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.
Chief of Training Brian Brush encourages first responders to trust the public’s unquestionable faith in fire/EMS members to power an unquenchable passion for the mission
Whether using social media as an individual or as an agency, it’s important to consider the impact your words can have on you and the organization
Finally, reimbursement for community paramedic home visits on the horizon
Volunteerism - though noble - hides and skews the real cost of providing EMS in low-volume environments
The Tracy, Calif., fire department was recently caught in the crosshairs of the national media about plans to charge residents every time they call 911 for a medical emergency.
A man died of a heart attack on a Southwest flight; his wife said there was a defibrillator on board but it wasn’t used because her husband’s chest was too hairy
People tried to dig her out but the sand kept collapsing; police and then medics performed CPR once she was pulled free
About 100 people at an Applebee’s were evacuated; several said they felt sick but declined further treatment
The satellite hospital, called Rampart, includes 300 employees and is expected to treat nearly 3,200 people during the week-long remote desert festival
Residents, concerned over noise and traffic, threatened legal action if the city sold land to the company for a new headquarters
When it comes to the frustrating health care merry-go-round of frequent 911 callers, it’s unfortunate that the county officials just don’t get it
A mental health call to a woman’s home went violently wrong, and ended with a 90-minute siege as EMS and police were backed into a corridor behind a glass door
County commissioners worry that it could interfere with EMS workers’ medical duties or intimidate elderly people into not calling 911 in a real emergency
A group of nurses and patients committed to keeping hte hospital open filed a lawsuit claiming budget cuts that have led closures are unnecessary and discriminate against the disabled, poor and elderly
A downturn in the economy and increased demand for quality health care have have rural providers considering changes
The money will be used to purchase winter clothing and blankets for those in need
A man got his leg trapped between the train and the platform; hundreds of passengers rocked the train to get him unstuck
Police advised that “ambulances are not a form of taxi service” and he became belligerent
The water ban was lifted Monday after more than 400,000 people around Toledo were warned not to drink from its water supply that was fouled by toxins possibly from algae on Lake Erie
Demand is up with increases in the elderly population, and the industry needs more training programs for students, they say
Hospital staff told the contagious patient to stay in a Calif. motel room where they would deliver medication, but he left
Some experts say organizations like the American Diabetes Association should produce guidelines on the optimal placement and general shape for tattoos so EMS knows where to look
The Third District Court of Appeal overturned a trial judge’s ruling last year that the fee was an unconstitutional tax
Don’t become a result in a simple Google search that uncovers multiple examples of responders being suspended, fired, and sued for postings on social media
A councilman proposed using a $450K grant over three years to buy 60 defibrillators and place them in public buildings across the county
He travels across the sandy dunes, tending to the sick and critically ill; four years ago began managing a government dispensary and upgraded to a jeep
I’ll root for Cleveland sports teams until the day I die, but EMS agencies don’t always inspire the same public loyalty
A doctor on the scene recalls the moment a medic brought in the boy who clung to him crying “I want my father,” and the fate of him and his siblings
She pulled out from the four-way stop and the ambulance, with lights and sirens running, plowed into her and flipped over
