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.
How do we adapt to the changing environment of EMS? It’s simple really.
How Austin Travis County EMS is publicly selecting its next EMS chief – How would you fare?
A Crisis Car pilot program is pairing three disciplines: police, mental health and EMS to respond to behavioral emergencies
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
Although everyone in public safety will never all know each other, it’s still like being part of a family, with all of its strengths and dysfunctions
Campaign was funded with $5,000 FEMA grant, asks pedestrians to stop, look and listen before crossing street
2 strangers with age difference of 30 years meet in the back of an ambulance, where so much more than EMS happens
We created a quick poll to get your feelings about this incident, and here are your answers
Board: Support of local EMS officials and the community was instrumental in retention of program
‘I thought he was going to die’
Over the past 1,269 days, the Richmond Ambulance Authority (RAA) reports they have taken 374 pedestrians to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle
Ambulance Authority’s “Crossing Alert” campaign and video hopes to inform pedestrians how to cross the street properly
Interactive band contains critical information, link, phone number so responders can easily access complete medical synopsis
Like with seat belts, airbags and helmets, it’s only matter of time before government intervenes
Reports of injuries to distracted walkers treated at hospital emergency rooms have more than quadrupled in the past 7 years
Plan requires that schools teach Red Cross or AHA curriculum for CPR and obstructed airway treatment
Hidden costs of alcohol-related calls are revealed
There’s a nationwide push to make sure people won’t be too afraid of being arrested to call 911 when they or someone they’re with has overdosed
Recent law repealed privacy rules which prevented privately-owned defibrillators from being used in nearby cardiac arrests
David Oliver was fired after internal investigation found he took part in conversations with someone he believed to be 15-year-old boy
Firefighters, rescue volunteers round out top 3 in Australian Reader’s Digest poll
Some question efficacy of staffing fire trucks with paramedics, other configurations also in doubt
