SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
Insufficient sleep impacts decision-making, wellness and risk-taking, putting providers and patients at risk
PARAMEDIC SAFETY
EMS personnel must be familiar with the types of body armor and its practical on-duty use during patient assessment and care
EMS providers need to admit that prehospital patient care errors can and do happen to begin addressing this serious cause of patient injury and death
Health care accreditation and safety organizations have cited alarm fatigue as a top patient safety risk
A scene two EMS providers thought was “safe” turned out to be much worse than the terrible weather outside
Understanding how carbon monoxide attacks the body is the first step in protecting against it
It’s time that we all get real and accept the uncomfortable truth that scene safety is and always has been a myth
Securing data in an EMS environment is critical to avoiding breaches of patient information and triggering mandatory reporting
EMS personnel and firefighters are attacked with increasing frequency, follow these steps to shift the survival odds in your favor
A review of the performance of ketamine in the agitated or excited delirium patient with an acute and potential life-threatening medical condition
SAFETY AND SURVIVAL RESOURCES
