EMS Personal Protective Equipment News & Articles

• The psychology behind provider vaccination

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  Join us as we analyze what the results of a recent survey reveal about provider perceptions about COVID-19 and influenza vaccination

• HHS releases guidance for naloxone administration during pandemic

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  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said naloxone can be safely administered by first responders with proper PPE and other safety measures

• Pa. governor announces PPE stockpile to prepare for potential virus resurgence

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  Gov. Tom Wolf said the state is ready to supply sufficient PPE to first responders and healthcare workers this fall

• Rural NY EMS providers struggling amid pandemic

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  From fewer volunteers to fewer calls and underfunding spanning years, rural EMS operations are in need of a change if they’re to survive

• COVID-19 fatalities among EMS clinicians

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  The available data on EMS COVID-19 fatalities points to an increased risk over other healthcare and public safety personnel

• Unprecedented: Second round of AFG-S grants to open in October

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  Volunteer and combination departments have a second opportunity to secure COVID-19 PPE-related funding

• State requires W.Va. EMS providers to wear masks on all calls

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  The new rule also requires EMS providers to maintain a distance of six feet from any member of the public who is not a patient

• Healthcare coalitions: The new structure for disaster response

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  EMS partners with healthcare coalitions in PPE supply, COVID-19 treatments and COVID-19 vaccination

• 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

• How field officers influence safety culture

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  Field officers must manage the tactical direction to guide EMTs and paramedics to do their jobs more safely, effectively and efficiently

• What’s in your tactical medical kit?

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  When you’re on an operation and you can only take what you can carry, what do you choose?

• Mid-year data from 4.1M 911 calls reveals PPE use, cardiac arrest, overdose trends

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  Data company ESO released its mid-year report on call volume, PPE use and patient outcomes Thursday

• Quick Take: Pushing data from agency level to national reports

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  ET3, Telemedicine and PPE were on the agenda during a 2-day virtual meeting

• Maine FFs call on state CDC to prioritize first responder virus tests after FD outbreak

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  Sanford's fire union president said a 72-hour wait for first responders' test results is "unacceptable"

• Photo of the Week: A symbol of the times

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  EMS providers from MedStar Mobile Healthcare create art out of COVID-19 clearance bands

• 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

• Boston first responders to get 150K medical gowns through manufacturer partnership

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  Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced a contract between the city and Sterlingwear of Boston to provide the gowns to ambulance services, fire departments and hospitals

• National reporting tool for unmet EMS COVID-19 needs launched

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  EMS agencies are encouraged to report their unmet needs, such as personnel or PPE shortages, using the online form

• 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

• 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

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