Disaster Management
An Illinois service partnered with the health department to vaccinate vulnerable populations in homeless shelters, nursing homes, jails and congregate living facilities
Our co-hosts discuss the mounting obstacles for EMS during the unprecedented winter weather with Chief Rodriguez and how they are preparing for the future
Very little in a university setting follows a strict top-down approach
The team will meet twice a month to discuss how to streamline the town’s services to aid those who are in need
Disaster response experience at the federal and local level in a 10,000-person emergency shelter shared at NAEMSP
The video shows an ambulance being towed while others acted as escorts, walking behind and next to the ambulance
Actor Jeff Bridges told California OES that being rescued by helicopter “reminded me of doing stunts in movies”
Gamification of EMS training took center stage at the 2018 NAEMSP Annual Meeting
Buchanan County EMS needed to transport a patient to the hospital, so a MoDOT truck cleared the road and led the way
Police Chief Susan Ballard said around 2,500 callers were not able to get through after the false alert of an impending missile attack
The ambulance was taking the patient to the hospital when a slick road caused the driver to lose control
Spartanburg County’s Community Emergency Response Team, or CERT, wants to expand so more residents can help their community when disaster strikes
The drenching rainstorm that triggered the disaster cleared out and was no longer a hindrance as searchers made their way across a landscape strewn with boulders
In just a matter of minutes, pounding rain overwhelmed the south-facing slopes and flooded a creek, sending mud and massive boulders rolling into neighborhoods
NFPA 3000, Standard for Preparedness and Response to Active Shooter and/or Hostile Events, was processed as a provisional standard
York County athletic trainers met with local emergency personnel to coordinate standards when it comes to treating field injuries
They have been treating people for heart attacks, snow blower or shoveling injuries, motor vehicle accidents, frostbite or hypothermia and other snow-related injuries
Police Chief Terence Delehanty said the emergency crews had a “hectic” two hours following high tide, pumping water out of 50 homes
FlightCare paramedic Richard Bird said the heavier cold air enhances lift capability for the helicopter
New Bedford has extra paramedics, EMTs and firefighters on duty and a 4-wheel fire engine that can go “anywhere, anytime”
Officials said dispatchers handled three to four times their normal call volume as an unprecedented ice storm struck
The GPS-enabled helmet will contact emergency services if the motorcyclist should fall off the bike
Two men answered a plea for help on Twitter and freed the ambulance from snow while paramedics treated a patient inside
FBI El Paso Division officials are stressing to area leaders of schools, places of worship and private companies as shootings continue to increase nationwide
The video footage shows the nurses jumping in to action to protect every baby in the room as soon as the earthquake occurs
“What if you have a call and the ambulance has to try and find your house ... for an emergency reason, a heart attack or something?” Councilman Dino Loprieto said
Boston EMS said they have procedures to respond to shootings, but a security expert said it may not be enough
An attorney said employees followed proper procedures between the air conditioner losing power on Sept. 10 and when the deaths began Sept. 13
Fifteen catastrophes resulting in more than $1 billion in federal and private insurance claims hit the U.S. in the first nine months of 2017
The Maryland fire department wanted to help after seeing the devastation caused by the hurricane
Both rescuers and local residents alike stood atop the remains of apartment complexes, looking through the rubble
Turkey dispatched emergency aid to northern Iraq as officials expressed their “deep sadness” at the tragedy
When temperatures on upper floors topped 100 degrees, patients had to be transferred to tents in the parking lot
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