SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
Insufficient sleep impacts decision-making, wellness and risk-taking, putting providers and patients at risk
PARAMEDIC SAFETY
Chris Cebollero and Greg Friese, MS, NRP, discuss EMS MCI response lessons learned from protests turned violent in Ferguson and Dallas
“The Paramedic” reflects on stages of his career and worries that he is on the doorstep of burnout
1st Alliance has launched 1st Help, a searchable database dedicated to finding emotional, financial and religious assistance for first responders and their spouses
The effects of sleep deprivation are akin to alcohol intoxication; build a safe sleep room and a culture of watching over tired medics
Write a compelling narrative with passion, conflict and resolution to engage grant application reviewers in your project
EMS1 readers share their non-clinical interests, subjects for further study and their biggest job-related concerns
Once the shooter is dead or apprehended, the top mission for police and EMS is to stop the dying from bleeding and airway compromise
There is a significant correlation between operational stress, organizational stress, critical incident stress, alcohol use and post-traumatic stress
EMS leaders and providers need to study successes and failures as an opportunity to reduce death and disability from the next mass shooting
SAFETY AND SURVIVAL RESOURCES
