SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
Insufficient sleep impacts decision-making, wellness and risk-taking, putting providers and patients at risk
PARAMEDIC SAFETY
Planning active shooter response training with police, fire, EMS and medivac helicopters is a complex and challenging task
After a high-speed collision, Kootenai County EMS System chief confirms lessons about designing and operating a safer ambulance
Manufactured, concocted and blended opioids require EMS training, PPE and decontamination strategies
Emergency medicine physician Dr. Cynthia Griffin confronts bias when it comes to agitated patients
Lee County EMS conducted a short survey of EMS leaders to determine if code words or plain language are used to request police to an unsafe EMS incident
Know when to stop, how much assistance to provide and how to hand off patient care to responding authorities
Our cohosts discuss a recent event involving a paramedic allegedly choking a patient, and how and when to speak up in that situation
An organization’s leadership culture may explain the stark difference in opinion between providers and leaders on issues of patient and provider safety
Pre-plan, build, and stock equipment that can serve as a future ambulance and specialty vehicle in the event of emergency evacuation
SAFETY AND SURVIVAL RESOURCES
