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• Ethical lapses: The EMS provider's duty to intervene

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  When you become an EMS provider, you agree to act and serve to the best of your abilities to meet the expectations of your community and uphold an ethical code

• COVID-19 modifications for NREMT practical testing

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  Maintaining a safe environment during practical stations and psychomotor skill testing

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  4 ways EMS can respond to shifting patient expectations

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  Don’t let your agency get behind – here are steps you can take to rethink your tech strategy

• Riot control Rx

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  How to assess and when to transport patients injured by tear gas, pepper spray or rubber bullets

• Protestors block Neb. rig responding to car crash

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  An ambulance responding to a car crash was temporarily blocked from moving by protestors

• 1 injured in Ohio ambulance crash

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  A medical helicopter was called to transport one person who was seriously injured after an ambulance crash

• I’m an EMT, I can help: Getting involved when off-duty

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  Five considerations for patient assessment, scene safety and patient handoff when responding off duty

• IAFC Quick Take: Information and flexibility key to addressing behavioral health needs

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  Capt. Frank Leto, deputy director of the New York Fire Department Counseling Service, outlines how COVID-19 impacted members’ behavioral health, and how the department is meeting their needs

• Asphyxia by any other name is just as deadly

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  Understanding the sequelae of traumatic asphyxia, strangulation and positional asphyxia

• Use of ultraviolet light to decontaminate ambulances

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  What you need to consider when purchasing UV-C devices for cleaning ambulances to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other pathogens

• Plague in the modern day: Public health outbreaks at home and away

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  From mumps and measles, to the plague and Ebola, it is critical EMS is aware of the outbreaks, syndromes and conditions on the radar of public health

• Stand up, and speak out

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  EMS providers know positional asphyxiation can kill, and have a professional and moral obligation to object to it

• 5 key steps to disinfecting your ambulance after transporting a COVID-19 patient

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  Prevent the spread of the coronavirus and promote provider health and safety with frequent and effective ambulance decontamination

• Personal protective gear to protect EMS providers from attack

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  Implementing body-worn cameras and body armor to support EMS safety strategy

• Research Analysis: Preventing downstream consequences of EMS assaults

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  NAEMT’s National Survey of Violence Against EMS Practitioners identifies training gaps in EMS safety

• 11 videos to help providers prevent violence, escalation

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  These videos from EMS1 columnists and contributors demonstrate how to predict scene safety, handle violent patient outbursts and how to maintain a safe scene on each call

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