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.
How paramedics can take action to protect patients from falling through the cracks
The state-of-the industry survey focuses on wellness, career development and satisfaction in EMS
Celebrating the season with community engagement, donations and educational outreach
After losing his father, a firefighter, in a tragic accident, Josh decided it was time to change his life
Survivor celebrations promote awareness of cardiac arrest and create an opportunity to celebrate EMS success
There is ongoing concern about someone with little or no medical training administering naloxone to treat overdoses; is the risk worth the reward?
Candy Hall of Stowe Rescue has made a lifetime commitment to her community and will keep serving as long as she is able
Frederick the friendly paramedic treats an injured skateboarder to help kids understand what to expect during a medical emergency
The dispatchers accepted his handwritten note, and during a tour of the dispatch center they showed him how prank calls put the public at risk
Katherine Scott Brantley suffered three strokes at the age of 24; this is how it felt, and how it’s impacted her life
He recognized the signs, but they subsided by the time he drove himself to the ER, and he said he never should have left without seeing a doctor
The Queensland Ambulance Service paramedic was carrying the contagious virus while transporting patients to four hospitals
Nearly $200,000 per unit received from the community to replace two units totaled in a parking garage fire
Reports say the driver was weaving in and out of traffic, and failed to yield to the ambulance, which had lights and sirens on
EMT Siren and the FDNY150 Ambulance will represent FDNY in parades and community events throughout the year
A REMSA employee cited HIPAA and asked a reporter to stop filming a man resisting police in a public space
Opportunity for all EMS providers to learn about national initiative and contribute to shaping the future of EMS
Saturday marked 42 days since Liberia’s last Ebola case, and officials declared the end of the epidemic seven months after the international outbreak
The unit now features an image of Yellowstone Cutthroat trouts as part of a Wyoming Medical Center ambulance drawing contest
It was approved after several elderly residents refused an ambulance because they couldn’t afford the bill
Stroke assessment and interventions are time-critical and lifesaving
Volunteer providers are the foundation of EMS in the U.S. and the realities of volunteers don’t match the mythology #StopVollieBashing
Her husband who held her at knifepoint allowed her to place an order at Pizza Hut, and under the comments section she asked for 911
Analysis at the county level shows dramatic changes in drinking patterns, especially by women, over a 10-year period
The hoax 911 calls made by online gamers put expensive and dangerous demands on law enforcement and EMS
Counter cultural festival has chosen a new medical provider for the event that becomes the state’s 4th largest city for a week every August
The European Union will require all new vehicles be retrofitted by 2018 with crash sensors that transmit the location, time, direction and number of people in the vehicle
The spread of the virus is intravenous drug uses; it sparked a CDC alert and the state has spent more than $2 million on efforts to fight the outbreak
The powered alcohol was approved the FDA last month but six states have already outlawed it, and about 30 more states are working on legislation that would prohibit sales
With faster response times and a growing list of drivers that have delivered babies, Uber is ready to take on additional health care challenges
The worker fell asleep and passengers heard him banging on the aircraft for help as the plane took off
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