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.
From house calls to heartfelt care: Inside the evolution of a Texas county’s community paramedicine program
Knowing how xylazine presents clinically, as well as how it impacts overdose management is important for any provider responding to illicit drug overdoses
EMTs, paramedics and firefighters have a responsibility to identify fall hazards and share prevention tips with patients and at the public events we host
EMS providers said it’s not uncommon to see emergencies caused by people wearing headphones and not paying attention to their surroundings
EMS leaders learn suicide risk factors and the imperative to provide a non-punitive culture for seeking help
The increase is due to bees, wasps and fire ants being active in the spring and summer months
To combat the heroin epidemic, firefighters developed “your life matters” cards with help line numbers for addicts they treat
We have a long way to go to improve survival from sudden cardiac arrest
Citizens will be trained to respond before EMTs arrive; the program is modeled after a successful community response program in Israel
AT&T releases new ‘It Can Wait’ injury prevention video and launches virtual reality experience tour to increase awareness of the dangers of phone use behind the wheel
Be calm, rational and don’t get baited into a confrontation which will make you the villain of a viral video
Since launching a program to teach CPR to the public, the number of people who have had their pulse restored has gone from 12 percent in 2011 to 51 percent in 2013
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Legislation and regulatory change has made it is possible for cops, parents, teachers, and friends of addicts to obtain naloxone; this is what you need to know before you buy a kit
He opened the car’s back door and continued filming what police called “a young man’s dying moments” before paramedics and police arrived
After four decades, thousands of patients, and many amazing partners, I know we can do better for our patients, the public and ourselves
The specially-equipped ambulance is outfitted with supplies found in an urgent care center, and a nurse will treat non-urgent medical calls that would otherwise result in a hospital transport
A photo shows the man posing for a cell phone picture in front of a multi-vehicle crash where responders freed a woman with a leg injury
The children found a full, open vial of mercury in a freezer; the apartment unit was immediately evacuated
UK ambulance spokesman said emergency responders were not dispatched because “we’re here for people, not animals”
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The thought of a young woman becoming an organ donor was pushed aside at the time but never left EMT Michael Morse
Paramedics administered CPR on the way to the hospital, but the 11-month-old was later declared dead
Two Americans and 1 Briton were among eight injured, most with bruises, during the annual festival in Pamplona
There have been lots of efforts to improve out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival, but we have had little success
New research reveals why heroin overdose deaths doubled in two years, and the need for increased use of naloxone
Money will fund scholarships and services for the uninsured and low-income communities
The last five years has also seen the lowest number of deaths in any five-year period since record keeping began in 1916
We can’t let ourselves get to the point that the only reason we’re still alive is the fact we have a cheap gun
More than a quarter-million LEGO pieces were used to build the ambulance
The groups says ambulances retrofitted by businesses for use at events and parties may be confusing to the public during an emergency
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