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• First person: I am a COVID-19 positive paramedic

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  Paramedic, EMS educator shares his personal experience of COVID-19 symptoms, testing and illness

• FDNY hit hard by COVID-19: EMS Chief Bonsignore says historic call volume likely to increase

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  FDNY EMS Chief Lillian Bonsignore says “any and all options” are on the table to prevent a lag in response times due to the spread of COVID-19 among members

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  How empathy in action can help beat the opioid epidemic

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  The compassionate treatment opioid users receive from first responders can lead to education and healing

• Longitudinally tracking fire/EMS staff exposure to COVID-19

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  LA County Fire Department rapidly implements a COVID-19 exposure tracking system based on community paramedicine to measure personnel risk

• How first responders can boost immunity during pandemic

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  As we deal with COVID-19, it’s important to keep our immune systems functioning as efficiently as possible

• FDNY COVID-19 cases spike to 170

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  FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said he has “no reason to believe” the numbers won’t continue to increase

• Why a cloth mask isn’t adequate healthcare PPE

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  Well-intentioned homemade cloth masks won’t protect EMS providers from COVID-19 and may increase risk of viral infection

• Ky. FFs struggle to get COVID-19 tests, workers' compensation

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  Union representatives say quarantined firefighters are being denied workers' compensation because it's too difficult to prove they were exposed through work

• FDNY COVID-19 count nearly doubles in one day; 84 now tested positive

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  FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said earlier this week that 46 FDNY members had tested positive

• FDNY paramedic with COVID-19 now on ventilator, family says

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  FDNY Paramedic Christell Cadet, who has publicly shared her experience with the disease, has been hospitalized since falling ill last week

• Roundtable: COVID-19 advice, 911 no-nos and keeping your crews healthy

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  Four agencies explain how they're keeping their communities up to date on COVID-19, give advice on when to call 911 and how to avoid taking COVID-19 home or back to the station

• Self-care for public safety professionals during the coronavirus crisis

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  As you serve as a first responder, you will confront a wide range of emotional responses to this pandemic, so take time to process your thoughts

• Ohio bill would mandate COVID-19 disclosure to first responders

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  The proposal comes after firefighters who transported the first patient in the state to die from the disease were not notified of the exposure

• Nearly 4 dozen FDNY members test positive for COVID-19

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  FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said two of the members who tested positive are hospitalized and the rest are recovering at home

• 5 COVID-19 employment considerations for fire/EMS agencies

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  How fire/EMS can protect personnel physically and financially during the COVID-19 pandemic

• What constitutes COVID-19 exposure and when to quarantine vs. isolate

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  Sorting through the maze of public health information overload and overlap

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