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.
The communication lines in EMS make it the mobile solution to bring the ER and lifesaving care to the patients
“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
You have permission to go behind the scenes of the media outlet you want to cover your agency, so take full advantage of this opportunity
She was at work when someone ran into her office and asked if anyone knew CPR; she got her certification this year
A man collapsed on a pull-up machine; another man working out had recently finished an advanced cardiovascular life support class, and put his skills to the test
Robert Moses, 86, hasn’t missed voting in an election since he was a teen, and wasn’t about to break that record
Fundraisers have been set up for Kayla Smith, a single mother with three kids who is expected to be out of work for at least six months
The Austin Public Safety Commission unanimously voted to fully staff the 911 center, which means reducing the number of new police officer hires
The state has declared flu season to be over, and it was a particularly deadly one for young and middle-aged adults
The health department is running a vaccination clinic for anyone who ate at the Red Robin between May 8 - 16
A tractor-trailer carrying 460 hives flipped; the driver and passenger suffered non-life-threatening injuries
It will be a public relations nightmare if assertions that response times have gone prove to be true
The plan calls for having physicians in dispatch centers to determine who needs transport to the ER
The show features “unusual emergency calls, told by real-life EMTs” and is meant to give viewers an inside look at what EMTs deal with on a daily basis
All participants in the class received a certificate of completion and an emergency resuscitation kit that included two doses of Narcan.
The Pa. woman got into the building by saying she was EMS; the person who buzzed her in got suspicious when there was no ambulance outside
Here I am, naked and exposed in a public forum, making a confession that, quite frankly, scares the crap out of me: Hi, I’m Kelly, and I suffer from depression.
The value of community participation in disaster mitigation enhances the response knowledge and manpower during a disaster
Fifteen percent of patients in the Portland area leave the hospital alive, compared to 10 percent nationwide
He was hitting and kicking for a good 15 minutes; she and her partner called for police three times and got no response
The bill is in the Senate; proponents say public safety organizations can provide free training, but a group opposed says it will amount to “another unfunded mandate”
A chiropractor who changed his cycling route, a sheriff’s office SWAT team sniper trained in CPR and a man carrying an oxygen tank in his car for his asthmatic child all came to his aid
They have symbolized hope and rebirth since the blast, and have a special place at the new EMS building built to replace the one that was destroyed
The former ER doctor told his driver to pull over; she had started to breathe when medics took over, and is expected to survive
Officials fear recent outbreaks across at least 10 countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East could unravel the nearly three-decade effort to eradicate the disease
They’ll be displayed on more than 300 kiosks across the city to raise awareness about the work of EMTs and paramedics
They organized a bone marrow drive after EMT and volunteer firefighter Will Frawley, 28, was diagnosed with a type of cancer
She stopped at the wreck and was able to get him breathing when ambulances arrived
Medics described incidents where it took at least four people over an hour to deal with one out-of-control patient on ‘spice’
