Disaster Management
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Rescuers need to anticipate specific medical problems and patient needs as they prepare to encounter patients in a collapsed structure or debris pile
While we don’t know what we will wake up to on Nov. 6, we must focus on professionalism, choosing to help, not acting as accelerant
The Bicycle Emergency Response Team is engaging the community, while providing quick response to difficult-to-access venues
Let people know how to stay safe in the sun and heat, in the water and on the road
“Our hearts, and our ambulance, are so full,” Jessamine County EMS posted on social media
The Lexington Fire Department deployed crews, two boats and its mobile ambulance bus
The Breathitt County coroner said that EMS providers could not get to the patient’s location for hours
Firefighters rescued people from flooded homes and saved people and dogs in a swift water rescue on the Gauley River
London’s Ambulance Service has responded to 13,400 calls in the last two days
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell: “Adults aged 65 and older are a growing demographic who are often disproportionately impacted by severe weather”
Firefighters and EMS providers helped with recovery after the storm left three people injured, hundreds of homes damaged and thousands without power
Decatur’s EMS coordinator presented a challenge coin to six hospital EMS employees and called their willingness to jump in “unprecedented”
Rob Lawrence speaks with Stefan Korshak, senior defense correspondent for the Kiev Post
Organizations stuck using yesterday’s demand analysis deployment strategies are getting left behind
AMR said it deployed 62 times in the last five years in support of the government agency
The Emergency Management Performance Grant helps governments make key investments so that they can better respond to disasters
The parents reportedly crawled out of the structure screaming for help for their daughter, who was still inside the home on a breathing machine
The Weather Channel released footage of a tornado that appeared to touch down in a New Orleans suburb and would later cross the Mississippi River
The SXSW effort includes stationing 20 EMS providers downtown, a patient collection point and keeping ambulances available
From freelancing to insurance, there are several factors that should impact go/no-go deployment decisions
The Florida-based rescue nonprofit Project DYNAMO successfully evacuated the twin boys, as well as a British baby girl, to Poland from war-torn Kyiv
A Washington County Sheriff’s deputy was able to reach the patient and transport them to the hospital
Multiple agencies responded to the wreck and uninjured drivers were taken to the Pendleton Convention Center
The St. Charles County Ambulance District was prepared for this week’s winter weather with two new plows on standby
Pittsburgh Paramedic Jon Atkinson praised the EMS providers who responded amidst the challenging conditions
Pittsburgh Fire Chief Darryl Jones reported that 10 people were injured, and three were transported to a hospital
“I kept thinking they’re going to die in this cold,” said Vania Masaya
As the numbers of pediatric patients with diagnosed mental health conditions climb, EMS providers will be increasingly asked to treat these kids
Thousands of miles apart, two public safety professionals point to detailed plans as the reason for their organizations’ disaster response success
Rescuers have had to crawl over the dead to get to the living, said Jeremy Creason, Mayfield’s fire chief and emergency services director
National Guard members and emergency workers from across the state were pouring into Mayfield to help with a search and rescue operation
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