SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
Insufficient sleep impacts decision-making, wellness and risk-taking, putting providers and patients at risk
PARAMEDIC SAFETY
Join Fitch & Associates, EMS1 and EMS Survey Team to examine the perceptions and experiences of EMS providers across the country
More and more departments are adding blocking units to protect emergency scenes
Three outdated paradigms holding EMS back
Translating data into information, and information into action
Use this acronym to remind crews that readiness is everyone’s responsibility
The ERSI has already tracked 34 first responder roadway-incident deaths in 2022 and an average of two struck-by incidents daily
Sandwich (MA) Fire Chief John Burke reflects on how properly disposing medical waste has helped safeguard his community against COVID-19, the opioid epidemic and in-house medical care
Response to these medical emergencies should focus on intervention and treatment of the patient
The dangers to EMTs/medics are less well known to the general public than firefighting, even at times to the agencies where they work
SAFETY AND SURVIVAL RESOURCES
