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.
Long-time paramedic hopes to educate her community on overdoses after son’s struggle
A small group is coordinating with the Ukrainian Government to ship ambulances and fire apparatus full of supplies to support Ukrainians, and they need your help
How solving peoples’ problems creates value in community building
She has end stage renal disease, and Make-A-Wish Foundation and the community put together a day’s worth of activities to support her dream
The 2-year-old was rushed to the hospital after the JetBlue plane was given priority landing in Boston
A student’s prototype drone that delivers an AED to a 911 caller within two minutes could do wonders for cardiac arrest outcomes
One judge insists bigger stores still have a ‘moral obligation’ to provide the emergency equipment
An LED sign broadcasts national and region content while generating community support
The mass communication alerts will send emergency phone, text, email, FAX, TDD/TYY and social media alerts to counties and individuals that sign up
Inspired by his struggle with PTSD, it focuses on how EMTs cope with the job
The agency’s commissioner estimates about 84 million 911 calls per year are pocket dials, and suggests ways to curb the problem
Responders arrived to find people standing around staring at the victim; it’s unclear how long the man was submerged and cause of death is pending
After losing her daughter, 14, to cardiac arrest during soccer practice she hopes the event raised awareness of hands-only CPR and promoted a bill to teach the technique to middle and high school students.
Allina Health’s management of a traumatic ambulance crash is a lesson in how to put core values first
They’re being sent into public hospitals to test the triage of possible cases as other hospitals around the nation expand their Ebola precautions
The manhunt began Saturday after the man walked away from a local hospital where he had been taken to be checked out
It’s grown to 22 people, and each team includes a paramedic to quickly get through large crowds for medical emergencies at local events
Amid response time struggles, he said his wife felt “very comfortable” with the arrival of an ambulance in 12 minutes, two minutes over the 10-minute goal
Thirteen devices will be available for youth sports teams, churches and anyone CPR-certified after a Ga. couple’s son died while an AED was locked up inside a nearby school
Although he a told nurse he had been in West Africa, it was not communicated to the medical team
Health officials are closely monitoring a possible second Ebola patient who had close contact with the first person to be diagnosed in the U.S.
The responders and the ambulance were isolated after the transport; they’ve been sent home but will be monitored for 21 days
The increased tax would help provide general service and ALS and limit EMS dependence on the general budget
Enterovirus 68, which causes polio-like symptoms, was detected in four out of eight of the sick children; health officials are seeking more information after reports of the virus in 277 people in 40 states
Taxpayers covered $4.25 million for police, ambulances and fire protection at festivals last year; a city panel is exploring ways to recover the funds
Accusations of poor patient care lead to the demotion of the county’s EMS director; still residents push for greater change
A former EMS captain is teaching members of the Brooklyn neighborhood ‘how to save a life instead of taking a life’
The Houston event demonstrated gourmet cooking with emergency rations, and raised community awareness about disaster preparation
Toronto Paramedic Services wants the public to better understand the training of EMS providers
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