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Matt Zavadsky, MS-HA, EMT, details the impact of integrating a 211 system into the 911 process and the benefits to the community
Equipping citizens to put down the cell phone and save lives in an emergency
Paid and volunteer firefighters worked together to answer hundreds of calls for rescues
Crewmembers have endured nonstop days and received thanks while using “all of your skill set of everything that you’ve learned and prepared for”
Safety Director Karrie Howard: Nicole Carlton “has proven herself an effective leader during several major events within the city. Carlton is a dedicated public servant”
A list of relevant and authoritative situational awareness resources for use by fire and EMS leaders
USAR teams have been deployed to a staging area, and local fire departments have been issuing safety reminders to their communities
Federal money and other resources to fight the virus will be made available
The legislation was created in response to a firefighter breaking the rules after waiting for an ambulance then transporting a child with burns in a fire truck
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
What EMS needs to know about treating suicide attempts
There is a groundswell of support to change how lights and sirens are used in EMS to reduce risk to ambulance crews, patients and others
Be prepared for Super Bowl-related emergencies, from avocado mishaps to cardiac arrest
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
Acadian Ambulance invested in assets to assist operations in areas impacted by extreme weather and to improve morale for deployed responders
Leveling the playing field on hospital bed delays
The UCSF physician team discusses how to give avulsed teeth the best chance at reimplantation
The kits are part of the city’s new Safe Chicago program, and are equipped with a tourniquet, gauze, shears, gloves and an instruction manual
“It’s a big scary mess, and we honestly don’t know if the help is there beyond waiting out the current circumstance and hoping more people come in to the medical field”
EMTs, certified paramedics and advanced emergency medical technicians can help care for patients, acting under medical direction, while not on duty with a licensed EMS agency
How FEMA and AWS Competency Partner ArdentMC collaborated to determine life-saving investment priorities
One person is in critical condition and four others are injured after a tornado swept through a Naperville, Illinois, neighborhood
The Springfield Community Crisis Response Team would be comprised of one EMT or nurse and one clinician that would be available 24/7 to respond to non-violent 911 calls
Paying homage to our heroes in headsets during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
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