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.
“I needed to help them. I needed to make sure that our people were good and we could take care of these people, and that’s why I chose to stay.”
Data analysis pinpoints at-risk populations that can be targeted for community risk reduction strategies – if your agency has the bandwidth
Alexia Jobson and Mark Tenia discuss communicating effectively with the media
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
Most people don’t realize EMS is there in the background, so subtly highlighting it demonstrates an agency’s commitment to the community
EMS addressed lightning safety at a local community center after the 9-year-old victim was struck on the center’s soccer field
Those sick have been using motorcycle taxis and other public transport to get to hospitals, increasing the risk of spreading the desease
Part of National Preparedness Month, the event educated the community in life-saving techniques while connecting families and volunteer responders
The Code4Armour band aims to provide paramedics with up-to-date medical information on the spot, leading to more informed patient care
Over the past two months infestations have been found at three separate locations, causing concern that the problem will spread
The month-long community contest includes cash prizes, and aims to help dispatchers better direct the public to AED locations prior to EMS arrival
Multiple people called 911 after the mayor’s elderly neighbor fell and hit her head; no EMTs were initially available but an operator later raised the priority to life-threatening
EMS Week began in 1974; here’s how to get your community to issue a proclamation celebrating the men and woman providing care on the front line
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