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.
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Calls involving celebrities, chemical restraint, protests and mass shootings are just some of the scenarios that will put you in the public eye
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Discontinue ambulance, paramedic and emergency medical technician services
Werner Herzog’s 35-minute video will be distributed to more than 40,000 high schools
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Ideas for public relation campaigns are often rejected for a variety of reasons
Her husband and son spent 40 minutes desperately trying to flag down passing motorists for help
At first glance, they seem pretty cool, but what happens when the catch-phrase does not match the conduct?
New program has paramedics paying housecalls; part of an effort towards preventing emergencies by providing in-home care and monitoring
Setting up a media event to announce your drunk driving prevention effort is actually easier than you’d expect
Will open clinics at fire stations in upcoming year, take other steps to reduce load and costs on 911 system, emergency rooms
The tranquil, respectful environment was instantly transformed during this particular call...
DOT program will tie emergency contact info to driver’s license; will allow police to get critical info when it’s needed the most
EMS unit hour utilization is always calculated as the number of transports divided by the total number of unit hours in the measurement interval
There’s nothing I love better than doing the job I do in this great nation of ours
Campaign will focus on how the trust assesses and grades each call to dictate the right response time
At the end of the day, we are in the healing business
After watching yet another television show that attempts to glamorize public safety providers, I thought about what really goes on inside our world
Examination of cardiac arrests yields evidence, specialist says, of need for increased education in rescuscitation
Identifying a media-friendly visual opportunity for Halloween is probably easier than you’d expect
Ride to emergency department is not always solution to issues ‘frequent flyers’ face, yet we have few alternatives to implement
Albany Chick-fil-a honoring local heroes by offering free lunch to anyone in uniform
‘Operation Ouch’ give youngsters taste of what happens when ambulance is called
Mental compartments are imperative, as long as they are opened relatively quickly and their contents sorted through and put away for good
We have to think outside the box to convey message that ounce of prevention is truly worth pound of cure
Hodgepodge of state licensing rules reflect scientific uncertainty and public angst about driving and elderly
Freedom House in 1960s Pittsburgh trained young African-American men and women to become some of the first US paramedics
Taking patient history for elderly patients can reveal actual hunger or risk factors for going hungry
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