EMS Personal Protective Equipment News & Articles

• Tracing a new pathway for EMS workers

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  How the clinical and public health activities of testing, tracking and tracing should become sub-specialties of EMS going forward

• Personal protective gear to protect EMS providers from attack

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  Implementing body-worn cameras and body armor to support EMS safety strategy

• Texas EMS virus hotline helps triage emergency calls amid pandemic

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  Callers can discuss their symptoms with dispatchers to help determine whether transport is necessary

• Healthcare company donates 40K cloth masks to EMS in 3 states

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  Highmark Inc, a healthcare company, donated nearly 40,000 cloth face masks to EMS providers in Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia

• 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

• EMS Week 2020: Reflecting while we celebrate

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  During this week of celebrating who we are, we also need to recognize who we are not – superheroes unaffected by the events surrounding us

• White House unveils plan to improve Strategic National Stockpile

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  President Donald Trump's plan focuses on increasing domestic production of supplies and identifying high-need areas

• Tenn. county health dept. halts agreement to share virus patient info with 911

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  The agreement had allowed the 911 center to mark virus patients' addresses with a respiratory alert flag

• Reimbursement, finance and politics: Injecting financial lifeblood into EMS

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  Five key financial and operational asks to keep EMS afloat and financially solvent

• Simulation reveals contamination from improper PPE use

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  Researchers used UV light to show solution left on the skin after treating a simulated patient

• Fla. EMS volunteers serving retirement community face their own age-related virus risk

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  At Sun City Center Emergency Squad, where the average age of volunteers is 72, crewmembers take precautions while aiding fellow seniors

• How would the HEROES Act impact fire and emergency services?

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  IAFC identifies fire and EMS connections in the bill, calls for support of the latest coronavirus aid package

• COVID-19 is changing everything. Here's what that means for motor vehicle collisions

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  Motor vehicle collisions might be down nearly 50%, but don’t let down your guard on the roadway or neglect your extrication skills or training

• 7 face mask purchasing and policy considerations for police, fire, EMS and corrections

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  With unscrupulous manufacturers selling defective masks and citizens donating ‘homemade’ efforts, public safety agencies must establish face mask guidelines

• Whistleblower: TSA hoarded 1.4 million N95 masks

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  The whistleblower said the agency has refused to send the unused masks to first responders and healthcare workers

• Photo of the Week: Partners have each other's backs

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  North Versailles (Pa.) Paramedic Cassidy McDonough shared this photo of her and her partner donning their PPE for a call

• Md. EMT to run ultramarathon for PPE fundraiser

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  Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad Volunteer EMT Ashley Donovan will run more than 100 miles in 24 hours to raise money for the squad

• Quiz: COVID-19 facts, patient care guidelines and response steps

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  Test your knowledge of COVID-19 best practices and up-to-date information

• Pandemic spawns innovation, solutions for medical equipment supply and demand

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  Manufacturers, companies reinvent to combat COVID-19 during pandemic

• W.Va. first responders told to use masks after CDC warned they may be counterfeit

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  The state's top public safety official issued a report asserting the 50,000 respirators distributed to first responders were "authentic" after the CDC's warning

• Study: EMS may be spreading COVID-19 due to lack of consistent protocols

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  Preliminary results from a national study released this week reveal inconsistent decontamination practices may be contributing to the spread of the virus

• Tests show 4% of symptom-free first responders in Conn. city have COVID-19

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  City leaders plan to test as many first responders as possible to prevent those without symptoms from unknowingly spreading the virus

• Now open: AFG COVID-19 Supplemental grant application

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  Fire departments, NAEMS organizations and state fire academies can apply for PPE and other COVID-19 supplies

• Video: First responders share their stories of returning to work after virus recovery

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  First responders discuss being in isolation, residual symptoms and questions about immunity after returning to the front lines

• Volunteer Minn. FD resumes first response service after PPE donations

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  Stewartville Fire and Rescue had suspended its first response service earlier this month to preserve PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic

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