SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
Insufficient sleep impacts decision-making, wellness and risk-taking, putting providers and patients at risk
PARAMEDIC SAFETY
Unintended or casual exposure to carfentanil, a synthetic opioid 10,000 times more potent than morphine, can be life-threatening
Our co-hosts discuss why a safety culture is important in reaching organizational strategic goals
A strong patient safety culture has the greatest impact on reducing adverse incidents and harm to patients
Excessive work hours, compassion fatigue and violence are contributing to an alarming increase in EMS caregiver suicide
In addition to the ABCDs, fire apparatus need to carry Class K extinguishers for residential and commercial response
Stations used as polling places need to be a welcoming, open and safe community gathering place that may need to become a secure fortress if something goes wrong; plan for both
When researchers studied severely obese firefighters and its effect on their health and safety, the results were alarming
EMS providers need to know and share the updated American Academy of Pediatrics safe sleep recommendations with parents and caregivers of infants
Train EMS personnel to adopt and follow these important cybersecurity best practices to protect patient data, personnel records and agency hardware
SAFETY AND SURVIVAL RESOURCES
