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• How to prepare for and react after contact with emerging opioids

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  Manufactured, concocted and blended opioids require EMS training, PPE and decontamination strategies

• Car crashes into ambulance carrying patient

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  An ambulance carrying a patient was hit at an intersection by a car, leaving the emergency vehicle resting on its side

• Caught on video: Are they liable for their ‘patient’s’ death?

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  Four hours after an EMS crew released Paul Tarashuck, he was struck and killed by a vehicle; David Givot breaks down issues of patient abandonment, negligence and responsibility

• What should EMS providers consider before carrying a concealed weapon on duty?

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  EMS1 columnists react to a Kansas law that prohibits public employers from preventing their employees from carrying a concealed weapon while on duty

• Rapid Response: Early incident command, multiple transport scenarios crucial to effective scene management

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  Latest shooting highlights need to stop debating and start implementing ballistic vest plans, protocols and distribution

• How to safely provide off-duty assistance at crash scenes

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  Know when to stop, how much assistance to provide and how to hand off patient care to responding authorities

• 3 Questions to ask when buying ambulance equipment mounts

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  Wall, surface and stretcher mounts help secure equipment within the ambulance, reducing the potential for injury to patients and providers

• Why reducing patient anxiety makes the provider’s job easier

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  Prepare for awkward lifts with smart strategies and tools to boost patient confidence and avoid on-the-job injuries

• Paramedic Chief Digital: How to improve patient and provider safety on the road

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  This issue features articles highlighting the importance of patient and provider safety during ambulance transport and the need for an EMS overhaul

• What if EMS won a $1 billion lottery jackpot?

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  Big dreams to improve EMS with a windfall of funding for safety, health and wellness, research and leadership development

• How to manage ambulance safety on the microscopic level

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  It’s important to clean and decontaminate the ambulance interior regularly to prevent the spread of germs

• Why all EMS providers should be pre-planning hospital evacuations

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  Pre-plan, build, and stock equipment that can serve as a future ambulance and specialty vehicle in the event of emergency evacuation

• Practicing on the deceased: ‘I get it’

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  The human body is an ideal training tool, but fire/EMS training protocols and the law must be followed

• PCR documentation for non-transporting first responders

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  Including clear, complete documentation in your patient care report is a critical component of patient care

• Use checklists to counter the effects of fatigue, improve patient care

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  Avoid missteps, reduce errors and give hospital staff an in-depth preview of a patient’s condition

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