Disaster Management
Our co-hosts speak with Chief Mark Alexander, director for CoxHealth EMS in Springfield, Missouri, about his pandemic preparation plans
Funding a system of readiness through telehealth, treatment and alternative destination reimbursement for EMS
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The collision between a Ride the Ducks amphibious vehicle and a bus killed five people in September
While some areas offer two free ALS units at every game, other locations don’t have ambulances on standby at any game
Co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson are joined by tactical EMS expert Steve Erwin to talk about EMS response in the warm zone
10 years later medics and firefighters still coping with memories of tornado tragedy
Tucson police officers have deployed life-saving gear from their new IFAK kits approximately 140 times in the span of nearly two years, and the bottom line is that Tucson’s IFAKs are saving lives
Vaccination is one of the most effective methods for preventing influenza spread and the consequences of infection
Currently EMS receives just 4 percent of the federal disaster preparedness funds making it ‘a low priority pauper in the matrix of funding and training support’
The 7.5-magnitude earthquake was felt from Afghanistan to India, killing almost 150 people in Pakistan
A bystander shared a photo of the ambulance on Facebook, generating a big social media reaction
Hurricane Patricia’s winds will be powerful enough to lift automobiles, destroy homes and drag anyone caught outside when the storm strikes
The citizen and EMS response to a masked Swedish man who stabbed four people affirms the continuing need for public access hemorrhage control
Before emergency responders arrive we need to train and empower citizens to neutralize the attacker and to control severe bleeding
If the leaders of an EMS agency have failed to prepare personnel for an active shooter response, they need to get the training done, one way or another
The new vehicle has a briefing room, laptop positions and CCTV cameras
There was no more hope of finding anyone alive as questions about the neighborhood safety arose
The 16.6 inches of rain in Columbia on Sunday was one of the rainiest days in the US in the last 15 years
A smartphone video captures a 71-year-old man enter a river to assist a man collapsed on a rock and partially submerged
The mudslide covered 125 homes with about 4 acres of mud and dirt as deep as 15 yards
Officials report hundreds of swift-water rescues, bridge washouts and small dam failures during historic rainstorm
Some areas of NJ are already experiencing street flooding and challenging travel from heavy rainfall
On- or off-duty EMS personnel need to be on the lookout for hazards and ready to operate in the warm zone
The lone wolf shooter is our biggest threat, but we need to assess and treat patients just as we would on every other shift
CVS to sell naloxone without a prescription in 14 states, making the drug as easy to obtain as a tourniquet or fire extinguisher
The EMTs said the work was ‘non-stop’ and cases ranged from a twisted ankle to a cardiac situation
The mass murder of college students strikes painfully close to home for me and we must not accept this as normal
Emergency responders from the Carolinas to New England are preparing for the storm and expected floods by readying supplies and going over readiness checklists
The storm is predicted to turn north and northwest toward the US late Thursday or Friday
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