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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Days of tumultuous weather have led to 36 deaths overall — those in Texas and Illinois, one in Missouri and 19 in the Southeast
Emergency officials blamed the severe weather for injuring scores of others and destroying dozens of cars, homes and businesses
Sudden cardiac arrest survivors, families and advocates took to the streets of San Diego to call for more training and AEDs
Torrential rains caused mudslides and flooded roads, leaving a woman dead and sweeping seven people into a river
A total 55.23 inches of rain has been recorded at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport this year, topping the annual rainfall record of 53.54 inches set in 1991
After the first suicide bomber blew himself up, health officials decided to put their “White Plan” into action, a disaster response plan that had never been used in such circumstances
The Dept. of Homeland Security announced effort to prevent Distributed Denial of Service attacks against next-gen 911 systems
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
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