SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
Insufficient sleep impacts decision-making, wellness and risk-taking, putting providers and patients at risk
PARAMEDIC SAFETY
Most EMS providers have witnessed or been involved with a medication error attributable to poor system design and lack of safety behaviors
Without knowing the root cause of the behavior problem, fixing it is sheer luck
The evidence tells us that not using red lights and sirens should be the rule – and using them should be an infrequent exception
Use the EMS “Go to Sleep” checklist to see if lack of sleep is making you or your partner dangerous to one another, your patients and the community
Errors in patient care and EMS provider health concerns are raising awareness of the risks of prolonger work hours
Being overweight is a threat to our patients, to our health and to our livelihood
Books
In this EMS novel excerpt one medic is willing to enter a dangerous scene because she doesn’t want to see her husband, a cop, but her partner wants the opportunity for confrontation
The firefighters who assaulted a young woman pursuing her paramedic dream are still at the departments she was dismissed from for reporting the incidents
Coworkers — men and women — bullied and tormented a young paramedic during a difficult period of her life instead of training, mentoring and supporting her
SAFETY AND SURVIVAL RESOURCES
