EMS Personal Protective Equipment News & Articles

• Mass. EMS builds testing sites in 2 hours to adapt to virus trends

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  Fallon Ambulance EMS Director Kevin Mont said the agency has the process of setting up efficient, portable testing sites across the region "down to a pretty good science"

• Electric cookers can be used to sanitize N95 masks, study finds

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  Researchers say a 50-minute dry heat cycle in a household multicooker can sanitize N95 respirators without compromising the filter or fit

• COVID-19: How public safety companies are assisting the frontline pandemic response

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  The businesses that equip and serve first responders are supporting the national emergency response with new products, free services and donations

• CDC releases video, fact sheets focused on proper PPE use

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  A new video shows how to properly don PPE, plus fact sheets cover face mask do’s and don’ts and how to wear a respirator

• Survey identifies where public safety is divided on face mask policy

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  3 takeaways from our recent survey on on- and off-duty public safety mask policies and usage

• Face masks: Here’s what cops, firefighters, medics and COs have to say about use, policy and effectiveness

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  Nearly one-third of public safety personnel do not get a department-issued face mask, plus other key findings from nearly 4,000 survey responses

• COVID-19 airway management, PPE precautions

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  Protect EMS providers while preventing the unnecessary depletion of already diminished PPE supplies

• Houston FFs, medics will no longer receive dispatch alerts for COVID-19

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  First responders have been instructed to assume everyone has the virus

• The transformation of EMS during the pandemic

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  Our co-hosts sit down with EMS1 columnist Rob Lawrence to discuss how EMS is rising to meet the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic

• Pinnacle 2020 Quick Take: How to lead through the COVID-19 rollercoaster

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  The EMS Leadership Round Table tackles community messaging, public health funding and caring for the caregivers at the Virtual Pinnacle Leadership Summit

• 'I know I'm protected': Mass. EMS has only 1 virus case despite 5.6K+ calls since March

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  New Bedford EMS officials say strict PPE and infection control protocols have paid off in limiting its providers' exposure to COVID-19

• Survey: Are you wearing a face mask on duty?

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  Reviewing policies and best practices for public safety personnel wearing face masks on- and off-duty

• Quad-Cities first responders concerned about PPE supply in continuing pandemic

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  Some first responders in the Quad-Cities are reporting an uptick in calls requiring extra PPE

• Scene safety and responding to civil unrest

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  Six takeaways from the USFA, NHTSA best practices to protect fire and EMS providers responding to incidents of civil unrest

• Proactively expanding the EMT and paramedic scope of practice

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  Some agencies have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing concepts that have been discussed for years

• Evidence-based pandemic leadership

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  Tracking COVID-19 cases, PPE supply and ambulance turnaround times to inform EMS response

• WHO acknowledges COVID-19 can be airborne indoors

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  The update from the World Health Organization comes following pressure from an international group of more than 230 scientists

• Equipment sanitization: One department’s process to reuse PPE

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  How vaporized hydrogen peroxide can be used to disinfect used PPE for fire and EMS personnel

• Confirmed COVID-19 cases are rising in 40 of 50 states

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  The number of daily cases in the country has doubled over the past month

• 2 Pa. EMS providers placed on leave for not wearing masks

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  An East Hills Ambulance official said the employees broke protocol by removing their masks while on duty

• How to buy infection control products (eBook)

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  Download this EMS1 infection control products buying guide to learn key steps for product selection, purchasing and implementation

• First responders: Are your families ready for a disaster?

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  These 3 actions will help prepare your family in case of a natural disaster, so that you are able to help others

• More than 600 face shields donated to Ill. first responders, nursing homes

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  The donations were made possible through a partnership between the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, John Deere and U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis

• Calif. lawmakers propose $250M PPE stockpile for next pandemic

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  The proposal would require a 90-day supply of PPE to be readily available through the state Department of Public Health in case of another outbreak

• Quick take: Keep up the external political pressure for the good of EMS

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  Funding, COVID-19, civil unrest: Resources from the Federal Interagency Committee on EMS Meeting for the challenges facing EMS

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