
The large piece of concrete was thrown through the rig’s window as it was traveling on the roadway
A rash of assaults on paramedics in Portland has lead the city’s 911 contract to mandate defense training for more than 500 employees
The 16 people injured in the crash were all transported to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries
The Boston EMS Relief Association aims to raise $100,000 for the two EMTs who were attacked
Julie Tejeda, 31, attacked two Boston EMTs while being transported in an ambulance
The webinars will cover security for places of worship and how to prepare for complex attacks
Baby Naomi spent two days in intensive care after being attacked by the family dog, and her mother, Alyssa Monnier, had the chance to thank her rescuers
The four female students were treated at a hospital for burns after they were sprayed in the face with acid
Two of the tourists were injured in the face in the attack in the city’s main Saint Charles train station and one of them has a possible eye injury
Captain David Margetts said the firefighters arrived at a seizure patient’s house when he “squared up in a very menacing fashion”
Anna Cote received 12 stitches after a dog she thought to be a pit bull lunged at her on the hiking trail
The couple’s 17-year-old daughter told a dispatcher there was a struggle to get the 18-inch camp ax from her mother before she struck Thomas Snyder
Police said Tiah Bradley stabbed her brother in the neck and torso with a switch blade
The attack left seven people and three attackers dead
Paddy Ennis, the first paramedic to arrive, said he had to ignore screaming victims for those in more serious condition; the quiet patients
Campus security officers were able to quickly subdue the assailant, which prevented further injury
Four were seriously injured, but none were in a life-threatening condition
All five victims were taken to a hospital; two were hospitalized in serious condition
Officials said five of the kindergartners are seriously injured
Tara Reyes suffered a concussion and multiple cuts and contusions to her head and face
Officials called on the international community to condemn the attack
Deputies say they found the 19-year-old making animal noises and biting a man’s face
Assailants attempted to hit Ben Hampe with a 70-pound car jack in the head
Bulgrarian government reports 175 attacks on medics in 2014 when responding to impoverished Roma community
The medic was sent ahead of an ambulance; the attacker was angered by how he parked his first-response car and tried pushing him toward the highway
Stow’s attorneys have argued this has no bearing on the case, and say the attack that left him brain damaged resulted from inadequate security and lighting
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