Community Awareness
Explore our directory of articles on Community Awareness in EMS, designed to help professionals engage and educate the public about emergency services and safety practices. This collection covers public outreach, safety campaigns, and partnerships with community organizations. Building community awareness is essential for fostering trust and cooperation between EMS providers and their communities. For related insights, check out our resources on Community. Enhance your community engagement strategies with expert-driven content.
Following the Trump assassination attempt, first responders are fired or suspended for their social media comments
We must consider patient evacuation, resource allocation and training ourselves and our communities in the wake of an assassination attempt on former President Trump
Rick Gilbert, Milton Hershey School senior director of campus safety, shares his strategy
St. Charles County Ambulance District paramedics have launched several initiatives to help addicts and prevent opioid abuse
Managing the media and public-facing communication is a science unto itself; here’s a look at why PIOs are vital and what you can do help them
Being a paramedic isn’t like what you see on TV; it isn’t all fast-paced lifesaving
The wrap aims to help raise community awareness for stroke and recognition of warning signs
Impairment of language from stroke or other types of brain injury makes it difficult for patients to communicate
Two volunteer agencies show it’s possible to improve service without breaking the budget; here’s an approach for any service to better their community’s needs
The video includes audio of a 911 call from a woman who finds her son unconscious and overdosing on heroin
With the worrying state of the current global and national climate, it would be helpful to know what we were facing on a local level
The risk of cardiac arrest increases with age; I would find more comfort in more adults knowing CPR
The series is intended to inform the public about the actions that take place behind the scenes
A volunteer EMT without commitment or compassion is a short-term fix that usually becomes a long-term problem
Belief that only volunteerism will work in a community is refuted by the many EMS systems that have transitioned to combination or career systems
A founder and executive director of an EMS training program shares his thoughts
Firefighters, EMS providers and police officers attended the award ceremony, in which three first place prizes were selected
Kaheem, 5, who is battling leukemia, started out his dream-come-true day on a Montgomery County fire truck
Dolores Miozza offered to give the two paramedics money for the cake, but they turned her down
To combat package theft during the holiday season, the agency has offered to have community members have their packages delivered to their station
The charity will raise money to buy safety equipment for first responders and help support their families when they’re injured or killed
Boulder is becoming a resilient city through a sustainable energy P3 that will make critical facilities operational during extended power loss
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
Ada County Paramedics pooled funds from their own paychecks to equip three ambulances with the ABC of Safe Infant Sleep messaging
The county is integrating the app’s software to its 911 dispatch system and expects to roll it out within the next six months
Emotional extremes are common in EMS and remind us of exactly why it is that we wear the uniform
Watch for these signs in yourself, your co-workers and try some of these tips to manage the traumatic stress of EMS work
The children are picked up at home in an ambulance and escorted on a stretcher until their candy bags are full, all while receiving medical monitoring
