SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
        
        
        
    
        Blending technology and human-driven care to navigate language barriers and make the scene safer
    
        
    
        
    
        
    PARAMEDIC SAFETY
        
        
        
    
        A Maryland paramedic recounts a patient assault, and the emergency services director and police chief detail legal options
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        What is your organization doing to enhance medics’ mathematical skills in the field?
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        By incorporating neck training into your daily fitness routine, you can prevent injury, reduce pain and even improve physical performance
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Make better decisions by putting data to work for your agency
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Watch: Strategies to enhance your situational awareness and spot a threat
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        New proposed standards may require significant action to improve safe practices
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Emergency response requires increased focus; this is a balancing act when approaching a scene with numerous factors in play
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        “There is no substitute for experience. Yet, regardless of experience level, it is important to consider how EMS education can teach situational awareness”
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Establishing clear policies, protocols and building trust: PCHD EMS shares their body-worn cameras implementation journey
    
        
    
        
    
        
    SAFETY AND SURVIVAL RESOURCES
        
        
        
     
         
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
