EMS Personal Protective Equipment Articles

• EMS is the first line of defense against spread of infectious diseases

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  EMTs and paramedics must protect themselves with PPE, investigate symptoms and report findings to the hospital to identify potential infectious disease outbreaks

• Is EMS ready for another Ebola outbreak?

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  As the Democratic Republic of the Congo reports another Ebola outbreak, is EMS prepared with proper protocols and PPE?

• Gloves created to keep responders safe from fentanyl exposure

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  Medline Industries developed the fentanyl-resistant gloves for responders to wear when treating overdose patients

• Free Course - Responders at Risk: Protecting First Responders From Opioid Exposure Risks

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  Courtesy of Bound Tree University and Bound Tree Medical

• What EMS providers need to know to protect themselves from fentanyl exposure

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  Event at EMS World covered steps to avoid accidental fentanyl exposure during scene size-up, patient care and investigation

• Interagency Board releases recommended fentanyl exposure best practices

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  The board included best practices for PPE, decontamination and medical countermeasures

• Active shooter response: Equip your team to save more lives

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  Download this free e-book to learn what training and supplies you need to prepare for a successful response to a mass casualty incident

• Fla. firefighter-paramedics getting body armor, helmets

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  Broward commissioners approved spending $177,000 to purchase 176 body armor packages and helmets

• Honeywell donates $2M in PPE to help Hurricane Harvey responders

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  The safety product company donated almost 100,000 PPE pieces to support responders in the region impacted by the storm

• How to remove the most common uniform stains

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  Despite your best efforts, blood stains, food grease and the not-so-fun vomit tinge happen from time to time

• Top EMS Game Changers – #10: Safety sharps

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  The advent of these specialty devices provided protection against unintended needle sticks, one of EMS providers' greatest risks

• Okla. EMS agency equipped with ballistic vests, helmets

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  A program called Everyday Heroes delivered 61 vests to Muskogee County Emergency Medical Service

• Coroner to first responders: Throw away your latex gloves when responding to ODs

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  Officials said the gloves may allow absorption into the person’s tissue, turning the responder into a victim

• Colo. paramedics receive 75 donated ballistic vests

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  The North Colorado Medical Center's volunteer services team raised $44,000 for the vests

• Fla. fire, EMS departments to be equipped with body armor

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  Responders will receive ballistic vests and helmets tested against special threats

• Campaign aims to raise awareness of active shooter threat, rescue task force

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  The campaign aims to raise awareness about the emerging threats facing today's responders, how a rescue task force response model works and what equipment and armor technology is available

• Reality Training: Shots fired during forced entry for patient welfare check

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  Discuss your guidelines and protocols for checking on the well-being of a patient

• Patient buys ballistic vests for paramedics who saved him

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  The man said he hopes his gift plants the seed for others to step up and help equip paramedics

• Detroit firefighters, EMTs to get body armor

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  Fire Commissioner Eric Jones secured funding to outfit responders with the protective gear

• Dallas chief: Wounded paramedic wasn't wearing body armor

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  Chief David Coatney said the department doesn't carry body armor on rescue units

• Wash. firefighters, paramedics to get ballistic vests, helmets

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  Two sets will be kept with each medic unit and three sets will be kept with each fire unit

• Union president: Protection for paramedics has 'fallen on deaf ears'

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  Paramedics are requesting self-defense training as well as ballistic vests

• Orlando firefighters, paramedics get ballistic vests, helmets

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  The gear, which cost the city $88,000, is now distributed throughout all of the department's emergency vehicles

• 6 important PPE items paramedics should be wearing, but aren't

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  We owe it to ourselves and our families to understand and use the PPE designed to protect us from line of duty injury or death

• 5 EMS safety tips to prevent carfentanil exposure

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  Unintended or casual exposure to carfentanil, a synthetic opioid 10,000 times more potent than morphine, can be life-threatening

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