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.
While celebrities should be treated just like any other patient, there are unique privacy and media challenges to consider
Eagle County Paramedic Services launches a naloxone distribution program to help treat opioid overdoses in homes
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Health problems resulting from his work at Ground Zero won’t stop Glenn Kaminsky from trying to help others
Officials were elated that the public appeared to get the message by staying off the roads
Classes could be offered by driver’s education schools, high schools, firefighters or others, as long as they are certified courses
Victims’ families have gathered a coalition of charities and businesses to organize volunteer events in hundreds of U.S. cities this 9/11
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Swim lessons dramatically reduce the risk of drowning, while the child is simply having a good time learning a life-saving skill, official said
With new AHA recommendations of compression-only CPR, more are willing to learn
Programs that increase CPR and AED awareness are low cost, high yield, and loads of fun. That’s a great recipe for success.
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It is likely that, based on the evidence, there are steps that response systems can implement that can improve rates of survival in many communities
Police are focusing on a woman in her 20s who helped the two assailants escape
In cases of stroke, public awareness can go a long way towards preventing long-term damage
In addition to $20,000 donation to Stow fund, Sheen comforts Ala. tornado victims
Student receives $30,000 from Dr Pepper to help pay for medical school
Program provides free identification data cards that will help first responders provide rapid and accurate medical assistance to riders involved in accidents
The goal of the 4-month-old county program is to teach all 15,000 seventh-graders in Alameda County how to perform CPR this year
Marketing is something that should be a part of our normal business
The Project Lifesaver program is a national effort to help recover people of “diminished capacity” who may have wandered off and gotten lost
Winning responder recently founded local mustache group to promote firefighter fatality awareness and funds
Under the system, ambulance personnel and other emergency service providers must get training to learn how to identify stroke victims
After a football player was accidently run over, one of the football dads organized the boys to lift the car off their friend until paramedics arrived
More than half the calls were for advanced life support since 2009, which has generated additional revenue needed for the department’s growth
The local EMT says it’s unfair to put the onus on coaches or even EMTs, to decide whether a player is healthy enough to return to a game if an athletic trainer is available
Athletic directors say that the days of having ambulances on fields are gone with budgets cuts - coaches must be able to step in during emergencies
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